One piece recurve.

[Crooked Stic]

Riser is stabilized maple . Kinda got some burl stripes and a bit of splat in it. With black diamondwood Ibeam.

[Bryan Adolphe]

That’s gonna make a sweet, looking bow. Stic. 

[Bryan Adolphe]

I think it looks awesome Mike, bending pretty nice for my inexperience eyes! 

I’ve been using an auto clear coat for quite a few years now. I found a product that is pretty user friendly, absolutely clear as glass, and holds up real well after it’s cured properly…. That’s the trick…. getting it done, and keep it above 70 degrees for 36 hours before messing with it.

Btw…. This stuff is half the cost of most auto clear coats, and far superior to any epoxy clear coat like Thunderbird … that stuff yellows out with age and is NOT user friendly at all by comparison.

Hey Kirk, so is that product An acrylic urethane ? I’ve researched different products here in Canada that are auto clears. I can’t get that exact product, but it seems like there are similar clears out there that are 4:1 with the medium activator to add to it, the only options I find are gloss finish how do you knock that gloss off to become a matte finish? Cheers Bryan

[Crooked Stic]

I got th e first coats on today got a couple of pits to fill here is the riser

[kennym]

SWEET      !!   

[Buemaker]

Looking good as always.

[Mad Max]

Looking good as always.

X2

[Crooked Stic]

35@28. more pics

[Bryan Adolphe]

Very nice!

[Carpdaddy]

Nice work Mike! 

[Crooked Stic]

Thanks Tony

[Crooked Stic]

I got #3 shooting today. I went with the superlam built in PL and TW. 1/8 stronger bottom limb and tapered further back to maybe 10 in. This one quiteter with less brace than #2  Anyhow all Camo.

[Kirkll]

I think it looks awesome Mike, bending pretty nice for my inexperience eyes! 

I’ve been using an auto clear coat for quite a few years now. I found a product that is pretty user friendly, absolutely clear as glass, and holds up real well after it’s cured properly…. That’s the trick…. getting it done, and keep it above 70 degrees for 36 hours before messing with it.

Btw…. This stuff is half the cost of most auto clear coats, and far superior to any epoxy clear coat like Thunderbird … that stuff yellows out with age and is NOT user friendly at all by comparison.

Hey Kirk, so is that product An acrylic urethane ? I’ve researched different products here in Canada that are auto clears. I can’t get that exact product, but it seems like there are similar clears out there that are 4:1 with the medium activator to add to it, the only options I find are gloss finish how do you knock that gloss off to become a matte finish? Cheers Bryan

This product is also high gloss.... That's what you want too. High gloss has more solids and gives you a better finish... I spray a fine textured finish using a bit more air pressure and less material mixture, and a bit more distance from the surface when spraying to get a fine mist..... Or if you want a hand rubbed smooth as glass finish in satin. Just sand it to 400 grit, and polish it with 0000 steel wool.

Here is what's on the can, and the manufacture info.... I have no idea if its a urethane or not, but i highly doubt its acrylic.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/MzRnnt9BJKc4EFrZ6



Hey Mike,  THAT is a sharp looking bow!   

 Is that marble wood veneers?   or what?     Kirk

 

[Crooked Stic]

Camo spectraply

[Crooked Stic]

Okay number three done way quiteter than 2. diffrences are built in tip wedge 1/8 stronger bottom limb and tip profile narrower and tapered back further. ! was quite to 

[Kirkll]

Dont ya hate it when you sand past your I beam like that bro?

It's amazing what a tip wedge can do for a bow, isn't it.

[Stagmitis]

Sand past I Beam me likey look....

[Kirkll]

Sand past I Beam me likey look....

Kind of defeats the purpose, but that spectra ply should hold up just fine by itself.

The one that really beat me up was shaping the strike plate on a pierce point riser.
The geometric shape is what determines the pattern of the Pearce points.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/657xhu97GSwnJfo28

[Crooked Stic]

that sand past the Ibeam was almost a tomato stake desaster. Band saw blade had a mind of its own. Had the bow been more weight I would have added some on the right side. And that was 1.5 spectra so I ripped and sanded and add Ibeam to get 1.75

[Kirkll]

that sand past the Ibeam was almost a tomato stake desaster. Band saw blade had a mind of its own. Had the bow been more weight I would have added some on the right side. And that was 1.5 spectra so I ripped and sanded and add Ibeam to get 1.75

Nice save bro.... 

Hey... What was the veneer material on that stabilized maple bow? kind of a yellow color with lightning bolts running through it.... Reminds me of Marble wood a lot... It's not for everyone, but i like the looks of that stuff myself.   I'm still sitting on some of that stuff i bough quite awhile ago.   Kirk