2024 Bow Swap Progress Thread - Open

[Noah70]

Well the timing has worked out perfectly, got my victim and just finished the 16 live edge tabletops for a local restaurant, and then sent the 12 garbage bags of shavings to a local chicken coop. Then opened all doors, windows, etc. and fired up the gas blower to get the dust out.

So now comes the hard part of this - the choices of what woods to create a one-of-a-kind bow.
I had made up a riser blank using some Bubinga with a Wenge I-beam, but then found these pieces of Bocote left over from a previous project, which I think would sandwich well with a nice piece of Santos Rosewood.  Not sure yet.

So then comes the limb choices. I have this nice Smoked Zebrawood spliced onto Quilted Maple, but then I also found a nice piece of Olivewood I’d like to try. I’ve never used it, so if anyone has any experience with it?  Is it better on back or belly? Or at all?

[Crooked Stic]

All of that stuff looks good to me. If your are making thin veneers .030 of less I don't think back or belly matters.

[kennym]

My post about being 2/3 done was BS 

Here’s what I’m thinkin for riser with an accent to match veneers …

[Roy from Pa]

You ever see a humpwood bow?  It looks crazy but your huntin buddies would always be trying to burn it...

What the hell is humpwood?

 

[kennym]

Damn autocorrect!!  Hemp wood , how does auto correct know anything about humpwood and is that even a word? 

[Roy from Pa]

Was starting to worry bout ya son:)

[Kirkll]

You ever see a humpwood bow?  It looks crazy but your huntin buddies would always be trying to burn it...

What the hell is humpwood?

 

i could send you a photo Roy.... But it would be indecent. I think i got banned once from posting it.

[Roy from Pa]

No, not you Kirk, getting banned? LOL

[Crooked Stic]

  keeping my chimes quite ----

[wood carver 2]

Thinking of using this for my victims bow. Had the junk just sitting around for a few years, need to use it up.

That’s some really nice junk! Especially the moldy stuff on the right… 😉
Dave.

[Crooked Stic]

I found some decent striped maple (will show better under glass and glue). Riser profiled and black glass on the front. I need to grind one more set of cores then first limb glueup.

[DVSHUNTER]

I'm going to chase a final ring on this stave and shape it into rough, floor tiller shape before I heat bend it shape.

[Mad Max]

]I'm going to chase a final ring on this stave and shape it into rough, floor tiller shape before I heat bend it shape.

How long is it Dave??

[Jon Lipovac]

So in the spirit of the swap and trying something new. I’ll be building a takedown recurve with a new limb design and a new one piece. Haven’t decided yet on LB or Recurve on the one piece yet. Hopefully have some time in the next several days to get the new form built and get the wood selections figured out.

[kennym]

Little done but which one???

[Roy from Pa]

Right side.

[Jon Lipovac]

Is that spectraply or something similar?
At first glance the right catches my eye, but I’ve done the dark risers with lighter flares look great as well.

[Mo_coon-catcher]

I like the left with the blues

Kyle

[Kirkll]

Hey Jon,   When building forms from that LVL material, you'll have much better luck keeping it straight using full 1.75" thickness rather than sanding it down to 1.5"  . the last one i built i just used a router on each side along the edge in a few spots to get it to 1.5" to center the lams. 

Edge banding the cut out is good too, as well as sealing it well. i use a Deft brush on lacquer, or Shellac. I buy it by the gallon pretty cheap and use it a lot for sealing all kinds of things....   Food for thought.    Kirk

[kennym]

Its Chechen and phenolic. The other side of the chechen is much better.

Will have some accents in there too,thinking maybe yellow and ?