SO YA WANNA BUILD A GLASS BOW ?

[Bvas]

Originally posted by Roy from Pa:
 Bueboy, I bought that bow new in 1971.
 

:eek:  Daaaaang.............You are old!!  

[Mad Max]

Originally posted by Bvas:
 

Originally posted by Roy from Pa:
 Bueboy, I bought that bow new in 1971.
 

:eek:   Daaaaang.............You are old!!      [/b]

[Mad Max]

Originally posted by Mad Max:
 

Originally posted by Bvas:
 

Originally posted by Roy from Pa:
 Bueboy, I bought that bow new in 1971.
 

:eek:    Daaaaang.............You are old!!       [/b]

[/b]

[Mad Max]

Originally posted by Bvas:
 

Originally posted by Roy from Pa:
 Bueboy, I bought that bow new in 1971.
 

:eek:   Daaaaang.............You are old!!      [/b]

[Mad Max]

Originally posted by Mad Max:
 

Originally posted by Bvas:
 

Originally posted by Roy from Pa:
 Bueboy, I bought that bow new in 1971.
 

:eek:    Daaaaang.............You are old!!       [/b]

 [/b]

   

[Roy from Pa]

[Mad Max]

Your a good man
I don't care what Kenny said.

[kennym]

I glued on the belly overlays tonite. Changed up and used 6 pcs (I think), no pics cause I ended up putting bocote and maple lams on because it had an S curve in it. Not sure how it will look yet....

Probably like me , better with no pics...  :D

[Bvas]

Booooooo!!!!
Even crappy pics are better than no pics    :D

[kennym]

I'll get ya some when I get home, hadda go to doc this morning for checkup.

[kennym]

Here is gluing the black glass to belly, you can kind of see the S curve in the overlay.

 

I was having probs getting solid blocks to fit right, so went with bocote and maple lams , I think it may look OK when handle is shaped . That black mark is 1.75" from the back of bow, that is grip depth, and will be 1" wide side to side...

 

[kennym]

Also narrowed the limbs to .460 at fades and a fuzz over 1/2" at nocks. Can go a little more as I check tiller....

[Mad Max]

1.460

[kennym]

Yep LOL, miss one once in awhile!  

[kennym]

Here we go on shaping, marked out the grip and shelf...

 

I reckon you can guess what's coming now....

 

Another view of marking it out...

 

Here she is off the table saw, found a dry glue joint with a little crack, overfilled it with CA. ..   :cool:

 

Off to the big sander for a few, still got a ways to go...

 

 

 

Down to this, still gotta round it over on limbs, I can get it to 50 easy...

 

[kennym]

And the one everybody wants to see...

 

[Bvas]

I think the one everybody wants to see is the chrono reading when that arrow is turned loose.    
That riser turned out completely different than what I had pictured.
Really liking those bends. Looking I'm guessing it has about 8" tip wedges???

[kennym]

Well, I shot it thru the chrono, but it didn't mean much with an untuned arrow and half a beaver on the string....

Showed 184 fps at 28" with 9gpp arrow. Figured it should be better than that...

Had a 58" doing 190 a couple weeks back.

[Mad Max]

Looking good
You Da Man

[BenBow]

Kenny what is the limb width at the fades and tips? I've found narrow limbs like 1 to 1 1/16" wide at the fades and 7/16" or less at the tips seems to bring the speed up. Also did you add any tip wedges. It has a nice full draw profile but could use a bit more residual reflex