Progress with Pics

[gudspelr]

Well, I got over to my friend's place today and got the last of the bandsawing done on my R/D Longbow.  Because I'm a bit of a moron when it comes to using power sanders with care (yes, there's a story behind that), I decided to go the rest of the way on the limbs by hand.  Here are some before sanding pics.

Limbs marked-masking tape on both sides still

 


Rough cut sight window/arrow shelf

 

 


After some progress with sandpaper and a chunk o 2x4
 


After I got both limbs down to the lines (yes, it took a while), I went for the riser area.  I'm waiting for a riser overlay in the mail, but couldn't wait to get going, so I started forming the belly side a bit with the sandpaper and a 4 in 1.

 


On this one, if you look real close on the left side by the fiberglass and lamination, you can see a little dark line.  That's where my pressure block broke during glue up and left me with a void...not so good...
 


Oh, and any thoughts here?  What do you guys use to radius your arrow shelf real nice?
 


A few things learned on this...respirator is good, no gloves is bad.  That equals slivers I can feel but can't see       Guess 50% isn't that bad?  Also, PLEASE feel free to give advice/thoughts on anything you see.  This is my first bow and I'm more than willing to take all the constructive criticism you all can give me.

Have a great week.

Jeremy

[walkabout]

i radius my arrow shelfs with my rattail file or my 4 way rasp/ file. you could also use a sanding block with some rough grit sandpaper after you have most of it cut. Glad to see your bow is coming along well.

[Robertfishes]

you might be able to pull the glass splinters out with duct tape, I had to pull a couple out last week...I have heard of guys using panty hose to pull glass splinters out. I have been using the metal pressure strips from Bingham Projects, I wax both sides of strip before glue up.