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Some BLING for my Molly (Done) Thanks.
« on: July 09, 2015, 05:19:00 PM »
I made a fiber glass Molly
62"NTN .300 stack
1-1/4" wide   3/16" at the tips

       
I had some turquoise that I pounded to sand and I left some course

       

I made a form and mixed it with smooth-on

       

This is what I got

       

Persimmon overlays
The tips are 3/16" wide and 5/8" at the tip (Static) fades

       

I put some reflex in the tips

       

The belly side painted

       

       
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Re: Some BLING for my Molly (Done) Thanks.
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2015, 05:22:00 PM »
Copper head skins over black glass    :(  
It   looks OK to me

   

The form was 1-1/2" square tubing with a 1" block at each end for some reflex

 

Ran it threw the thickness sander to clean it up

 

Glued a pattern on for the tips

 

Sanded to the lines

 

That all for today
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Re: Some BLING for my Molly (Done) Thanks.
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2015, 05:58:00 PM »
Pretty cool Mark!!

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Re: Some BLING for my Molly (Done) Thanks.
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2015, 06:06:00 PM »
Fantastic. Love the tip overlays.
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Re: Some BLING for my Molly (Done) Thanks.
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2015, 07:04:00 PM »
Nice Touch.!  How does it shoot?

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Re: Some BLING for my Molly (Done) Thanks.
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2015, 08:30:00 PM »
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Nice Touch.!  How does it shoot?
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Thanks guy's
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Re: Some BLING for my Molly (Done) Thanks.
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2015, 10:30:00 PM »
This is interesting, Mark. Looking forward to the rest of the story.
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« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2015, 11:11:00 PM »
Thanks Pat
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Re: Some BLING for my Molly (Done) Thanks.
« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2015, 06:48:00 AM »
Marf I assume your belly glass is seamless from grip to tip? Its hard to tell.

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Re: Some BLING for my Molly (Done) Thanks.
« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2015, 07:39:00 AM »
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Marf I assume your belly glass is seamless from grip to tip? Its hard to tell.
yes

On picture # 6 you can see the stack all the way to the nock
The belly wood for the static tips is glued to the belly glass
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Re: Some BLING for my Molly (Done) Thanks.
« Reply #10 on: July 10, 2015, 04:54:00 PM »
I cut and sanded layers of sitka spruce for the tip bellys,glued them up and back on the form and in the oven


 


Lay out of the handle is 7/8" wide
 


Sanded the spruce to the static profile and put a string on it
 

I used a piece of bow string and some wax to hold the string tight and pulled to full draw.
The string was still tight so I chased off some of the layers until I got some bend on them


 

I trapped the belly almost to a point.
when I put on the persimmon over lays it quit bending
 

 

 
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Re: Some BLING for my Molly (Done) Thanks.
« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2015, 05:11:00 PM »
I mixed more smooth-on and turquoise to make a arrow head for the loose ends of sinew on the handle wrap

 

 
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Re: Some BLING for my Molly (Done) Thanks.
« Reply #12 on: July 10, 2015, 07:07:00 PM »
Really cool stuff.

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Re: Some BLING for my Molly (Done) Thanks.
« Reply #13 on: July 10, 2015, 10:17:00 PM »
Nice work.  Thanks for posting the pictures.
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Re: Some BLING for my Molly (Done) Thanks.
« Reply #14 on: July 11, 2015, 09:16:00 AM »
Amazing!!  I love your work.

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Re: Some BLING for my Molly (Done) Thanks.
« Reply #15 on: July 11, 2015, 10:50:00 AM »
Full draw
I wish I had used a taper in the stack?
Just a little noisey, need some string silencers

Alright pathfinder, here you go.
31#&28"  305 grain arrow 167 fps. average

I like it, It was fun to build
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Thanks for all the comments guy's.    :)    
   

The arrow head came out nice


   

Persimmon riser
There is a power lam in the stack, longer than the riser. The riser is glued to the belly of the stack with (4)  1/4" hardwood pins drilled threw the back down into the riser

   
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Re: Some BLING for my Molly (Done) Thanks.
« Reply #16 on: July 11, 2015, 10:58:00 AM »
Neat build, mixing the old with the new.

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Re: Some BLING for my Molly (Done) Thanks.
« Reply #17 on: July 11, 2015, 02:32:00 PM »
Very cool    :thumbsup:
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Re: Some BLING for my Molly (Done) Thanks.
« Reply #18 on: July 11, 2015, 03:23:00 PM »
Most interesting, always something new going on here.Bue--.   :)

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Re: Some BLING for my Molly (Done) Thanks.
« Reply #19 on: July 11, 2015, 07:14:00 PM »
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Most interesting, always something new going on here.Bue--.    :)  
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