Author Topic: 64" R/D 2-Piece Long Bow Build Along (Read 862 times)

recurvericky · « **on:** January 23, 2011, 07:12:00 PM »

The bow I am building is a 2-Piece 64" R/D Long Bow for an elk hunting trip I will be taking to Idaho this year. There are many different types of take down systems for a 2 piece bow. I orginally wanted to use the fiberglass sleeve type connection, but once I had the riser together I did not want to cover up the riser wood, so I am going with the bow bolt.

Let's get started.

I will be using a combination of grey actionwood and rosewood for the riser with black and red phenolic between the woods.

kennym · « **Reply #1 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:17:00 PM »

recurvericky · « **Reply #2 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:20:00 PM »

The riser is going to have a radius of rosewood in the riser. I had to build a jig for the cut which was done on the band saw.

recurvericky · « **Reply #3 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:23:00 PM »

The riser is going to have a radius of rosewood in the riser. I had to build a jig for the cut which was done on the band saw.

recurvericky · « **Reply #4 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:24:00 PM »

Sorry for the double posting.

recurvericky · « **Reply #5 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:27:00 PM »

Here is the cut I made on the rosewood. It is still attached to the jig.

Here is the cuts made for the riser, the red and black phenolic that will make up the riser.

recurvericky · « **Reply #6 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:29:00 PM »

Glueing up the riser parts.

And in the oven it goes for about 4 hrs.

1oldbowguy · « **Reply #7 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:29:00 PM »

Like it so far, can't wait for more, looking very nice.

recurvericky · « **Reply #8 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:31:00 PM »

The riser out of the oven.

recurvericky · « **Reply #9 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:32:00 PM »

Ther riser cut and shaped on the Rigid Oscillating belt sander. This is a fine tool.

recurvericky · « **Reply #10 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:41:00 PM »

Here is a view of the fade on the riser.

recurvericky · « **Reply #11 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:44:00 PM »

Next comes the limb materials.
2 - zebrawood parallels
1 - actionboo parallel
1 - actionboo taper .002
2 - clear glass
for a total thickness of .368 at the butt.

I got the riser materials from Kennym. I can not say enough about the quality of the limb materials and the great customer service.

recurvericky · « **Reply #12 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:46:00 PM »

Getting ready to glue up the bow.

recurvericky · « **Reply #13 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:54:00 PM »

More glue up.

And the parts going on the form.

Pressure hose added along with top of form and pressured up.

Close up

recurvericky · « **Reply #14 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:58:00 PM »

The bow was cooked in the overn for 5 hours and then allowed to cool. Here is the bow off the form after cooling down overnight in the oven and cleaned up.

Here is a close up of the riser with the locator pin removed.

recurvericky · « **Reply #15 on:** January 23, 2011, 08:08:00 PM »

Here is the riser after cleaning it up on the belt sander.

recurvericky · « **Reply #16 on:** January 23, 2011, 08:10:00 PM »

Here is the riser after cutting out the basic shape on the bandsaw.

recurvericky · « **Reply #17 on:** January 23, 2011, 08:13:00 PM »

More shaping on the riser with the spindle sanding and files.

recurvericky · « **Reply #18 on:** January 23, 2011, 08:17:00 PM »

And more....

Cutting the string nocks at 45 degrees. Use a round file.

recurvericky · « **Reply #19 on:** January 23, 2011, 08:19:00 PM »

Riser and nock overlays installed and shaped.

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