56” Belly Mount Recurve

[JGR1269]

I built one of these 20 years ago and had the itch to do another. Probably won’t build another one but it came out nice and should be a pleasure to shoot at 37 pounds. Riser is Canarywood with Granadillo, Brazilian Ebony, and Spalted Maple. Limbs have Action boo cores, Stabilkore and Brazilian Ebony wedges. Waiting for the string to show up for some string photos.

[Robertfishes]

I like that one, great job!!

[Appalachian Hillbilly]

I like that! Nice lines.

[Buemaker]

Looking good.

[Mad Max]

 

[Shredd]

  Nice...  Have you shot it through the chrono??

[kennym]

Great looking bow!

[onetone]

Nice draw profile and string angle 

[Kirkll]

Looks like a shooter to me….  Kirk

[JGR1269]

Got her strung up tonight. Nice and compact with a sweet, smooth draw. This one is going to my 75 year old father. It would truly complete the cycle to have him take a deer with it this fall.

[Kirkll]

I’m not a big fan of the belly mount TD design myself, but you have a very nice looking set of limbs on that bow. Excellent string angle , and the way she’s bending is sweet.  Great job on this my friend.    Congrats 

Kirk

[Mad Max]

X2 on the belly mount
What is the reason for a belly mount

[JGR1269]

Just thought I’d build one. I don’t care for the looks of them either and it will likely be the only one I build.

[Mad Max]

 

[Kirkll]

Just thought I’d build one. I don’t care for the looks of them either and it will likely be the only one I build.

When i suggested using a power lam and extending your fades i thought id follow up and show you what it does to your limb.  This bow im building here is only 60" long and this photo is a 28" draw next to your limbs. My wedges are 10.5" long.

In this link below it shows brace, 28"  & 32" draw.... About 2.5 PPI from 28" to 32"   41.5 @ 28"  51.5 @ 32"    Seriously smooth draw from 28" to 32"
https://photos.app.goo.gl/sddSMTyWUD2ekWgXA

[Dannon]

Very nice! I like it!

[Flem]

Thats a great looking bow. Nice complementary colors, not distractingly flashy. It also looks good proportionally. Must be the forward handle, because it looks exactly like what it is, not a 3 piece trying to imitate one piece.

[Flem]

It occurred to me while admiring this bow, that a three piece is in addition to being a bow, is also two first order levers.
The typical style with limbs mounted on the backside, would have the fulcrum located at the end point of the riser and the load would be at the attachment bolt, pushing it outwards. The forward handle style would have the fulcrum at the attachment bolt and the load pushing into the riser block.
I'm not making an argument that one is more optimal than the other. It would be a matter of where you want the most force applied.

[Kirkll]

It occurred to me while admiring this bow, that a three piece is in addition to being a bow, is also two first order levers.
The typical style with limbs mounted on the backside, would have the fulcrum located at the end point of the riser and the load would be at the attachment bolt, pushing it outwards. The forward handle style would have the fulcrum at the attachment bolt and the load pushing into the riser block.
I'm not making an argument that one is more optimal than the other. It would be a matter of where you want the most force applied.

These belly mount limbs often need two limb bolts to keep that limb from lifting off the riser pad. I don’t think where the force is applied really matters much .

I know a couple bowyers that played with this design a lot and the advantages they saw were the forward hand placement allowed a much lower brace height and almost a flat limb pad angle.  One bowyer was building the riser from Elk Antler. Those were cool looking.

I never played with this design myself, because I’m not fond of the monster wedges needed or the looks of them….I was always nervous of those limb bolt inserts pulling out.   Kirk 

[Flem]

Actually I am reconsidering my original observation, I'm thinking the forward handle might be a second order lever with the fulcrum being the end point of the limb

"Most force applied", was poor wording on my part. Where the most force is tolerated, is more appropriate.