TG BOW SWAP 2011 (pics and post)

[scottm]

Greg that is a beautiful bow! No-sage that take down hinge looks really cool.I cant wait to see how it turns out!

[kerryb]

I was wondering if you all think i should skin this bow with Flathead catfish skins or leave it as is? I hope i get the reply i am looking for. lol.

[eagleone]

flatty for sure!

[fujimo]

skins!!!

[Diamondback59]

kerry skins  but looks nice as is  brock

[GREG IN MALAD]

Dick,
Yes I did say light, although there is no chance of this bow being light enough for me. Quilted maple is one of my favorites even though it's a pain to work with. It burns in the drum sander quite easily and soaks up glue like a sponge. I use DER 383(epon)/versamid instead of smooth-on for quilted maple. This bow took 3 coats of glue before it stopped soaking in and would stand on the surface. With smooth-on I always get some dry speckles under the glass, this glue up came out flawless. It was a good day.

[GREG IN MALAD]

Kerry,
When in doubt, skin it out.

[Keenan]

Wow, a few days away and look at all I missed  

[K30bowfisher]

Some awesome bows coming together here. I always vote for skins too, that pretty yellow wood will still show on the belly! Whoever ends up with that bow Greg's building is a lucky dog. Then again it is looking like everyone that signed ip
for the swap is gong to be pretty happy when the mailman brings the goodies to them.

[KellyG]

Wow look at all those bows. take downs and future skinned bows. This is great.

[bretto]

Kerryb, I hope You put the Flathead skins on and please show us how You prep the skins.

Great bows everyone I hope by next year I can play along. Keep up the good work and thanks for all the pics and advice.

bretto

[Dan Landis]

No-sage, thanks for the info on the bevellok system.  The next time I have some billets to join, I'll be giving it a try.

[Ranger44]

Very nice work guys!  You are making this difficult for those of us that have very little experience.  I've got a couple of "practice bows" to do and then a little experimentation before I start my trade bow.  Hopefully the experience will get me some skills.

[hova]

im sure a machinist could work something up like this fairly easily.


lookin great though , nice to see some different options

-hov

[No-sage]

Spacers, end grain covers glued in place.

 

Extra phenolic ground off.

 

Fit came out good.  It's hard to get the machining depth perfect so that there are no gaps in between the spacers.  If you go too deep, the halves won't go together, if you go too shallow, there'll be a gap between the spacers.  I left a bit of a gap and let the epoxy fill it up while the spacers got glued on.  You use the joint to hold the spacers in place when you glue them on.  That's when you can make it back into a one piece if you're not careful.

 

Alignment is good and the stave feels very solid when the joint is fully seated.  No movement side to side when the stave is shaken.

 

And after all this work, I've got a takedown stick.

Hope I can make it into a good bow.... if not.... plan B.

[KellyG]

Well no-sage,
it is for the bowyer on the go who can lug around a full lenght stave. Does it come with a carring case.
It looks like you have done this before. I cant wait to see more.
God Bless and Happy Building,
Kelly

[Aram]

Wowed again, Keith!    

[broketooth]

no kiddin that is an awesome system. and a wonderful lookin stave to work with to boot. i cant wait to see what it looks like finished. ruddy

[kennym]

Some nice work goin here!!

I'm gettin closer to startin, glued the UBI bow up last nite, shot it about an hour ago. Gotta sand sand sand and spray it (and another one I have been workin on for a while!)

Then off to fix my junk knee,then on to the swap bow!

[Stiks-n-Strings]