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

[Flem]

The crapshoot of life. Now or later. 62 is my lucky number, or so I hope!
I had to look and see where Jo Davis county is. Saw Galena was the county seat. What a nice looking town! I had some great-great- grandparents that had a mine near Galena. Apparently they also had slaves working the mine and the same relative fought in the Union Army. Go figure. I have his Civil war sword. 

[Forwardhandle]

That whole area is ingrained in civil war history had lunch in a motel that old Ab Lincoln did a speach in and toured Grants original Galina home , the town has like 200 shops on the strip & beautiful scenery along the river , many gun stores in Dubuque Ia every two blocks , huge archery hunting area plus shot gun , rifle hunting and great turkey hunting a lot to offer but the wife wants to check out North Carolina next before we decide !

[Mad Max]

58" short riser in bondage and in the oven , hope to get it profiled in the next day or two !

Is that tire tubes or strapping, what kind of strapping?

[Forwardhandle]

Marc that's a air house topless form & it's mule tape it's a woven 5/8" tape that electricians use to pull long runs of wire the stuff is really strong I never could find a break rating but it's brutally strong stuff, I use it now for lots of different things !

[Mad Max]

Thanks

[Forwardhandle]

I have been radio silent on this bow been busy work & family but getting to work tomorrow ,I have a couple bows in the works peace meal but going to concéntrate on this one for the week end ,hope to get it glued up or close ,here is the specs 12"Riser all maple lams & riser total stack .283 ,back glass .030 belly glass .040 , power/lam is shortened by 2" total butt end , should give me a bit more working limb for the same length & the .040 glass should take the extra stress on the lowers ,will see !  So Swag is 48lb @30 1/2"

[Forwardhandle]

Got the12" riser ruffed out this one is going to be tricky sense the fade angle area has changed keeping max thickness on the riser & the right taper on the fades is going to be the trick if there is humps the belly glass doesent want to flaten out right with the topless form , Im on to jointing the lams and do some fit work , will see ! I noticed with other 12" riser D/R designs the fades are steper & thicker then Im doing I thought about trying it but to Chicken 

[Crooked Stic]

Is the hump  or the belly part against the hose? I find the hump up (against the hose} does better and you can thin the fades more to..

[Forwardhandle]

No Mike Im still using the same form I wanted to try the 12" riser before building the new one , man I thought I was crammed for a sight window on the 14" riser this one is really going to be abbreviated but doable ,Im geting it worked out need to round this out & take the fades down to final thickness & dry run, Im doing the stack order the same as the last 58" 2 parallels under the riser & S/L over !

[Forwardhandle]

Here is a pic I got good at making these water tite with this form but a lot of work ,the other way would be easier but I think it would slide around more at glue up with the topless form !

[Flem]

What are we looking at Ritchie, is this a test?

[Forwardhandle]

Flem I'm trying out a new test on a 12" riser Mike was talking about the air hose being on top of the hump I was just showing you can get the same fit just with more work ! It's for another 58" test bow ! .030 glass back & .040 belly !

[Flem]

Cool I'm a big fan of short risers. If your limbs are in time and your technique is spot on, lots of working limb is a good thing.

[Forwardhandle]

Well I'm really not looking to add much performance what I'm after is a little extra length for stability when I shoot a bow below 60" they become more difficult for me having a 31" draw so what I'm really looking for is a little more stability and with using all maple in these test bows there very light weight so your release needs to be on or it amplifies your errors !

[Forwardhandle]

Well it worked out got the fades with in 15/1000s, I like to hand sand them the rest of the way right before glue up , but every thing worked out still have 1 1/8 thickness on the riser I will make a little thicker belly overlay to compensate, the sight window is another issue but will cross that bridge when I get there, I have options , well Im out of shop time for this week end back to honey do's & I want to start a new Joe Hill novel just finished NOS4A2 and would highly recomend it for psyco/thriller fans he is a awsome author !!

[Forwardhandle]

I took the 58", 14" riser to the range today tuning for the 6th time & finaly got it shooting consistent but had to use the log arrows 2613s the same ones I shoot out of my BW recurves & 175 grain heads Im guessing 600 grain I dont have much exsperience with these short bows , does any body else have tune Issues getting them dialed ? Im good to go at that weight but designed that bow for lighter weight arrows but at 31" draw those are the ticket with this bow ?

[bigbob2]

I made my form belly down and it is a pain to fit once the epoxy is on! Using 6 zip ties and now going to use fiber re- inforced tape as well just to tame all the bits! Adding the cling wrap before I lay the pressure strip is hard because I cant really pull it all down until the strip is is place.I have been using temporary zips on opposite side  , lay up other side with strip and pull down and then transfer to other limb. Going to leave it as it is though.

[Forwardhandle]

Bob thats one reason I havent made a belly down one yet ,using the topless form I would probably have to go with a toped form & lose my riser length flexability of the topless ,but I have been just leaving the zip ties in play the whole cure time with no issues , I thought of making a c clamp type gizmo that would hold the rise from the side & keep it centered tell air up & then unclamp !

[Forwardhandle]

I haven't got a chance to work on the short riser bow between , squirrel hunting & getting ready for dear season just around the corner but with these all maple riser/lam bows there very light almost to light so I put the Big Jim queiver on to stablise it a bit more , with finding the perfect arrows & stabilizing it ,I moved it to my main blind bow , not bad for a $60 dollar bow I had to put it against the shower curtain to get a pic it blends with every thing else & my arrows are as long as the bow in the quiver 

[Forwardhandle]

Bob if your still around I got this Zip tie gun yesterday & some heavy duty industrial ties , this might be the answer to really clamp every thing in place at the riser , it can put some serious pressure on the riser area , Im going to try it later will let you know !