Author Topic: Cocobolo Bow - Finished !!! (Read 1779 times)

coaster500 · « **Reply #20 on:** July 19, 2012, 09:59:00 AM »

That's a tough break Ralph... hope you find a motor

Just a guess Ralph but Cocobolo is pretty oily, right? Does the oil work its way to the surface after it's cut and sits a bit?

Just a guess

4runr · « **Reply #21 on:** July 19, 2012, 05:00:00 PM »

Sorry I'm so slow to answer. Coaster has it exactly. The same reason you don't want to clean it with Acetone, it brings the oil to the surface.

Roman said he has, on occasion, ground the lams late afternoon and glued-up the next morning, but wouldn't wait any longer than that.

Not just Coco, also Osage, and Cedar. Cedar being the worst.

Roy from Pa · « **Reply #22 on:** July 19, 2012, 05:10:00 PM »

Ralph you definitely need a new table saw. You can not build bows without one..

rmorris · « **Reply #23 on:** July 19, 2012, 05:24:00 PM »

You got to watch what you say Roy, once in a while my wife will actually read what I write here and if she reads that I am a dead man.

rmorris · « **Reply #24 on:** July 19, 2012, 05:26:00 PM »

Kenny, thanks for the heads up... They are ground to .040 now, I guess I could grind them down to .025 just before glue up.

Roy from Pa · « **Reply #25 on:** July 19, 2012, 07:27:00 PM »

All fixed Ralph:)

rmorris · « **Reply #26 on:** July 26, 2012, 02:42:00 AM »

Well with a little help from Roy motivating my wife to let me get that saw up and running again here is where I am at...

This is my first bow where I have made the veneers and I am very impressed so far. I also changed my wedge from a triangle to the wedge that starts out like a triangle and end up being parallel the last 5", creating a lower limb profile. Next I changed the shape of the riser a bit on this bow by decreasing the limb angle by a few degrees.I then added an 8" wedge of fiberglass starting at the tips. I am not typically one to change this much on one bow but hopefully once I get the tips glued on and start shooing it, all will be good.

gorillabows · « **Reply #27 on:** July 26, 2012, 07:04:00 AM »

Beautiful bow

beetlebailey1977 · « **Reply #28 on:** July 28, 2012, 03:08:00 PM »

Straight looks nice.

Sharp Shooter · « **Reply #29 on:** July 28, 2012, 06:00:00 PM »

Ralph, that's looking great, can't wait to see the finished product. Tony

rmorris · « **Reply #30 on:** August 02, 2012, 02:25:00 AM »

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rmorris · « **Reply #33 on:** August 02, 2012, 02:41:00 AM »

The bow is 47# @ 28" and I was shooting on average 185 fps with 475 grain Beman MFX arrows( My super lite 360 grain gold tips were whizzing at 210 fps but them are a little lite for me) . The back of the white tape is 28" so you can see I was a little over 28" resulting in the faster speed... This is the only one I could get my wife to do for me ... I would not say this is a 200 fps bow, but I do like the video...

bigbob2 · « **Reply #34 on:** August 02, 2012, 04:27:00 AM »

Love it ! Very classy.

razorback · « **Reply #35 on:** August 02, 2012, 01:05:00 PM »

Looks absolutely awesome but 2 things

Where the photo of the limbs with the veneer showing. That started this thread and I want to see a good finished shot.

Also, did you have to shoot the dog "[dntthnk]"

rmorris · « **Reply #36 on:** August 02, 2012, 01:48:00 PM »

I will get you a money shot of the veneer as soon as I find my camera, I phones take good pictures but it just can't capture the detail ... BY THE WAY(Roy) all full draw images are copyrighted and cannot be used without expressed written consent by ME!

Roy from Pa · « **Reply #37 on:** August 02, 2012, 01:57:00 PM »

I guess it's ok...

And yer pink skirt is so sexy:) LMAO

Hermann From Bavaria · « **Reply #38 on:** August 02, 2012, 04:21:00 PM »

Hey Morris,

This bow looks awesome! you did a great job!

Greets
Herm

rmorris · « **Reply #39 on:** August 02, 2012, 05:33:00 PM »

Here are some better pictures from a real camera... Sorry about the pink dress, but a mans got to do what a mans got to do...

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