Finished another shorty

[jess stuart]

She is 52" on a 13" bocote and bolivian rosewood riser.  Clear glass with bocote veneers.  Finished up 40# @ 28".  I have built this design as a 48" and 50" and decided to stretch it out a couple of inches.  Sorry for the poor quality photos, thanks for looking.

 
 
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[Mad Max]

Really nice jess
   

[Trenton G.]

Beautiful bow!

[YosemiteSam]

Nice!  Short bows are fun.

[Crooked Stic]

Very nice. Love that riser combo. How did you go about getting the darker wood to fit so nice in that vee point.

[Roy from Pa]

Very nice, Jess..

[jess stuart]

How did you go about getting the darker wood to fit so nice in that vee point.

Mike it is three separate pieces glued together, which can be a bit difficult wants to slide everywhere.  Certainly creates some weird clamping  up methods.

[Crooked Stic]

ok looking close I see it now. I would think clamping would be easier when things are still square.

[jess stuart]

Yes I leave everything square that I possibly can until after clamping.

[stickmonkey]

I love shorties! Its a good looking bow. How does it preform comapred your others that are slightly shorter?

[jess stuart]

How does it preform comapred your others that are slightly shorter?

Stickmonkey it might be just a tad smoother than the 48 and 50" but, not much.  I think 52" is about it for length, feels like I am on the verge of not enough preload, still stopping nice and dead but needs a minimum  of 8.5" brace height.

[Bvas]

Another beauty jess

[Trux Turning]

That's a beauty Jess!

[perry f.]

very nice

[bjansen]

Great job Jess !  Makes me want to glue one up.

[jess stuart]

Thanks Brad, that means a lot coming from you.  For those that are not aware Bjansen is the short bow guru.