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Offline Greg Szalewski

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Just finished my 3 piece longbow.......finally
« on: March 08, 2009, 08:44:00 PM »
As some of you may recall I made a longbow for my wife back in December. This was in part to learn abit before making my bow. I got a good start shortly after finishing hers how ever in the proccess of tillering the riser broke. Kenny M replaced it and I changed my design by putting the overlay on the back from limb to limb and also adding .040 glass over that in hopes I would not have that happen again. My plan was to make 2 sets of limbs for this bow. One set was to be 50- 52# and the second set 55-57#. Also I wanted a 64" bow max. Anyway the first set I was shooting for 55# and they turned out 50# and much wider than I wanted. I called Kenny to place my order for the heavier limbs. We debated on the changes that should be made for the 55# limbs. I should have listened to him as I had to trap the limbs to get them down to 57#. But that worked out fine anyway. Then I went back to the light limbs. I shortened them by 7/8" each and that brought them up to 56#. After narrowing to my taste they still pulled 52#. I like this better as these limbs will be my deer hunting/ treestand bow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Re: Just finished my 3 piece longbow.......finally
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2009, 08:48:00 PM »
OK, I get it now. You've been funnin me,you build these for a living,right?  :D   LOL

Excellent lookin bow!!  :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Re: Just finished my 3 piece longbow.......finally
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2009, 09:23:00 PM »
I would starve if I did this for a living as I am sssllllooooowwwwwww.
Thanks Kenny
I just enjoy the project and working through the problems. You can't beat satisfaction from making and using these bows.
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Re: Just finished my 3 piece longbow.......finally
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2009, 09:33:00 PM »
cool
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Re: Just finished my 3 piece longbow.......finally
« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2009, 09:55:00 PM »
Very nice!!!    :notworthy:      :clapper:
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Re: Just finished my 3 piece longbow.......finally
« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2009, 10:23:00 PM »
Fine job! We may be looking for speed from the arrow but it's our enemy when building.
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Re: Just finished my 3 piece longbow.......finally
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2009, 06:15:00 AM »
That is one fine looking bow!  Wow!
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Re: Just finished my 3 piece longbow.......finally
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2009, 07:17:00 AM »
what outstanding craftsmanship .absolutely beautiful. nice wood choices. the wood combo is very pleasing to the eye. great job sir
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Offline Allen Ziebarth

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Re: Just finished my 3 piece longbow.......finally
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2009, 08:56:00 AM »
Very, very nice.
I love the shape of that riser.
certainly better than the binghams style.
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Re: Just finished my 3 piece longbow.......finally
« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2009, 10:07:00 AM »
You should be very proud of that.  An excellent looking bow.
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Re: Just finished my 3 piece longbow.......finally
« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2009, 12:45:00 PM »
outstanding!
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Re: Just finished my 3 piece longbow.......finally
« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2009, 01:39:00 PM »
Excellent job!  Great looking bow Greg!
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Offline Chuck Fawcett

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Re: Just finished my 3 piece longbow.......finally
« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2009, 05:32:00 PM »
Excellent job, beautiful looking bow Greg.
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Re: Just finished my 3 piece longbow.......finally
« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2009, 07:47:00 PM »
Well done, nice looking bow,yes you need to do it for a living...lol.
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Re: Just finished my 3 piece longbow.......finally
« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2009, 07:16:00 AM »
OUTSTANDING!!!
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