2024 Bow Swap Progress Thread - Open

[Buemaker]

That riser looks awesome and I like your swing table.

[Longcruise]

Cleaned up on the sides and made parallel.

Looking good 👍.   I can't help but wonder how that purple heart core is going to work out.  Have you used it previously?

[Buemaker]

Yes I have used Purpleheart as a center lam many times, I could have used others, but it makes a nice color contrast. Bickerstaffe, the well known English ELB maker who have made so many over many years uses Purpleheart quite a lot.

[Crooked Stic]

Pretty wild looking rig there Kenny.

[kennym]

This is the decoy

I’m painting the real one 

[Mad Max]

One post per week , that takes me to about July I think … 

 
Are you sure you will live that long?

[kennym]

One post per week , that takes me to about July I think … 

 
Are you sure you will live that long?

Never know, really didn't figure I'd make it to 25 , and that was a few ago...

[Mad Max]

Me too 

[BO-R]

milled some lams, and getting limbs ready...

[Crooked Stic]

My victim is due north_south_east or west 

[kennym]

My victim is due north_south_east or west 

But mostly west I heard …

[Crooked Stic]

 

[Noah70]

Bow came out of press yesterday, sanded to width profile, all looking good, straight as a laser.
Temporary nocks this morning , then set in 18” tiller stick, both limbs dead even, then laid out at full draw for limb bend profile, still even, tips within 1/8”.  I love it when a plan works.
Weight 1 lb under target, but the victim is getting older by the day so no problem. 
Will start applying tips, underlays, overlays, gadgets (maybe), etc. in next few days, then leaving for a week or so.  Cheers!

[kennym]

Awesome Noah !

Love the veneers

[Jon Lipovac]

What a great looking bow Noah! Great work and that veneer looks awesome.

[Noah70]

Thanks guys!  Just trying to keep up to the rest of you.

[Mad Max]

What a great looking bow Noah! Great work and that veneer looks awesome.

X2

[DVSHUNTER]

Looks sweet!

[Crooked Stic]

Dats nice you got my Addy right?

[Kirkll]

I was going to actually lay up a riser yesterday for this swap, but…. My chainsaw died, and I decided to get her tuned up instead, and it’s still on my bench this morning.

 I used to take my chain saws to the saw shop, and never really have done much but sharpen my own. But the cost of small engine repair has got way out of hand, and a lot of the old saw shops around here that catered to all the loggers have slowly closed over the years, as well as the loggers themselves…

I do much better with woodworking, than dealing with mechanics work. I just don’t have as much patience with spring loaded gismos with tiny screws that need specialty tools that I don’t have on hand when I need them. I went clear through this saw with a new carb, new coil, new fuel lines and filters, and even cleaned out the carbon on the spark arrester. All I need to do now is adjust the carb a bit for higher top end rpms, and clean up my mess…. I can’t believe I killed a whole day tearing this thing apart…. But… I got her going again.      Kirk