Weekend project

[GREG IN MALAD]

Ok, the weather has been crappy all weekend and it snowed yesterday so I finished fixing a bow. It was a hickory flatbow that I botched the tiller on, I ran out of poundage before I had it finished. To fix the problem I sanded down the belly and glued on some Ipe lams. It is 66" long and draws 47#@28", what do y'all think.
The upper limb is on the right side.
 

The upper limb is on the left side.
 


 


 

[PEARL DRUMS]

Sharp bow and sharp tiller, nice bends Greg.

[Blkbird]

Nice..looks good.

[Lee Slikkers]

Dang, one heck of a "recovery" on the build.  Sharp looking bow and the tiller is killer.

[Trux Turning]

Wow! Nice job and save what a beauty.

[GREG IN MALAD]

It really is amazing how different the tiller looks in a photo, I thought the tiller was off until I posted the photos. One day I will build a wood bow that doesn't need fixed.

[bjansen]

Nice job Greg

[4est trekker]

That's fantastic in all respects!       The save, the tiller...excellent!

[Roy from Pa]

It really is amazing how different the tiller looks in a photo, I thought the tiller was off until I posted the photos. One day I will build a wood bow that doesn't need fixed.

Ah heck Greg.. I do that all the time:) LOL Roy

[Mark Smeltzer]

Very nice save Greg. I really like the looks of that, I may just try that on purpose sometime. Seal that bad boy up befor all this darn rain gets to your hickory.

Mark

[SEMO_HUNTER]

Nice recovery Greg and that just opens up a whole new dimension of possibilities doesn't it?
Tiller looks perfect.

I was kinda thinking along those same lines with the Ipe I have coming to me any day now, but my idea wasn't quite like yours so you just gave me even more to think about now.

Thanks for posting your results. By the way, what was the thickness of your hickory limbs before adding the Ipe and how thin did you make your Ipe belly lams if you don't mind sharing that info?

SEMO

[GREG IN MALAD]

Mark, the bow is sitting in the oven, waiting for the rain to stop.

Semo, I didn't measure the limb thickness before I started. I sanded off about 1/8"-3/16" then glued on two .080 Ipe lams, for a total thickness of .160
Because the Ipe is so strong in compression I used a round belly. This bow weighs 17.5 ozs and is the nicest shooting woodbow I've built.

[okie64]

Looks Great Greg! It doesnt take much ipe to make some serious drawweight.

[SEMO_HUNTER]

Very cool, thanks Greg.

[vanillabear?]

[bigcountry]

This is outstanding.  I have an osage that also came way under with a dead flat belly, and have considered doing the same.  I was worried IPE was too oily.  I was looking for 1/4" osage slats somewhere.  Very nice.

[GREG IN MALAD]

This Ipe was slightly more oily than osage, but not near as bad as cocobolo or bloodwood. I sanded the belly down with a Ridgid belt sander then cleaned it up with a sanding block.