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Offline Bob Barnes

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Re: Herter's 46"- Completed, pg 4-5
« Reply #40 on: April 04, 2010, 06:09:00 PM »
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Re: Herter's 46"- Completed, pg 4-5
« Reply #41 on: April 04, 2010, 08:53:00 PM »
Very sweet Brad you did a great job on that one.
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Re: Herter's 46"- Completed, pg 4-5
« Reply #42 on: April 05, 2010, 02:11:00 AM »
Dang Brad, you did a great job on that one. That overlay really looks cool.

BTW how do you calculate the stack on your short recurve bows ? Is it all experience or do you have some sort of table ?

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Re: Herter's 46"- Completed, pg 4-5
« Reply #43 on: April 05, 2010, 07:58:00 AM »
Andy, I take finished thickness measurments from similar bows as well as compare my estimate to other bows I've made.  I do have tables but they are simply Binghams tables (or interpolations of them).  At the end of the day its an educated guess, and with a little luck it comes out at the desired weight.  But as you can see it doesnt always work (like this one being 15# off).
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Re: Herter's 46"- Completed, pg 4-5
« Reply #44 on: April 05, 2010, 09:04:00 AM »
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Re: Herter's 46"- Completed, pg 4-5
« Reply #45 on: April 05, 2010, 09:39:00 AM »
Great job Brad!
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Offline Chester Thompson

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Re: Herter's 46"- Completed, pg 4-5
« Reply #46 on: April 05, 2010, 10:03:00 AM »
Wow that thing looks great.
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Re: Herter's 46"- Completed, pg 4-5
« Reply #47 on: April 05, 2010, 12:09:00 PM »
thats a wicked lookin little recurve. great job.
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Re: Herter's 46"- Completed, pg 4-5
« Reply #48 on: April 05, 2010, 12:22:00 PM »
That overlay looks cool.  Kind of like file work on the spine of a knife blade.
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Offline rkmnt2

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Re: Herter's 46"- Completed, pg 4-5
« Reply #49 on: April 05, 2010, 12:24:00 PM »
Definitely a new touch on the overlay there!! Looks pretty sweet!
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Re: Herter's 46"- Completed, pg 4-5
« Reply #50 on: April 05, 2010, 07:30:00 PM »
That's a fine lookin' bow you've made..  :thumbsup:   Congrats....  :clapper:
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Offline Igor

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Re: Herter's 46"- Completed, pg 4-5
« Reply #51 on: April 05, 2010, 07:40:00 PM »
Very nice looking bow!


Thanks for sharing

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Offline sulphur

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Re: Herter's 46"- Completed, pg 4-5
« Reply #52 on: April 05, 2010, 10:18:00 PM »
should i send you my address now!!???  i have been wanting one of your creations since i saw that greybark recurve.  you do great work!
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Offline bjansen

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Re: Herter's 46"- Completed, pg 4-5
« Reply #53 on: April 05, 2010, 10:49:00 PM »
Ha, yeah send it over Sulphur.  Thanks for the comments.  You know that greybark recurve was one of my favorites too.  Everytime I learned something new I went back and reworked that bow.  thinner tips...smaller handle, radius shelf, lower shelf, overlays on the front..i reworked it several times...here is a pic of it now and it belows to a friend of mine who is just getting into trad archery.

 
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Offline Chester Thompson

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Re: Herter's 46"- Completed, pg 4-5
« Reply #54 on: April 05, 2010, 10:55:00 PM »
Wow, how do I get on your friend list? Hahahahahaha that is beautiful. Now I just need it at about 55 lbs @26".
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Offline Robertfishes

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Re: Herter's 46"- Completed, pg 4-5
« Reply #55 on: April 06, 2010, 08:55:00 PM »
looks like a fun one. nice job of the riser! very nice
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Offline sulphur

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Re: Herter's 46"- Completed, pg 4-5
« Reply #56 on: April 07, 2010, 02:11:00 AM »
one of these days i will try and actionwood riser.  they look awfully cool.   how much heavier are they??
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Offline bjansen

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Re: Herter's 46"- Completed, pg 4-5
« Reply #57 on: April 07, 2010, 07:57:00 AM »
I dont think it is that much heavier.  It is certainly lighter than cocobolo, purpleheart or bocote.  This 46" bow is light as a feather and its basically solid actionwood.  Comparatively, I would say it weighs somewhere between hard maple and cocobolo.
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Offline Ricker

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Re: Herter's 46"- Completed, pg 4-5
« Reply #58 on: April 07, 2010, 09:06:00 AM »
Your work always looks top notch Brad.  Great looking bow!
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Offline bjansen

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Re: Herter's 46"- Completed, pg 4-5
« Reply #59 on: April 17, 2010, 08:19:00 AM »
Got the Herters 46 all finished up and ready to shoot.  Here are some final pics.  I'm looking forward to making another one of these.

 

 

 

 
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