2021 what did you do today?

[kennym]

Good lookin bows!

I replaced my outside shop door today, and rehung the one to the back room.  Finger jointed brick molding is a joke...

My list is getting close to done , so bowhunting is about to get real...

[B-JS]

Finished a nice one Yesterday.

[Buemaker]

Looks great

[Mad Max]

Nice, what kind of wood is that?

[B-JS]

Don't know what it's called in english.
In Germany, it's called "Wenge" in the Riser and Palisander in the Limbs.

The Wenge is Not typical.
Normaly, it's just a pretty dark Brown with less "Life" in it.

[Roy from Pa]

Very nice...

[willi]

Mark

Hi Mark,
tiller looks spot on. 
Looking back to first stage glue up pic on 8/23 and second stage pic on 8/28, I notice the with the first, you put more bend into it.

The first glue up is belly and core, (with the belly lam in deflex)? 
The second glue up you reversed the bend before adding the backing?

All three lams red oak? 

[Shredd]

Yes...  Tiller does look good...   

[mmattockx]

The first glue up is belly and core, (with the belly lam in deflex)? 
The second glue up you reversed the bend before adding the backing?

All three lams red oak?

Yes, yes and yes. The first glue up is belly and core lams, with ~6" of deflex (going from memory, would have to check for the exact amount). Second is back lam onto the first assembly with ~2.5" of reflex. All 3 lams are red oak, from two different boards. I used red oak for this because it is a workable bow wood and cheap, just to see if it worked at all. It is also fairly tension strong and compression weak, so I figured it would really show any effects from the strain reduction on the belly.

Got it worked out to just under 28" last night:


It looks pretty good in the funky lighting in my shop. Now that I know it will survive being drawn to 28" I can work on the grip and get it to where I can take some shots. It showed some set after being unstrung, but I didn't try to measure it yet. Will get the grip and nocks finished to shape and then see how it does after some shooting. It is showing 51lb @ 28" right now, so I will also go over the limbs and round all the edges some more to take a bit off of it.

Once I have it shooting I will update my lam bow experiment thread with the details and results of this bow.


Mark

[Flem]

Looks good! Maybe just a little bit stiff on the left side, about 2/3 out from the handle.
Curious to see how much reflex get pulled out. Hope you have better luck with the Perry reflex, than I did.

[mmattockx]

Looks good! Maybe just a little bit stiff on the left side, about 2/3 out from the handle.
Curious to see how much reflex get pulled out. Hope you have better luck with the Perry reflex, than I did.

I agree on the slightly stiff part on the left limb. That is the bottom limb, so I am going to leave it and see how it bends in the hand before I do anything. It might just need a couple extra passes with 80 grit on a sanding block to even up nicely.

After glue up I only had about 7/16" of reflex at the nocks. Drawing it out to 20" had removed most of that. I don't know how much set there was immediately after unstringing it last night, but at a guess would say maybe 3/4" or so.

What was your experience with Perry reflex?


Mark

[Flem]

I only tried making one, so my experience is no critique on the subject. For me it was twice as much work, compared to a normal layup. That and I used all Bamboo, which seemed to be a mistake, because all the reflex was pulled out.
It would be interesting to shoot one that has all the correct attributes. It did not feel very smooth shooting to me, but once again, mine was not ideal.

[Crooked Stic]

Finally got some base coats on the replacement riser. This one may be overkill Walnut with cherry Ibeam and ipe accent also .040 glass over the front of the riser.
So after Monday I will be down with hernia repair recoup.

[wood carver 2]

Very nice. It should be plenty strong.
I hope you recover quickly from your surgery.
I took the swap bow that you made for me out to my friend’s place last week. That bow is a sweet shooter. I strung up the bow next to my buddies house and the nearest target was about 40 or 45 yards away. I had just heard that one of my best friends from Ohio had passed away from cancer and I was feeling pretty bad, but my friend and I both wanted to honor our friend who was a traditional archer, hunter and mentor to a lot of young hunters. He was also an awesome turkey caller.
I said to myself this first arrow is for you bud. Thankfully, I made the shot.
I can shoot that bow all day and not get tired.
Dave.

[Roy from Pa]

Very nice Mike.
Is the hernia an upper or lower?
I had a lower hernia and it was a painful long recovery.
Wish you the best.

[Crooked Stic]

Mine is lower. Not really too bad. The doc said there is a possibility of chronic pain. But ways of dealing with it. Hoping that is not the case.

[Flem]

I've had 2 inguinal hernias repaired. Neither was bad. There is some recovery time, but for me it was not too bad and no long term pain. Not a fan of the mesh, but it seems to be the only option these days.

Something you will not be doing after surgery, is moving a Kiln, like the one I scored yesterday! FREE

Its a beast and takes up more room than I wanted to spare, but I have so many uses for it. Got some exotic steels I need to harden, powder coat rims to bake, need to fire some bricks and maybe I'll make some ceramics!
First thing I am going to do is gut out the archaic controls and rig it up with solid state relays and a PID controller.
Did I mention its huge?

[Mad Max]

Nice score flem
I did pottery on a wheel in high school, I still have about 30 pots I made 

[Roy from Pa]

Nice haul Flem.

Pottery Maxi?

LOL

[kennym]

Hey, Indians made pottery, right?