Not what I wanted or expected, finished bow pics

[Carpdaddy]

A few unfinished pics..
 
 

[Carpdaddy]

And there's the ugly culprit.. (No not the dog) the crack down the glass.
 

[Carpdaddy]

But I continue forward..
 

[jsweka]

Other than the crack, that' a sweet looking bow.  I'm usually not a big fan of that camo actionwood, but what you did with it in that riser is really nice.

[Carpdaddy]

Thanks Jsweka, looks like it is shooting and holding okay. It's just those ugly bubbles and crack that will continue to haunt and remind me that hurts. Guess I'll be forced to make another one and you all know how much we hate doing that! Lol

[8leg-lover]

Just curious. What are the specs on that bow? I LOVE the braced profile! I'm getting ready to build my first bow (Ipe backed with bamboo). I'm using Kenny's 62" - 64" R/D plans. Hope I can get it close to that profile. I like your bow, craked glass and all.

[Carpdaddy]

The bow is 64" AMO, .375 butt thickness, 14" riser, haven't checked draw weight yet but guess-timate to be 43-44lb at my 27" draw. The form was dreamed up by running a aluminum strip between small nails and seeing what I wanted it to look like, I even cut out a paper riser so I could tell more. Then I posted pictures on here and ask for input from the gang. Sorry I don't remember the name of that thread. Kenny M shared some helpful info back then as he usually does. This is only my second bow from that form and I changed it a bit before this one. Felt my riser went too far forward so I glued about 1/4th inch wood down in that section. May have some pictures of that.

[Carpdaddy]

Here's where I was playing around with the form.
 

[Carpdaddy]

This was the first bow off it.
 

[Carpdaddy]

Unstrung profile before any work. Other than the string on it where I was checking center.
 
 

[Carpdaddy]

Unstrung profile before any work. Other than the string on it where I was checking center.
 
 

[Carpdaddy]

Opps; hit that back button again and double posted.

[Carpdaddy]

Change made to riser that I mentioned..
 

[Carpdaddy]

Okay; for the final update. Finally got warm enough to spray the bow and give the riser a few coats of Tru-Oil.
 
The crack was filled with 420, sanded, then sprayed. If it were not for the bubbles down the center from the strapping mistake it would just look like I got ahold of some of the old glass we were getting last year with the clouds and streaks.
 

[Carpdaddy]

Riser...
 
 
 

[Carpdaddy]

So I'm fired up to fling some arrows now even though I'm not fully finished. I grab a few pieces of Velcro for the shelf, guess at nock point by eyeballing it, and grab a few different spine arrows. Hey; it's been several weeks since I shot so I'm desperate and this is all the motivation I needed..
 

[Carpdaddy]

Shot from 15 to 30 yards and could not tell much difference between the Carbon Express 250's and 150's.
 

[Carpdaddy]

Then along came a long legged and long arm friend and tried it out. He is drawing my 30" arrow pretty close and shooting three under unlike me, no problem with that lower limb where the glass cracked..
 

[Carpdaddy]

One more..
 

[Carpdaddy]

So the moral of the story is... If you begin to get old and forgetful like me and totally mess up, don't give up and toss the bow too quickly. I should mention that I'm not in the bow business, I don't sell bows, I just make them for myself and a few family members or friends. If I were in business I would have had to toss this one, but since it's my toy I continued. Thanks for the kind words and advice.
Carp