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Re: one piece static tip build a long - full draw! finished! tested!
« Reply #20 on: November 01, 2014, 05:51:00 AM »
Tapping toes, waiting. LOL

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Re: one piece static tip build a long - full draw! finished! tested!
« Reply #21 on: November 01, 2014, 05:55:00 PM »
Wish I had your energy!
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Re: one piece static tip build a long - full draw! finished! tested!
« Reply #22 on: November 01, 2014, 05:56:00 PM »
Wish I had your energy!
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Re: one piece static tip build a long - full draw! finished! tested!
« Reply #23 on: November 24, 2014, 01:06:00 AM »
Hi Wayne, Iv'e been watching this one closely. Whats happening?

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Re: one piece static tip build a long - full draw! finished! tested!
« Reply #24 on: November 24, 2014, 01:21:00 AM »
been off it for the last two weeks- full into the rut right now-   :scared:   not me ...the deer- weeeell ....me too i guess  :D    :D  
anyway...i did get the form made for the spruce tip inlays
was fabricating and welding up all the brackets,  need to finish with the router work on the form- then ready to have a good crack at it.

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Re: one piece static tip build a long - full draw! finished! tested!
« Reply #25 on: November 24, 2014, 05:36:00 AM »
Didn't happen without pictures.  :)

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Re: one piece static tip build a long - full draw! finished! tested!
« Reply #26 on: November 24, 2014, 06:23:00 AM »
Rut or no rut, this is slow going and suspense is almost killing us.   ;)  Bue--.

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Re: one piece static tip build a long - full draw! finished! tested!
« Reply #27 on: November 24, 2014, 01:09:00 PM »
Never heard of a bowyer using a welder to make a bow?  :)

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Re: one piece static tip build a long - full draw! finished! tested!
« Reply #28 on: January 20, 2015, 02:20:00 PM »
hey, i can use whatever i want to build a canadian bow, eh!   :D

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« Reply #29 on: January 20, 2015, 02:29:00 PM »
ok so the forms were finished- both the main form, and the form for the static tip inserts.
next was prepping materials for the tips,
 some good ol sitka spruce
 

nice tight , straight grained stuff
 


030 clear glass
2x .100 lams with 002 taper,
riser and inserts

black limba for lams and riser cheeks,
maple and ipe for i beam
spruce for tip inserts

 

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« Reply #30 on: January 20, 2015, 02:32:00 PM »
besides i am not much of a bowyer  Ol' fella- so figure i can get away with it!!

the concept for the spruce tip inserts came from mark daniel- and he did that with his very pronounced static tip 3 piece bow-with string bridges an' all.
so he did all the smart R and D- i am just working to his idea.

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Re: one piece static tip build a long - full draw! finished! tested!
« Reply #31 on: January 20, 2015, 02:36:00 PM »
ground lams- on my trusty Kenny-m sleds   :D   , spliced the lams- was very worried about them busting at the splice with the pronounced curve in the riser on the back, so glued them up with smooth on instead-.
   

shaped and sanded the riser, and trimmed and sanded the limb tip inserts to a feather!
   

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« Reply #32 on: January 20, 2015, 02:40:00 PM »
the snakey profile under the riser is a laminated piece that i lay on the form, when final shaping the riser- it is made up to match the combo of glass and wood lam, incl the tapers- it was laminated from 3 layers , so that it will hold its shape well- that way i dont have to repeatedly flex the splice joint when test fitting the riser. its only a tad longer than the actual riser

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Re: one piece static tip build a long - full draw! finished! tested!
« Reply #33 on: January 20, 2015, 03:01:00 PM »
Snot too shabby..   :)

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« Reply #34 on: January 20, 2015, 03:11:00 PM »
Coming along nicely. Good idea with the snakey profile . Bue--.

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Re: one piece static tip build a long - full draw! finished! tested!
« Reply #35 on: January 20, 2015, 06:13:00 PM »
Looking good!    :thumbsup:  
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« Reply #36 on: January 20, 2015, 06:15:00 PM »
you like the wood Dave   :D  
 it completely changes under glass- i can now see why you love it!

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« Reply #37 on: January 20, 2015, 09:05:00 PM »
using the trick i learnt on here from some ol fella in Pa, using a toothpick to line everything up in the riser area- makes life so easy nowadays
 
got it into the form, getting the insert sandwiched between the lams at the tip was going to be really tricky- did a few dry runs, with the wood being dry, it was really hard to get it set up perfectly, but knew with the glue bing slippery i could get it to work
 

so glued it all up, inserted the wedge- about 10# pressure- then with the glue helping i could slide it into the perfect position, , air in small bursts over about 20 minutes- checking that it was well seated the whole time.
got it into the oven- to get up at 3;50 am to switch the oven off!
 

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Re: one piece static tip build a long - full draw! finished! tested!
« Reply #38 on: January 20, 2015, 10:19:00 PM »
Interesting to say the least!

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Re: one piece static tip build a long - full draw! finished! tested!
« Reply #39 on: January 20, 2015, 11:08:00 PM »
Looking good    :)
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