Another attempt at a laminate longbow

[Bvas]

That turned out very nice!!!

[Beazley hunter]

Thanks guys

[Beazley hunter]

All done. Shoots nice. Thanks for all the help guys. It's much appreciated.

[mwosborn]

 

[Forwardhandle]

Looks like a hunter to me 

[Roy from Pa]

Very nice bow..   

Quote from: Bvas on March 31, 2018, 09:31:45 AM

Your over thinking Skeater. (Never thought I’d say that. Lol)

 

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[kennym]

You did a nice job!! Great lookin bow!

[Beazley hunter]

I gotta revive this one for some help. I'm getting a lot of weird wear on my arrow rest. I've moved my nock point to bare shaft tune it to about 9/16" above center. Is my nock point wrong? I've clocked my arrow nocks so that the bottom hen feather rides in the gap between the arrow rest and side plate which puts my cock feather slightly under 90° to the string. Are my arrow nocks clocked wrong? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks ya'll.

[KenH]

...clear, wipe on finish that won't yellow? I was looking at tung oil as an option but I wasn't sure if that would seal the fiberglass and make a good finish.

Tung oil is an *oil* it will not soak into fiberglass.  NOTHING soaks into fiberglass.  Fiberglass, by its very nature, does not need to be sealed or 'waterproofed'.  Anything you use as a finish has to dry on the surface of the fiberglass. 

[Forwardhandle]

I can't tell from the pic for sure but it looks like that's where your arrow is riding ,knock a arrow and see where it's touching , maybe lower the knock and see ,I have been tuning arrows and shelf heights & location a lot lately , seems there is always a sweet spot on every bow I have , the hard part is finding it !  But when you do it's worth it , some times I make shims out of painters tape to see where the arrow touches & height and don't have to change the string knock tell I find the recipe ,I hope that helps ! Some times bare shaft tuning doesn't tell the whole story for me.

[kennym]

Sometimes a stiff arrow will wear outside of shelf pad. and you can get a false weak reading from it too BTW.

Might also put something under shelf to make the arrow ride more over the low point of grip,or close . This will also help with any torqueing of bow at shot.

I usually put something like a paper match or pc of leather under mine from habit whether it needs it or not.


also I've started putting the cock feather at about 7:00
, watch some slo mo vid of arrows and a tuned arrow should not be close to rest anyway....