Author Topic: Walnut Footed Riser (Finished) (Read 5489 times)

Mad Max · « **on:** August 18, 2020, 09:58:48 AM »

I was on my way to MoJam in Marshall Missouri about 4 years ago, and only 5 Minutes form there I passed a yard with half a dozen people cutting up a tree, A storm had come threw the night before and up rooted it., I notices the brown heart wood so I turned around and asked If I could have some, walnuts all over the ground.
I went to wal-mart and got some wood glue and and went to the Jamboree and sealed up the ends.

So here is one of the riser blanks, Iv' wanted to do a footed riser so I got busy.

Longcruise · « **Reply #1 on:** August 18, 2020, 10:30:41 AM »

Mark, I got no idea what's going on there but it sure looks cool.

Mad Max · « **Reply #2 on:** August 18, 2020, 12:35:15 PM »

Flem · « **Reply #3 on:** August 18, 2020, 03:36:32 PM »

Nice score! Thats my favorite kind of wood, free or scavenged

Roy from Pa · « **Reply #4 on:** August 18, 2020, 06:07:32 PM »

Well Maxi boy at last ya got some nuts:)

Mad Max · « **Reply #5 on:** August 18, 2020, 06:39:11 PM »

Bvas · « **Reply #6 on:** August 18, 2020, 07:02:26 PM »

Pretty slick Mark.

Love working with it also. I got a bunch of it when the power company cut down a tree at my moms a few years back. I’ve always wondered if the sapwood was safe (hard enough) to use.

Is it still considered footed using the same wood for all three pieces?

Mad Max · « **Reply #7 on:** August 18, 2020, 08:53:51 PM »

"Is it still considered footed using the same wood for all three pieces?"

Good question?
I thought it was the way the stripes flares out at the limb pad.

Part of my grip and site window will have sap wood in it.

Mad Max · « **Reply #8 on:** August 19, 2020, 06:08:34 PM »

Making progress

Bvas · « **Reply #9 on:** August 19, 2020, 08:18:24 PM »

Mark, am I seeing things or are your limb pads radiused?

Mad Max · « **Reply #10 on:** August 19, 2020, 09:11:26 PM »

Radiused

zhangkeyang · « **Reply #11 on:** August 20, 2020, 01:00:18 AM »

beautiful wood

Crooked Stic · « **Reply #12 on:** August 20, 2020, 07:00:38 AM »

I have a need to see how thats gonna look with a string on it.

KenH · « **Reply #13 on:** August 20, 2020, 07:05:23 AM »

I've never heard the term "footed riser". It's not in the Vocabulary section.

I know what a footed arrow is -- a softwood shaft with a short bit of usually dense hardwood spliced into the head end to give the shaft a slight FOC balance. But what that has to do with risers, I haven't a clue.

Mad Max · « **Reply #14 on:** August 20, 2020, 08:50:56 AM »

Hear you go ken
http://buildyourownbow.com/heres-a-take-down-recurve-that-i-finished-up-for-my-friend-brent/

Mad Max · « **Reply #15 on:** August 20, 2020, 08:55:40 AM »

Quote from: Crooked Stic on August 20, 2020, 07:00:38 AM

I have a need to see how thats gonna look with a string on it.

I do too.
I braced it Yesterday , It's kind of like a nice looking Woman, the more curves the Mo better

KenH · « **Reply #16 on:** August 20, 2020, 02:30:43 PM »

OK -- I found a description of a footed rise on the Blacktail Bows website. It features a belly and back wood of contrasting color to a thin central strip of wood which flares out to be the only wood at the top and bottom ends of the rise... sort of an I beam effect with large ends on the eye... Blacktail claims it as a proprietary design.

Mad Max · « **Reply #17 on:** August 20, 2020, 05:27:33 PM »

Mad Max · « **Reply #18 on:** August 20, 2020, 05:45:10 PM »

The main reason I made the riser with Walnut was it was free, and I did these stripes for the first time, no loss on a fancy riser.

Mad Max · « **Reply #19 on:** August 29, 2020, 09:03:21 PM »

Still need to shape the riser

I like it

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