2nd bow finished

[kristalik]

Hi,
finaly got to finish my 2nd bow. this one was for my friend. It is 64" 47#28. Riser is padouk and ash with ash I-beam, massy finish.The limbs are clear bearpaw glass and a-boo core stained with rosewood colour stain.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

and the money shot
 

[fujimo]

good job!!
are you using tapers in the layup?
may be the angle- but from here it looks like your fades are working a bit more than the rest of the limb- may also be the angle of the camera.
 the kenny m uses a total of .003 taper in the layup- one of 002 taper and one of 001 taper and two parallels.
like the stained boo!
lots of work in that riser  

[Krasus]

Beautiful bow. Love the details in your window rest!

[Pago]

That bow is a trick beast!

[wood carver 2]

Nice! I like the contrasting woods in the riser.
     
Dave.

[Charlie Hinkel]

This is only your second bow?  Wow, great job!

[kristalik]

Thanks you all for your kind comments. Yes it is my second bow. @fujimo no tapers in this one. It is impossible to get them here and I was on tight budget si I couldn't afford to buy them from germany and to pay over 20$ just for postage. I kept it 1,5" wide 6" past fade and then tapered the widht to about 3/8" at tips. It is not that  bad as it looks like on the photo as it has almost 4" od reflex. It shoots nice and quiet but on the next one I plan to use 0.003 total taper and taper widht straight from fades.

[fujimo]

still a great job, and very resourceful!!
now you need to make your self a small taper grinder- some pretty clever ones built on very small budgets, slower to use- one lam at a time, but get the job done for some bows.
a recycled old washing machine motor or other, and get building.

[kristalik]

I am actually building one at the moment. It will be about 10" wide do i can run two lams at the  same time and I hope it will work for squaring up riser blocks as well. I have 750w motor from an old drill do that should work. I'm planning to build the next one as two piece take down using Big Jims method.

[Dan Landis]

Great job on this one, can't wait to see number 3.

[fujimo]

i think the take down system that he uses, is by far the nicest system- seen a few different folks do it! show us some pics of your drum sander!  

[kristalik]

I'm going for hollidays tomorrow so I will not get to finish my drum sander for at least 10 days, but will post photo of it as soon as I have it finished.

[kristalik]

Hi Wayne I tried to reply to your PM but your inbox is full.

[cunruhshoot]

Well Done!