2021 what did you do today?

[4 point]

Flem, I don't recall it being super lite. It sucked up a bunch of resin. Had a lot of mass after stabilizing

[kennym]

Made a couple sleds, a bunch of lams , and went to the Farm office to visit them...

[kennym]

Anybody looking to get into bow building needs to look at the classifieds. Shaun in IA has some good stuff to sell...

[Roy from Pa]

Is it gwass bow stuff?

[kennym]

Some, has a made in USA thickness sander for cheap tho so guess you could use it on that other stuff?

All pick up in IA tho I think it said.

[Roy from Pa]

That's a bit of a drive for me...

[kennym]

Ya, but don't be sceered, ya got a Yoter doncha?

[Roy from Pa]

That and a new Jeep Wrangler:)

Gots yer address too..

Just sayen:)

[kennym]

So yer bringin me the sander?   

[Roy from Pa]

I guess I could:)

[flntknp17]

I glued up this tri-lam boo/cherry/red oak with osage accents on Christmas Day and have been working on it slowly since.  Shoots very well so far.

Looking good, you do a first class job on the lam bows. Dimensions/specs? That's going to look great as the osage darkens over time.

I haven't checked the thread in a few days.....

Thanks! I try to do the best I can with the few power tools I have.  Some day I'd love to have sanders and jointer tables to help with the process....but one thing at time.  This bow is 66" and 1.6ish wide at the fades after shaping and is full pyramid to 5/16" at the tips.  I've been having good luck using a piece of really hard material (like osage or che chen) for the tip and then only making a groove on the back of the bow and no grooves on the sides, but thinning the tip to a pyramid cross section so the string doesnt rub.

Matt


Mark

[Longcruise]

That and a new Jeep Wrangler:)

Gots yer address too..

Just sayen:)

Pretty sure you need the wife's permission to even open a door on the Wrangler. 

[Roy from Pa]

LOL Mike..

Got me some buffalo horn delivered today...

[Mad Max]

Nice, I like that white in there

[Longcruise]

LOL Mike..

Got me some buffalo horn delivered today...

What kinda buffalo??  Who sells this horn stuff?

[Roy from Pa]

Bovine Water Buffalo....

Every slab of horn is a little different, that white doesn't necessarily run all the way through.

Very tuff stuff though.

Ya have a PM..

[williwaw]

Anybody looking to get into bow building needs to look at the classifieds. Shaun in IA has some good stuff to sell...

can you post a link to the classifieds? they don't seem to be easy to find.

[Roy from Pa]

You need to join as a Trad Gang Contributing Member, $35.00 per year.

Then you can see the classifieds.

http://tradgang.com/sponsors/cm.html

[flyonline]

LOL Mike..

Got me some buffalo horn delivered today...

Dunno, that looks like carbon to me   

[mmattockx]

I've been thinking about alternative riser layouts and designs for my lam bow. While the first one eventually worked out, I wasn't really happy with the force required to get the belly lams into place, even after pre-forming them with steam. I learned a bunch in the first attempt and am sure I could get things to go more smoothly on a second run but I would prefer to design a better riser layout to eliminate the issues from the start.

I have been thinking that a riser more like Kenny's last FHLB would make more sense in that it lets me use larger radius bends for the belly lams, which should ease the glue up forces.

In the attached sketch my first riser is shown on the right with the FHLB styled riser on the left. In both sketches the belly and back lams are hatched to highlight them. The sketches are accurately drawn to scale, so all proportions are correct.

Let me know what you all think about the alternative design as compared to the first one.


Thanks,
Mark