Build along (follow along) 60" Recurve 1 piece (DONE)

[Mad Max]

In Honer of Damon Howatt Bows
I will call it "Orange Orange"
60" Recurve shooting for 40/45#  1-3/4" Caramel glass I got from Kenny, It will have snake skins also.

 1st one off the form.
I still need my side washers and a 6" wide base to keep the lower form straight .



Here are my Victims--Left to right
All this will be Orange when finished, the picture don't show very well
Thuya Burl
Thuya Burl--not going to use this one
Dymondwood Cocobolo from Rosewood
Some knife scales from Hawaii--don't remember what they are
Not going to use the Thuya behind the scales
Bamboo floor



I cut my boo floor 1-3/4+ and use a 24" scale clamped to the edge sander, run my pieces threw and keep bumping the straight edge in until I get to 1-3/4" wide



I use my Grizzly Baby Drum sander to get the bulk of thickness and run them threw this thickness sander "The Hog" Laugh if you want to, this little thing is very very accurate, it get's all the snipe and bumps out. I can grind the glue side of fiberglass and find high spots only taking off a couple thousands. I do my tapers, parallels, overlays and all on it.



I laid out my radius on the riser pieces. That's all for today



2 parallels and 2 tapers .002 + some

[buddyb]

 

[Bvas]

Wow Mark. I use similar “use what ya got” methods. Lol

I do the same for lam width, but use a drum in my drill press and a piece of angle iron instead of a straight edge. That way I can also do thickness with the same setup.

But I’m really liking “the hog”. I think I have pretty much all the parts and pieces to build one. Would love to see a few more pics.

Oh yeah....also looking forward to the rest of the build.    Always wanted a Howatt, but it was the Hi Speed that intrigued me the most.

[Mad Max]

Wow Mark. I use similar “use what ya got” methods. Lol

I do the same for lam width, but use a drum in my drill press and a piece of angle iron instead of a straight edge. That way I can also do thickness with the same setup.

But I’m really liking “the hog”. I think I have pretty much all the parts and pieces to build one. Would love to see a few more pics.

Oh yeah....also looking forward to the rest of the build.    Always wanted a Howatt, but it was the Hi Speed that intrigued me the most.

I have a 1962 DH High Speed 58" with green glass---I making mine 60"
Google The Hog thickness sander--my motor came off a Industrial Fan I had many years ago.

[Bvas]

Thanks Mark. I’ll check it out.

The 54” Hi speed was the one I was after. Could never find one in good condition in my budget. But love the teal glass on that one. Just screams classic bow. 

[Mad Max]

If you buy one for what they want, you should be able to get your money  back when you are a old fart.

[onetone]

Max, Thanks for posting the lead on the Hog ... I’ve been looking for a narrow surface sander for years! What RPM is the motor you are using ?

[Mad Max]

1725 RPM

[Mad Max]

My patterns for a stripe


I got my pieces sanded and ready for glueup
2 pieces black glass and a boo  center .125 total thickness

I glued the riser up last night.
Check those Knife scales out for overlays



All cleaned up


My super glue ran out today
I don't know what you guy's do but I pry out the bottom and snip close to the top and get the tube out of there, still plenty left for more gluing

[Mad Max]

I will show you my pattern sander
3/4" thick x 6" wide steel plate I bored a hole for a bearing on the mill and turned a rub collar (same O.D. as the 60 grit on the roller) in the lathe.
Back when I had my Machining equipment.
I use it in my drill press I had for ever


I bought my Ridgid oscillating Edge/belt sander from Home Depot, I got the floor display for 100.00 and this is all I used.
I made a shaft (with 3 flats at the chucking area so it would not slip in the chuck) to drive the belt


I got it chucked up and squared to the table, Ready to go
The 24" long belt beats the hell out of any drum sander or robo sander.

[ztontonz]

Nice post Max. Thanks for sharing.
I like the wood combo!

[Mad Max]

Time to make a Template for the riser.
I use tape in key places and use a feeler gauge to find the gaps until the gaps are pushed down



My riser is not long enough so I have a 1/4" stack of glass and wood below the template
It's fitting tight now.



I put down some plastic wrap and butter up the template, I think Bue does something like this

[kennym]

Lookin good Mark!  You gonna make Mojam this year?  If there is one?

[Mad Max]

Tn. Classic Canceled
MoJam Canceled
Stupid virus

[kennym]

Damn you virus

[Mad Max]

The riser was not wide enough so I added some thin pieces of hard rock maple (dyed orange) almost all of this will be gone.
The 2 pieces under the riser are the belly ramps sanded flat a glued back together for overlays



Belly ramps on the riser.



The bow glue up will be Monday 

[ztontonz]

Looking good

[Flem]

I like how you put that pattern sander together Mark
I think you might have inspired me to build an edge sander with a 2hp motor I have sitting idle

[Mad Max]

My edge sander is The grizzly 6 x 80 G0512
look at the parts, the drive roller is 4" round #P0512006 for $74.75 and mounts to the motor,  would be a good start for the money, it would cost more to have it made here.
you could get other rollers too.
The only thing is how to make the tracking part.
That's why I use the belt assembly from the Rridgid oscillating belt sander, that part is $100.00 I think?

A bench tool grinder could work too, standing on end?
I have a nice one laying around I never use, I need to make something out of that.
https://www.homedepot.com/b/Tools-Power-Tools-Grinders-Bench-Grinders/6/N-5yc1vZc29tZ1z0tef2

[Mad Max]

I got it glued up Yesterday
I cooked it at about 130*



I got all the buggers off and cleaned up the sides
the nocks are at the bottom of the blue tape



I print out my limb profile



I draw a centerline very accurately on the back of the bow before glue up.
I also check my form for straightness end to end.
I cut out little triangles down the centerline of the template so I can see the centerline on the back of the bow and glue them down with wood glue.

I can't wait to see this one finished, It's going to be very pretty