Author Topic: Made my first Riser : ) Lots of pics...new bow needs name! (Read 1207 times)

philil · « **on:** March 12, 2008, 11:59:00 AM »

About a month ago I received these beautiful 2nd hand Ancient Spirits action boo limbs (thanks again Joel)and decided to build a riser for them.

The riser is finished and my "selfmade" bow shoots better than I'd have ever dreamed. I've never shot this well

A friend laminated a strip of plumtree between two blocks of Wenge.

philil · « **Reply #1 on:** March 12, 2008, 12:01:00 PM »

And I started to hack away everything that didn't look like a recurve riser

philil · « **Reply #2 on:** March 12, 2008, 12:02:00 PM »

StanM · « **Reply #3 on:** March 12, 2008, 12:08:00 PM »

Looks great so far, looking forward to more pics.

kurtbel5 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 12, 2008, 12:11:00 PM »

Nice work.
Can you show how the saw guide you are using works?
it looks like it might help me
Thanks Kurt bel5

philil · « **Reply #5 on:** March 12, 2008, 12:12:00 PM »

had to do some sanding on the lower limb pad cause is wasn't completly flat

Another friend of mine let me use his drill press

LEOPARD · « **Reply #6 on:** March 12, 2008, 12:38:00 PM »

Looking good Phil!

JEFF B · « **Reply #7 on:** March 12, 2008, 02:48:00 PM »

name for ya new bow longshot. and its looking awsome so far philil

brettlandon · « **Reply #8 on:** March 12, 2008, 02:57:00 PM »

Looks great! Why not call it what it is.... Plumb Centered. Just a thought. Anyway, post the final look.

-Brett

philil · « **Reply #9 on:** March 12, 2008, 03:50:00 PM »

Kurtbel5

I bought this saw guide for the riser projekt, but it's great for cutting angles for knife handles as well.

You should be able to get it in the states...its called "Perfect saw guide" made by Topman-Z tools japan. The saw is a japanese style Kataba without back reinforcement.

philil · « **Reply #10 on:** March 12, 2008, 03:58:00 PM »

More saw-work

preparing the insert holes

And letting the added epoxy cure in a cozy heating blanket borrowed from mum

fourpoint · « **Reply #11 on:** March 12, 2008, 11:54:00 PM »

awsome job on the bow, good luck with it, it will find its own name each bow soon develops a thing unto which it"s name comes

philil · « **Reply #12 on:** March 13, 2008, 01:51:00 AM »

shaping the grip

tecum-tha · « **Reply #13 on:** March 13, 2008, 03:07:00 AM »

Get yourself a few microplane rasps for the shaping.It will save a lot of hours shaping with inferior rasps....
I have the japanese saw system as well and it is very good.

Al Kidner · « **Reply #14 on:** March 13, 2008, 04:46:00 AM »

Good effort mate. That bow will need to see the NZ alps bro.

Keep the pics comming.

AK.

hera · « **Reply #15 on:** March 13, 2008, 05:07:00 AM »

Good job,keep going Philil.

Tom Leemans · « **Reply #16 on:** March 13, 2008, 09:41:00 AM »

Makin' bow stuff in the bedroom.

philil · « **Reply #17 on:** March 14, 2008, 08:01:00 AM »

Al I'll probably introduce this bad boy to NZ this sept.
looks like ill be working there in forestry for 6 months

I CAN`T WAIT

Well Tom, it's he only room I got.
Can't say I'm too happy about the all evening wenge-dust-sneezers, but it's worth it

philil · « **Reply #18 on:** March 14, 2008, 08:05:00 AM »

Put some micarta-type stuff on top of the limb pads, to decrease the ammount of "wrong angle" that was left from sanding.

then it was lunch on my new workbench :D

philil · « **Reply #19 on:** March 14, 2008, 12:07:00 PM »

Mounted the limbs and took my new bow for a little basement shooting session...I couldn't stop shooting


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