How many hours in a build?

[mikkekeswick]

22.03 mins  

[Roy from Pa]

Should we figure in beer breaks?

Oh crap...

Ok 40 to 50 hours...  

[Forwardhandle]

Im just starting a Kennym bow  first glass build I will keep track of the time  but I take my time with bows, my shop is like my sanctuary away from my wife and boss , I would rather get it right then fast !

[C. Johnson]

Originally posted by Yellowwood:
Im just starting a Kennym bow  first glass build I will keep track of the time  but I take my time with bows, my shop is like my sanctuary away from my wife and boss , I would rather get it right then fast !

Amen to that.

I love the sweet music of power tools....

[skeaterbait]

Originally posted by T Folts:
 That include footing a riser.

What is "footing a riser"?

[Roy from Pa]

I'm the boss in my shop, until the door opens. LOL

[HuntMeister]

Good stuff guys, thanks!

[T Folts]

Footed riser is combination of two woods.
 

[skeaterbait]

Thank you sir.

[Roy from Pa]

Nice, Terry.

[HuntMeister]

Beer breaks should definitely get their own separate labor column.  

[skeaterbait]

I thought beer breaks were part of the natural order of things?

[Roy from Pa]

They are skeater..  

[Bvas]

Originally posted by skeaterbait:
I thought beer breaks were part of the natural order of things?

Heck yea!!
It’s the pee breaks between beer breaks that throw the schedule outa wack.

Isn’t that a double fisted beer mug ya got on your head?

[styksnstryngs]

Takes me 50 hours just for the riser... All hand tools, filing away at hard woods and phenolic and then hand rubbing the finish. Is it worth it? Yes, but I would not mind some power tools lol

[Forwardhandle]

I really like this thread, but does it really matter time wise  if I was in a hurry I would just buy another bow , but I don't think I have enough years left to shoot the ones I have now with 1000 arrows each , and some of my early ones I wouldn't have any teeth left ether  

[Crittergetter]

Really depends on how artistic the bow is going to be. Ie... footed riser, horn or antler overlays, etc,ect....
for a plain Jane bow probably about 15-20 hrs. For a fancy bow probably 30-40 hours of actual hands on and that is spread out over several days or even weeks between curing times for each step of build and finishing.
Ps.. I can usually build about 3-4 bows in the time it takes to complete one by working on the others between curing times.