2019 Bow Swap Thread

[wood carver 2]

Yup. Burnt her black! 😁
They’re sweet shooting bows, and they look good too. That is when you don’t build them too heavy. 🤬
I have the sister riser and more lams, so I’ll get another one glued up.

Here’s a picture of it to give you an idea of what the belly looks like.
Dave.

[Flem]

So we are looking at charred Bamboo? Thats pretty wild. Never heard of that, what's the advantage other than it's got to look really cool?

[canopyboy]

Finished roughing the riser and got to shoot Mr. ****'s new bow a little tonight.

It's ok. I guess.

[Roy from Pa]

Looks nice, Dave.

[goobersan]

 

[Crooked Stic]

I like it David.

[Roy from Pa]

Well lookie who just hopped out of bed..

Ole stickpops:)

Morning ole boy:)

 

[BMorv]

Bow does look nice Dave.  What's that device it's resting on?

[Crooked Stic]

Hey Elroy have a good day. 

[Flem]

Koa Koa Koa. Looking at your bow Dave, I just noticed an advantage of the forward handle. No cutting glass!
Thats got to make the lay-up easier. I'm a little slow sometimes

[Roy from Pa]

Sometimes?

 

[canopyboy]

Bow does look nice Dave.  What's that device it's resting on?

My edge sander. Designed and built it so I could get an entire longbow limb on the platten without it taking up my whole shop. Love that thing. Tried it with a 36 grit belt for the first time on this bow. Wow.

Koa Koa Koa. Looking at your bow Dave, I just noticed an advantage of the forward handle. No cutting glass!
Thats got to make the lay-up easier. I'm a little slow sometimes

Cutting glass is easy. Reverse handle usually means more work IMO. I need to splice more lams before glue-up. And the double curvature makes it a bit tougher to get good glue lines if any lams up the back of the bow get thick, which means if I want to run a core lam and veneer up the back I end up with with 5 laminations total instead of 4.

[Flem]

Well you went and popped my bubble.
No way am I going to try one of those PITA Bow's now

[skeaterbait]

"Cutting glass is easy" he says.....


Please share your secret.

[canopyboy]

Cutoff wheel in an angle grinder. Like butter.

[kennym]

Easy peasy


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[monterey]

I clamp the glass down flat on a piece of wood and the hacksaw it with a fine blade straight across.  Works fine and is cheap.

[Roy from Pa]

Dremel tool with cut off wheel works good too.

[kennym]

Dremel tool with cut off wheel works good too.

You know stuff bout glass Elroy! Time to come outta that closet!!

[Roy from Pa]

I read that on dah innernet.

So it gots to be true.