2024 Bow Swap Progress Thread - Open

[Kirkll]

Can you get insurance on the packages using this method? That’s crazy good shipping cost.

[Jon Lipovac]

Yes you can.

The label I printed for $7.08 included the normal $100 shipping. I usually ship this way because I'm a cheap skate and figure if I package it well enough, it's pretty hard to damage a take down.

To answer your question though, I just had the same label quoted with $900 insurance and it came back at $14.28
Pretty dang good.

[Bryan Adolphe]

Well done Jon ..... The bow looks great

[derekdiruz]

These bows are looking killer and I’m glad I can finally get started on mine. Haven’t chosen the riser woods yet- but I did grind the veneers I want to use… assuming the glass doesn’t looks like crap over these, this might be the bacote the victim gets.

I’ll probably be gluing up Monday morning and looking to ship by end of next week.

[Crooked Stic]

Somebody  who should get a bow tomorrow.

[kennym]

Somebody  who should get a bow tomorrow.

Tracking number? 

[Crooked Stic]

Nice try 

[dbeaver]

I better leave work early just in case my package shows up in the rain 

Sanding sealer has been built up and I'm about to finish sand and clear coat.


Question for the boys, I've been using wheel paint on my personal bows and getting what I would call okay results, sometimes a little runny in one spot and occasionally a cloudy spec or something like that.   I can do a nice job with tru oil but it's not exactly as scratch resistant? The wheel paint makes a shell almost where the Tru oil soaks.   

Help me sort this out fellas

[kennym]

I use rattle can auto clearcoat(because at 2-3 bows per year I'm not setting up to spray like a pro) but it is super high gloss,so then I give 2 coats of the wheel matte to kill the high gloss.


I tried the wheel paint only but it was super thin and like you said runny, and took a ton of coats to seal up.  Maybe so thin because it's to be sprayed on metal?

[Kirkll]

I better leave work early just in case my package shows up in the rain 

Sanding sealer has been built up and I'm about to finish sand and clear coat.


Question for the boys, I've been using wheel paint on my personal bows and getting what I would call okay results, sometimes a little runny in one spot and occasionally a cloudy spec or something like that.   I can do a nice job with tru oil but it's not exactly as scratch resistant? The wheel paint makes a shell almost where the Tru oil soaks.   

Help me sort this out fellas

Doing a professional grade finish with a rattle can is tough to pull off regardless of what material you are using. Not being able to regulate the spray pattern or flow rate makes it impossible to maintain any kind of consistency.

I have no experience with these wheel paint clear coats….

I’ve always recommended the Helmsman Spar varnish to guys using rattle cans. It’s far more durable than true oil, and easily sands and polishes out nicely to a satin finish using 0000 steel wool.

.02 cents worth….   Kirk

[dbeaver]

I've used the oil based spar urethane before on a selfbow but I could t help but feel like it was very tacky.  I did some weird probably unconventional and inappropriate wiping with acetone between coats and I hated it until 3 days later when it was super smooth and robust and almost left the wood feeling plasticized.   I'd not want to repeat that on my victims bow.    Maybe I'll spray some laminate cutoffs with various finishes and see.

[Mad Max]

The VHT Matte clear lays down very nice, the gloss not so much.
1 coat every 10 min. for 6 coats

[Crooked Stic]

If your wood is oily you have to seal it to keep the oils out of the finish.

[Mad Max]

If your wood is oily you have to seal it to keep the oils out of the finish.

Yes, I forgot that

[Mo_coon-catcher]

Getting close. Just gotta get the limb balance good and I shouldn’t weight. So far there’s no set to speak of. As ugly as the tiller looks I like how it’s turning out. Super twisty with lots of reflex difference in the limbs making balance fun. Ok h and the right side of the board is the top limb.

Kyle

[Mo_coon-catcher]

Having an assistant doesn’t hurt either.

Kyle

[Noah70]

Nice looking work Jon - I’m guessing for $7.08 its not coming to western Canada.  I can’t even get out of my driveway for that.

Mine is pretty much ready to go for final coating.  Final tiller on the limbs came out very nice, when the bow is flipped the flex curve tracings are identical on top of each other.  I wasn’t totally enamoured with the full draw flex shape, felt it could use more out mid-limb, but I’m at the lower end of the requested weight, so thats where she stays.  That being said, the draw is very smooth and even, the shot is sharp and very quick, with zero hand shock.  And in the words of Doug Marcaida from Forged in Fire - “it will kill !“   It was -7 Celsius and I wasn’t going to stand around and make multiple groupings.
Will send shots next week of finished bow prior to shipping.

[Crooked Stic]

Nice Noah

[Kirkll]

 

[kennym]

 :thumbsup:Some fine bows again this year !!