Author Topic: My latest Bow project. (Read 688 times)

Roy from Pa · « **on:** February 06, 2008, 09:23:00 PM »

Osage backed with Boo.

BamBooBender · « **Reply #1 on:** February 07, 2008, 12:32:00 AM »

Looks great! What's the specs?

longstiks · « **Reply #2 on:** February 07, 2008, 04:29:00 AM »

Love the lines of that bow!! Bet it splts out an arrow.
Denny

GrnMtnTradNut · « **Reply #3 on:** February 07, 2008, 07:51:00 AM »

Nice work its sweet!

onemississipp · « **Reply #4 on:** February 07, 2008, 08:10:00 AM »

Great looking bow Roy!!

varmint · « **Reply #5 on:** February 07, 2008, 08:12:00 AM »

Very nice.

Did you stain or dye the boo??

Keystone · « **Reply #6 on:** February 07, 2008, 08:36:00 AM »

Roy,
You are really getting good at bow building man. It looks great.

slayer1 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 07, 2008, 08:49:00 AM »

Lookin good! Keep up the good work!

Dano · « **Reply #8 on:** February 07, 2008, 10:40:00 AM »

Very nice!! Great lookin finish, what did you use?

TexMex · « **Reply #9 on:** February 07, 2008, 11:54:00 AM »

Looking real good!

Roy from Pa · « **Reply #10 on:** February 07, 2008, 05:13:00 PM »

The bow is 64 tip to tip, is 51 pounds at my friends 29.5 inch draw. I made it for him. I stained it with Walnut color aniline alcohol base dye, then hit the belly with 0000 steel wool, then put 3 coats of Tongue oil on it. I like Tongue oil for a finish, absolutely no dust when it is finished.

Roy from Pa · « **Reply #11 on:** February 08, 2008, 11:16:00 PM »

Having so much fun, have another couple Bows started.

Bjorn · « **Reply #12 on:** February 10, 2008, 07:53:00 AM »

When do you start taking orders?

leatherneck · « **Reply #13 on:** February 10, 2008, 08:02:00 AM »

Awesome!!! Can you make a recurve too?

tradbower · « **Reply #14 on:** February 10, 2008, 09:46:00 AM »

Roy
Very nice bow!!! What is the heigth of your center point ? How much deflex is glued into bow and how from from center do you go out on each limb? Also how much reflex at the tip is used?
I hope Iam not asking to many question, but Iam working on a bow now, just finished tillering and when unstrug the r/d shows , but when bow is braced, the bow goes into a natural arc not showing reflex at the tips like yours.
Thanks Pete

whitebuffalo · « **Reply #15 on:** February 10, 2008, 09:53:00 AM »

Great looking bows,,Howabout some more detail and a build along,,<<

mmgrode · « **Reply #16 on:** February 10, 2008, 11:05:00 AM »

Cool stuff Roy. Very nice bow! I like the strung profile.

Roy from Pa · « **Reply #17 on:** February 10, 2008, 06:16:00 PM »

Pete, questions are good things.

I used a 4 inch center post in the center of the handle. The mid-limb posts were 2 3/4 high. The top mid-limb post was centered at 13 inches from the center of the handle. The bottom mid-limb post was centered at 12 5/8th from the center of the handle. I used 6 inch limb tip posts.

The reason the limb tips look the way they do is because of the kerf I cut 8 inches down the limbs from the limb tips. And the first bow above I used Bamboo lams, the second one in progress I used Osage lams. But both should have the same profile. The kerf on both these bows is cut 1/16th thick, if I were to cut it thicker, I would see much more reflex/recurve at the tips. Because a thicker kerf, equals weaker limb tips at glue up, which equals more reflex/recurve.. Meaning the thicker I cut the kerf, the more freely the limb tips will flex when glued up. Ya dig?

bentpole · « **Reply #18 on:** February 10, 2008, 06:56:00 PM »

Roy great looking bow! I really like that profile.

Seeking Trad Deer · « **Reply #19 on:** February 10, 2008, 07:06:00 PM »


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