52" recurve / Finished pictures

[Swissbow]

It's quiet a time that I'm thinking about building a recurve bow, but I never got started. When I saw that fantastic 50" recurve from Brad not so long ago I knew, ok it's time  to do it. This weekend I started with building the form.

 

It's made out of a construction plywood board cut in half and then screwed together. On top I glued a glas strip to make sure that I have a flat and even surface.

I hope I can start with the riser next week and maybe glue up  lams.

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Andy

[Dmaxshawn]

Thats going to look great.  keep us posted.

Shawn

[ishi1archer]

Can't wait to see it completed. Keep us posted

[bjansen]

YES!  I'm looking forward to this one.

[jess stuart]

I think this is going to be good.  I like those short recurves.

[eman614]

i like the looks of it so far, can't wait to see a bow off it.

[SoNevada Archer]

Your form is very nice looking, keep us in the photo loop!

[Jason Scott]

Come on Swissbow! Let us have it! Time's up!

[Swissbow]

Sorry guys to let you hanging so long, but I have a lot of work right now. I did a little work though on the riser in the meantime. Hope I can do the glue up this weekend. Will keep you udated with some pics.

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Andy

[kennym]

I like it!!      

[Swissbow]

Finally I found some time to continue with the recurve bow. First I put a strip of rubber on top of the form to make sure that the pressure on the back of the bow is distributed even.

 

Then I cut the glass the lams and the camo strip to the desired length...

 

Tomorrow I will sand the fades and glue up the bow...

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Andy

[bjansen]

Looking good...now lets hear a bit about that nice camo strip Andy

[Swissbow]

I'm a guitar player and a big fan of the music of good old Uncle Ted. So it was just a question of time until the passion for music and bowhunting came together. When I saw that fabric with this zebra pattern I immediately knew this would look nice on a bow in the style of the Nuge. I will laminate it between the glass and the back lam. I never have tried this before but I think/hope it should turn out nice.

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Andy

[wihill]

Can't wait to see this one take off - I love the shape of that form!

[kennym]

Cool!!

[Swissbow]

I did sand the fades on the riser this morning...

 

... and checked with a dry run if it's ok.

 

I'm very pleased with the result.

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Andy

[Jason Scott]

Hey, Swissbow, it's dry fabric? Basically it will be a thin layer of homemade micarta right? How did this effect your stack calculations? It will not make it too stiff will it? Perfect fades by the way.

[Swissbow]

Yeah your right Jason, its kind of a very thin micarta strip. But I have to admit that I don't know how much the bow will be heavier because of that. But since I plan to build a few bows out of that form ( for my daughter, me and some more... ) I'm not really concerned about that. If the draw weight is 35-40 it's for my daughter, if its heavier then it's for someone else... or me. So I guess it will fit any way.

This afternoon I did the glue up of the bow. After laminating the back glass, the camo strip and the back lam I glued the riser and fixed everything with a clamp. Then I laminated both limbs one after the other.

 

At the end of the limbs I added tip wedges to assure that the recurve stays static.

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Andy

[Swissbow]

Took it off the form this afternoon and cleaned up the excess glue.

 

I had some doubts if the glue up with the rubber band method would work or not. But the glue lines look nice and clean.

I took off the tape and had a look on the camo...

 

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Andy

[Moen]

Cool:) More pics, please..
Where do you bye your fiberglas? Bodnik?