Author Topic: Greybark, 60" recurve build along (Read 3668 times)

bjansen · « **on:** December 21, 2008, 08:10:00 PM »

Hello all,

I have been working on this one for a while now and took quite a few pics on the way....so here comes a build along.

I have always wanted a greybark black widow recurve, and although I am sure they are worth every penny...I thought it would be great to try to save some money and build one that looks similar to it. So this is my most costly bow to date...but I think it really turned out well.

To start I took a blcok of grey coreflex superaction and laminated alternating red and white glass stips in the riser.

bjansen · « **Reply #1 on:** December 21, 2008, 08:12:00 PM »

Here are the lams. Grey corflex superaction tapered lam, parallel lam, .030 white glass in between and then front and back .040 clear glass.

bjansen · « **Reply #2 on:** December 21, 2008, 08:14:00 PM »

Glued up ready to come out of the form

bjansen · « **Reply #3 on:** December 21, 2008, 08:15:00 PM »

bjansen · « **Reply #4 on:** December 21, 2008, 08:18:00 PM »

bjansen · « **Reply #5 on:** December 21, 2008, 08:22:00 PM »

If you can see in that above pic, the lams slid a little in the form so getting this tillered took a little more time. What I did was drew lines every ince all the way down both sides, measured from center. I then measured the thickness on each limb all the way down and sandeed to get them close (bottom slightly stronger/wider).

bjansen · « **Reply #6 on:** December 21, 2008, 08:24:00 PM »

Glue on the overlays. I laminated a piece of glass in those as well.

bjansen · « **Reply #7 on:** December 21, 2008, 08:24:00 PM »

bjansen · « **Reply #8 on:** December 21, 2008, 08:26:00 PM »

Ready to cut the shelf

bjansen · « **Reply #9 on:** December 21, 2008, 08:29:00 PM »

On the tip overlays, I used red glass, coreflex S/A wood and then white glass

bjansen · « **Reply #10 on:** December 21, 2008, 08:30:00 PM »

bjansen · « **Reply #11 on:** December 21, 2008, 08:31:00 PM »

After a great deal of sanding

bjansen · « **Reply #12 on:** December 21, 2008, 08:32:00 PM »

Coreflex superaction wood is an amazing product

bjansen · « **Reply #13 on:** December 21, 2008, 08:32:00 PM »

with mineral spirits to check my finish sanding

bjansen · « **Reply #14 on:** December 21, 2008, 08:33:00 PM »

Better make a string

bjansen · « **Reply #15 on:** December 21, 2008, 08:34:00 PM »

bjansen · « **Reply #16 on:** December 21, 2008, 08:40:00 PM »

For the finish, I am using Thunderbird epoxy. The first coat I put on heavy with a brush to seal the grain. I let it dry 12 hours then sanded it out. It worked great. The remaining pics only have this one sealer coat on it...I still have to spray the remaining two coats. But as you can see...it sands great and produced a smooth finish even on coat #1. I have tried many other finishes (poly, tru-oil, Magnalac) and this is by far my favorite.

bjansen · « **Reply #17 on:** December 21, 2008, 08:44:00 PM »

Braced...I still need to kick that brace height up a bit...in this pic it is at about 6

Guru · « **Reply #18 on:** December 21, 2008, 08:46:00 PM »

very cool...thanx!

bjansen · « **Reply #19 on:** December 21, 2008, 08:50:00 PM »

And drawn. I came across some Black Widow string silencers as well.

It came out a bit underweight...53# @ 28. I am making some dyed grey arrows to match and plan to hunt with this soon.

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