Shoot one for me

[critman]

Fling an arrow or two for me guys. Going for the postponed CT surgery tomorrow morning. Can't wait to get back to building and shooting. Hope ya'll don't get tired of the posting but that will be the closest i get to archery for a few weeks (hopefully).  Keep on building and shoot straight.    
critman

[timbermoose]

good luck bud, hope all goes well for you. wishing you a speedy recovery.

[fujimo]

all will be ok. keep yer chin up!
break a leg mate!!

[scars]

Shot one for you. You should put an apple on your head in a couple of days. I figure that's when it will get there.  

[bigbob2]

All the best with your op. and wish a speedy recovery.

[Buemaker]

Wish you all the best and a speedy recovery. Bue--.

[Roy from Pa]

Best of luck, Chris.

[macbow]

Good luck with the surgery and follow up.
I'm in the same boat almost just no plan yet. Right shoulder is very painful.

[critman]

Well she's done. Went pretty darn fast. Took about 2 hours total pre op and all. Walked out, got breakfast, picked up latest copy of Traditional Bowhunter magazine and was home by 10. Thank you Lord and to all you guys for the encouragement. Now for all 4 copies of Masters of the Barebow.  Learn something every time i watch them.....
p.s.  I am still waiting for a build-along video Roy  

[KellyG]

My Prayers are with you.

[Roy from Pa]

Glad things went well, Chris. Would you settle for still pictures?

[kennym]

Good deal Chris! Hope your recovery goes as well!  

   

[critman]

Roy, I will settle for still pictures. "G" rated that is.
Thanks for the warning Kenny  

[Roy from Pa]

Here are the materials, Chris. LOL McKenzie

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7I0pXwIkz8&feature=youtu.be

Z splices tucked in for the cold winter night.

 

[critman]

Keep 'em coming Roy. You have made my day! Gonna watch close. Tried to make a 'boo backed bow twice and failed twice. One came in way too light, the other snapped trying to short string it. You give me courage to try again though. Dang, left arm is tired.....  

[Roy from Pa]

Laying out a Z splice.

     

Cut out and ready to glue up.

     


Clamped down till glue dries, I'll let it sit till the next day. Notice the edge of the work bench, I added on a piece of 6 foot long, 1" aluminum angle to give me a nice straight edge for bow making. Both edges of bench. It's 1/8th thick and makes it very easy to use clamps.

     

Both lams clamped.

     

[Roy from Pa]

Chris, I shot one for me, then I shot one for you. Not doing that anymore, you shoot too well:)

 

[critman]

I had no idea I shot so well! Awesome Roy.

[red hill]

Glad things went well, Chris!

[Roy from Pa]

Here you go, Chris. Laying out the boo with my bow pattern. Every piece of boo is different, the nodes will be spaced differently, you want the end with the nodes closer together to be the bottom limb. I strive to have a node equally spaced at the end of the flares, you will notice there is a 6 " mark on my pattern, that is actually about 8" from my flares. My flares are 1 1/4 wide and I hold that 1 1/4 width out for another 6" to beef up that area of the limb. From that 6" line, I do a straight taper to 1/2 wide at the tips.

     

Once I flatten the belly side of the boo, I lay the boo with the flat side up and mark the center of the handle according to how I had it laid out in the above picture.

     

       

Then I clamp my pattern onto the boo and align it up. You want the center of the limb tip to be on the high center crown of the boo. Those long black lines on the ends of the boo are the peak " center " of the boo's crown. Sometimes you have to slide the pattern to one side or the other to get a nice alignment. Notice how close the pattern is to the right side edge of the boo. After the pattern is traced out onto the boo, I cut it out, staying about 1/16th away from my line. Those areas where the boo is very thin on the edge of the traced pattern, I stay away from when cutting out on the band saw, boo is brittle when it's that thin and close to the edge, the band saw will tear it out. Ask me how I know?         After the boo is cut to the shape of my bow, I use a palm sander to get "to" the line, but leave the line. And with the palm sander is when I address those thin edges.

   

 
     

Video of sanding to the line, little hard to sand and video but you will see how it's done. Remember to go to the line, don't remove the line, but sometimes a Coors light will make the sander slip but it's no biggie:)

   

   

After the boo is cut to bow shape and sanded to the line, it needs thickness tapered from about 1/8 thick at handle to 1/16th thick a tips. I use a sander and the a toothing plane to do that. You want the belly side of the boo to be nice and flat and uniform.