BBI build along, my first backed bow

[Echatham]

       

[Roy from Pa]

Ah I see ya got a good scale, it's zactly like mine..  Did ya tare out the weight of the dish first? Then tare out the powder? Ya got it set on grams or grains? Hope that doesn't get too hot on ya.. Or poof:)

[Echatham]

no i didnt tare it out... i figured it in. i was afraid it would shut off whilst i was adding weight and mess me up.... so i just measured 80 gr of cup... 300 of resin... and 30 of hardner for a 10:1 ratio. I have been watching the temp, feels about like 80-85 in there to me.

[Roy from Pa]

Ya got a string for that bow and a tillering string?

[Echatham]

not yet. I've always tillered with clothesline cord.... then when i get the limbs bending good i tie bowline knots in it and experiment till i get a good brace height. then make a string to that length.... any reason i shouldn't do it that way?

[Roy from Pa]

Well I was gonna make ya some strings, but since ya make strings then your set:) But cloths line cord doesn't excite me for tillering:)

[Echatham]

well i appreciate the thought!  i know how to do an endless loop.... need to learn the flemish twist... it might be part of this buildalong... who knows. whats your concern with clothesline cord? strength?  the stuff i have is a natural fiber... might be cotton... and just a teeny bit wider than a normal sized served endloop. real strong stuff.... actually used it for a string on my first selfbow for a few hundred shots before i learned to make a string!  dont gasp!

[Roy from Pa]

I guess if it works then use it.

Gasp..  

[Echatham]

ok,  i was just wondering if there was some reason i shouldn't that i hadnt thought of. like i said im only using it for the long string.... but maybe ill just make up a long b50 endless loop.

[Roy from Pa]

You could also make up an extra long string and use the Bowyers Knot for the bottom loop to adjust it to any length you need while tillering or shooting.

[Echatham]

maybe I will do that. bowyer's knot? I stand ready to learn!

[Roy from Pa]

Do a search on the internet or you tube, lots of info there on the bowyers knot.

[razorback]

I recommend Sam Harper's "Poorfolksbows" website for a good Flemish twist tutorial. Endless loops are fine but there is just something sexy about doing the twist.

[Echatham]

out of the SWTER and cleaned up a bit
 

 

hey it kinda looks like a bow don't it!

[Roy from Pa]

Looks good dude.

[Echatham]

ohhhhhh.... a timber hitch. gotcha.

[Echatham]

built me a tiller tree, actually, i permanently installed it in my basement workshop.
 

[Echatham]

drew the bow out again on the ipe, exact dimensions this time, 1 1/4" at the handle to 3/8" at the tips, sanded down close to the line with the belt sander, will take it the rest of the way by hand. really happy with the glue lines. no gaps and no ugly spots. can't really see so good in the picture.
 

 

[Roy from Pa]

Damn, you must of had a good mentor/mentors:)

[Echatham]

nope, no help from anyone!