68 in. Kennym bow !,64 in.,60in.,58 in. & mods & builds FHLB & R/D !

[Forwardhandle]

I havent been doing much on this bow hunting season and all but got a chance to glue up the back over lay & carve more on the riser & tiller the limbs a little more narrowed more & more trapping got the weight down to 57 3/8 lb but was able to limber them up enough to drop the brace height to 7 7/8" the bow has picked up a fair amount of speed getting the mass off , I wasn't
 going to post chrony numbers due to my long draw but I will & every body can figure from there, I only make hunting bows for real world application for my self, but I can hat trick the chrony at 57 3/8 lb @30 1/2 550 grain 201 fps the tips are still wide probably pick up another few fps there and a few with a lighter string !

[Forwardhandle]

Got the tip overlays ruffed in and started narrowing the tips the outers are just starting to open up a little bit more , got my brace height down now to 7 1/2" with out tip contact going to shoot it more & clock it tomorrow this bow really likes the 2613 arrow with the tiller string Im not doing final tweaks tell I get the 10 strand FF plus string that Im hoping will give me another 4 fps and maybe drop brace height more this bow has a lot of little quirks to work out but getting there love hearing the arrow rip into the back stop on this one !

[bigbob2]

Great chrony results! Nice bow too

[Forwardhandle]

Thanks Bob I have a long draw so I wouldn't be to impressed with my numbers...lol , I'm working on it's little brother this morning a 60" same recipe more or less,   I think will be a little more peppy , good to here from you Bob, I still,have the 68" D/R in the Que at some point this next year we discussed a while back , just work and family keep getting in the way...

[bigbob2]

All good mate, had a few personal issues to deal with. Liking what I see so far with this bow.

[Forwardhandle]

Did some more testing now that I droped the brace height thined the uppers Im using a 9.6 gpp thats all I have that will spine 57.3lb @ 30 1/2 I couldnt hat trick the same speed like last week,  Im not as consistent release to much coffee..lol but posted in the pics 3 shot average !

[Forwardhandle]

I ran some more light arrow tests granted there not the right spine but tried 450 grain and didnt pick up as much speed as I thought the 64" limbs like heavy hunting arrows better with the slower return with the longer limbs Im assuming !

[Forwardhandle]

I'm wrapping this one up I'm going to shoot it for a month or so before final tweaking and putting the finish on and move on full time to the 60" Carbon , Just a couple notes on this bow ,I'm contributing a lot of the performance & getting a lower brace height to the ACS type limbs, if you look at the limb pic a few pics up you can clearly see the concave limbs in conjunction with the carbon got me extra FPS & a lower brace height and more narrow limbs ,but due to the concave limbs it was a real lesson in tillering and getting it to lose weight & didn't help with figuring carbon in the stack but after the 60" is done as a standard bow I will have more stack info !

[Forwardhandle]

I tried Kennys recomendation of painting the dark camo wood to see the the pencil lines it worked great in fact gave me a idea ,Im leaving it and taking a white marker and marking the centers of the lams and putting a black center mark as to see the centers easy threw the plastic at glue up , this bow is going to be another 60" FHLB the stack is .271 with glass that should give me 40lb @ 30 1/2 " and .020 of gordons uni carbon in the stack, Im hopping 46-48 lb. I know there is a lot of guests and friends of mine watching this thread but if you guys want to make a bow ,I would recomend joining the forum & ask some questions a lot of good guys here & probably get more answers then you want 

[Forwardhandle]

Got my riser ruff profiled this morning , for those of us that don't have a templet sander good templets help to get a great fit on the form and lams its taken me three risers to get it where I want ,I do the the final fitting & thining by hand with sanding sticks with the riser clamped to the lams on and off, I personaly think a perfect fit on the riser & fades is a must on this design it puts a lot of presure on the lower limb , fade/riser area ! 

[Crooked Stic]

Just got to mess with you bit   

[kennym]

Mike, I may have already seen this but what you have on your sander? A rub collar or bearing?

[Crooked Stic]

Mine has a bearing and guide wheel. If I would do it now I would go with a plate and rub collar or a pin. I had my drum turned flat except for an inch on each end then build your jigs tall enough to be on the flat part.A must is the table got to be square to the drum. Table and pin gonna be less $$$ to.

[Forwardhandle]

I have one of those gizmo guided sanding drum for the drill press and I double taped the riser blank to the templet that I did the D/R riser for ,but didn't really like it , now I got my templet dialed in I can cut & grind & hand finalize the riser by hand in about 1 hr 45 min , I plan on trying some different riser styles this up coming year , with the topples form & doing it by hand I have a lot of flexability as far as design goes but a templet sander would be nice !

[Crooked Stic]

Never found a robo sander I liked.

[Forwardhandle]

Yep thats it robo sander I never relly gave it a honest chance I just thought it was slow and less dust collection & slower then bouncing between my oscillating spindle & belt sander ,I also tape some 80 grit paper to my form and shimmy it back and fourth on the form for a snug fit its taking me a few risers to get every thing dialed in but actually enjoy the processe now then I hand sand the fades with sanding sticks and backer it gives me nice smooth tight fit !

[Forwardhandle]

Got a chance to work on test bow 3 this morning , this one Im chasing the riser fit more then the others but here is a trick I picked up on on test bow 1 some times this radius fit can be touchy one side effects the other for snugness  and the riser wanted to go to 1/16 positive on one limb so instead of fighting it I let it follow the natural center of 1/16 positive it makes things easeier for a butt tight fit, it can be adjusted with the knocks distance ,I usually make my bows 1/8 positive any way & during glue up its going to seek that center any way with the slippery epoxy ! Should get to a dry run test soon with the new thicker presure strip !

[Crooked Stic]

that was a problem I had also plus that hump is a pain to get perfect fit so I redone the form with belly down and let the air hose conform to the hump.

[Forwardhandle]

That would be easier , I still can't figure it out why this one fought me harder I got it straitened out but the only thing different is this action wood has a lot more tight lams it it's glue up & I'm using a thiner stack then the templates was made for ether that or I was off my game today...lol

[Forwardhandle]

60" carbon glued up and in the oven !