Author Topic: Takedown recurve build along (All Done) (Read 7311 times)

BrushWolf · « **on:** September 11, 2013, 11:06:00 AM »

I have had extra time on my hands. So I thought I would try to do a build along. So here goes. I will be attempting to make a 62" bow out of Claro walnut and curly Koa. The first thing I am going to do is cut out some riser parts.

BrushWolf · « **Reply #1 on:** September 11, 2013, 11:09:00 AM »

Here is the walnut.

BrushWolf · « **Reply #2 on:** September 11, 2013, 11:12:00 AM »

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Once the block was cut out square I cut the profile for the flare.

BrushWolf · « **Reply #3 on:** September 11, 2013, 11:23:00 AM »

Time to move on to the Koa.

BrushWolf · « **Reply #4 on:** September 11, 2013, 11:29:00 AM »

The first cut in the Koa.

beachbowhunter · « **Reply #5 on:** September 11, 2013, 01:17:00 PM »

Wow, freehanding those cuts would be a bear for me. I would never get them to fit!

MoeM · « **Reply #6 on:** September 11, 2013, 02:30:00 PM »

X².... really handy!

takefive · « **Reply #7 on:** September 11, 2013, 05:13:00 PM »

That is some beautiful wood

BrushWolf · « **Reply #8 on:** September 11, 2013, 09:26:00 PM »

After those two cut its time to fit them together.

I am not good enough with the saw for them to fit . So I have to sand them with a drum. The sanding drum has a stop on it and
I use a pattern to get every thing exact.

Dmaxshawn · « **Reply #9 on:** September 11, 2013, 09:31:00 PM »

Looking good bud. Love my brushwolf.

JJB · « **Reply #10 on:** September 11, 2013, 09:42:00 PM »

That's going to look sharp, looking forward to following along.
-Jay

LittleBen · « **Reply #11 on:** September 12, 2013, 09:37:00 AM »

Very nice! I love claro walnut ... very nice.

David Flanrey · « **Reply #12 on:** September 12, 2013, 09:57:00 AM »

Keep it coming!! Looking very nice.

chackworth3 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 12, 2013, 11:12:00 AM »

Very nice! Love the wood combo!

BrushWolf · « **Reply #14 on:** September 12, 2013, 12:19:00 PM »

The first joint is ready . Now to move to the other one.

beachbowhunter · « **Reply #15 on:** September 12, 2013, 12:19:00 PM »

Can you show the sander stop and pattern set up?

BrushWolf · « **Reply #16 on:** September 12, 2013, 12:23:00 PM »

For the next joint I just start over by cutting out the shape. Then sand to the line using the other half of the pattern.

BrushWolf · « **Reply #17 on:** September 12, 2013, 12:27:00 PM »

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Originally posted by beachbowhunter:
Can you show the sander stop and pattern set up?

I will get a pic or two put on as soon as I can. The drum I use is 2x3 with 36 grit paper. It seems to do the best job for me .

BrushWolf · « **Reply #18 on:** September 12, 2013, 02:39:00 PM »

Here is the drum. The black wheel on the bottom is what I call a stop.

BrushWolf · « **Reply #19 on:** September 12, 2013, 02:48:00 PM »

As for the patterns they are 1/2" plywood. Each one has a center line to keep everything straight. They also have makes to tell me were the lines for the joint is going to be. I line all the marks up an two face tape the pattern down. The pattern usually set around 1/16 back from the edge to allow every thing to clean up.

It definitely took me sometime to get the patterns to fit up before they were ready to be used.

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