Author Topic: 2013 Annual Bow Swap (Read 43260 times)

CardboardDuck · « **Reply #800 on:** February 10, 2013, 10:22:00 PM »

Nice!

Dmaxshawn · « **Reply #801 on:** February 10, 2013, 10:23:00 PM »

Looks about like mine David. I'm definately with you on the free hand thing. Thats gonna be a sweet riser.

I like it no edges

Dmaxshawn · « **Reply #802 on:** February 10, 2013, 10:25:00 PM »

I got three coats of T-bird sprayed on my original bow for the swap. Just going to roll with it. It finished out 5 pounds under after finish sanding.

Its like Kennys bow 106 LBS @ 39 inches

kennym · « **Reply #803 on:** February 10, 2013, 10:27:00 PM »

Nice bow John!!

Shawn, you can pull 106# @ 39" ?

I'll send ya MY thumpin list!! LOL

rmorris · « **Reply #804 on:** February 10, 2013, 10:31:00 PM »

Good lookig bows! John that bow looks good at full draw.
Today I narrowed down my wood choices to solid Bolivian rosewood , solid canary wood, or something with lots of red...

I guess all I did today was take zebra wood out of the mix becaue there is a few zebra bows going on already.

Anyone els think the hardest part of this thing is choosing the wood?

kennym · « **Reply #805 on:** February 10, 2013, 10:34:00 PM »

Yep, choosin the timber is bad, I swtched a couple times. Even cut my phenolic I-beam out of one riser and put it in another one!! LOL

Dmaxshawn · « **Reply #806 on:** February 10, 2013, 10:53:00 PM »

Here's what she looked like after the first coat. Three coats on 4 more to go.

goobersan · « **Reply #807 on:** February 10, 2013, 11:04:00 PM »

John, I love the drawings. great touch
alot of impressive bows so far. I've decided to use one of my twin bows for the swap. my brother may be happier with different woods. it'll be a nice surprise either way for him.okay, have supplies.........

talkingcabbage · « **Reply #808 on:** February 11, 2013, 12:16:00 AM »

Ran a couple test pieces through my new sander today. I think she's gonna work great. Just need to figure out how to set up the shop vac on her - she makes a ton of dust!

Also got some poster board templates cut out for some pretty curves for the spliced veneers and the riser accent. Got all the woods I'm gonna use too, and the core lams and glass from Kenny (thanks again!!).

Still need to finish those pesky knives first, then I can start working on the bows. Hopefully I'll be going on it within a couple weeks. Haven't seen a lot from my victim, so hopefully he/she's not in too much of a hurry!

4est trekker · « **Reply #809 on:** February 11, 2013, 10:47:00 AM »

Looking good everyone. I spent some time researching my recipient and started about three days after the names came out. I'm working on something I've not done before but have always wanted to dabble with. Been slowly tinkering with it and it's coming along nicely.

Again, good work, all!

razorback · « **Reply #810 on:** February 11, 2013, 05:14:00 PM »

Been working on another cherry stave. I have 5 or 6 bows i"m working on at the moment and not sure which I will use. Probably the best one, if I don't get jealous and keep it myself.

It is 63"ttt and nearly 2" wide with 4" handle and 2" fades. String tracks nicely down the middle and it has about 1" of natural reflex. Is cut in pyramid style and I will probably flip the tips a little and give it some rawhide backing.

macbow · « **Reply #811 on:** February 11, 2013, 06:12:00 PM »

I did get to work on the BBI today. Getting close on tiller and I think I'm still ahead of the weight target.

KellyG · « **Reply #812 on:** February 11, 2013, 08:28:00 PM »

razorback I can't wait to see what you do with that cherry.

whossbows · « **Reply #813 on:** February 11, 2013, 08:34:00 PM »

Got my tips done and the bow sealed up today.new string be made tomorrow. Think i will shoot it about 50 times and send it on its way next monday.watch the mail @#%%$###%$.

Al Dean · « **Reply #814 on:** February 11, 2013, 08:55:00 PM »

Got my bow finish sanded today. Set it up and shot it some. Shot great. Got ready to weigh it. Strung it up, pulled it back and "crack". Unstrung it to check and here is what I found. High lited with marker. Never had this happen before. Does anyone see something I did wrong? Oh well, better than a limb.

rmorris · « **Reply #815 on:** February 11, 2013, 09:03:00 PM »

Al, I sorry that happened to ya. I had something like that happen to me once, the crack I got came near the same spot but ran across the shelf. My problem was I made the riser and shelf are too small , but yours looks like it had plenty of wood, possibly it could be a defect in the wood. Once again sorry it broke because it was looking great. BTW what kind of wood ya working with?

heartlandbowyer · « **Reply #816 on:** February 11, 2013, 09:17:00 PM »

Al wow that stinks, like you said at least it wasnt the limbs. I was also wondering on the wood species looks a bit like bubinga between oak. Looks like there should be enough material but the riser must have been flexing a bit. Well it didnt totally come apart and snack ya in the head, that doesnt feel good, speaking from experience. Good luck on the next one.

Cory

Al Dean · « **Reply #817 on:** February 11, 2013, 09:23:00 PM »

Zebra wood with a walnut strip.

heartlandbowyer · « **Reply #818 on:** February 11, 2013, 09:32:00 PM »

Man can't believe those weren't strong enough must have been a week spot like you said.

Steven Russell · « **Reply #819 on:** February 12, 2013, 12:04:00 AM »

I'm trying to get an earlier start this year and so it's out to the wood stash even though the garage is freezing! I decided to go with a three inch osage sucker that I cut about 12 years back in Indiana. It should be good and dry at this point.

Here's what the rings look like.

And here's what it looked like after peeling the bark off:

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