50's style recurve 60" NTN Build along

[mmattockx]

Not as much deflex

I understand, thanks.



Mark

[Mad Max]

"I dont always shoot a recurve but when I do its a 50 style" Says the most interesting man in the world 

 
Yep

[Mad Max]

I sanded all the epoxy off the risers and they look good with the Padauk and some Alcohol.





I printed more templates and cut windows so I could see the first strip and line up for the next strip, double side tape again and ready for the bandsaw and pattern sanding.



I got my taper lams, parallel lams and veneers milled to width, also measured the stack thickness so I would know exactly how thick to mill the last lams (Maple parallels).
Bamboo tapers for under the back glass and Hard rock maple for the belly side.



This is "The hog thickness sander",   I love it, very accurate, I use my Grizzly Drum sander but I finish everything with the Hog, NO snipe. It's a push/pull type, Just keep the lam moving and a final pass with no adjustment and it's good.

I can sand short pieces (scrap 6") with it for over/under lays, tip wedges and Butt wedges.
It has a  solid aluminum drum and very fine table adjustment for the thickness.

[Noah70]

That is looking beautiful Max !!

I really like that accent mosaic line through the veneer splice, matching the outer lams to the core lam with the single dark dots creates a very cool look !!!

[Buemaker]

Max, I have seen how the sandpaper is fastened to the drum, I am thinking 40 grit clothes backed paper that is kind of stiff, can that be used? Bow is coming along nicely.

[Mad Max]

Max, I have seen how the sandpaper is fastened to the drum, I am thinking 40 grit clothes backed paper that is kind of stiff, can that be used? Bow is coming along nicely.

I use the 8-1/2" x 11" 80 grit. You can get it anywhere.
There is a slot across the roller and a 1/8" round rubber bar you wedge in the slot.
I bought a big O ring, and cut it up into 3" long pieces for spare's

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Thanks Noah70

[onetone]

Rubber bead that window companies use to lock window screen onto aluminum frames works perfectly also.

The figure in that riser wood looks like the pics we see of the storms in the atmosphere of Jupiter …wowza! Rock on!

[Mad Max]

Rubber bead that window companies use to lock window screen onto aluminum frames works perfectly also.

The figure in that riser wood looks like the pics we see of the storms in the atmosphere of Jupiter …wowza! Rock on!

I got those from Rosewood Arc. I said I want nice boards, Both boards had "best boards in the house"
I made the veneers from it to.

[KenH]

Here's a 50's forward handle bow I've wanted to build.  Love the simplicity of the form and construction.  From a how-to magazine article which featured, but was not written by, Howard Hill.

[Mad Max]

I've come across that picture many times in my searches

[jess stuart]

I have a copy of that booklet somewhere.  I ordered it from Kitteridge Bow Hut and used it to build my first bow in 1983.  I seem to recall most of ot was written by Tom Jennings.

[mmattockx]

I use the 8-1/2" x 11" 80 grit. You can get it anywhere.
There is a slot across the roller and a 1/8" round rubber bar you wedge in the slot.
I bought a big O ring, and cut it up into 3" long pieces for spare's

Mark,

Can you take a pic or two of the drum and how they fasten the sandpaper? I have a home made thickness sander that might need to be modified to work the same. Also, can you measure what the drum diameter is as well?


Thanks,
Mark

[Mad Max]

2" roller 3" long
The slot is .600 deep and .400 deep


I use this rule to press the 1/8" rubber into the slot.





1st---One end of the sand paper goes in the deep slot, crease that edge
2nd-- I use the last used sand paper next to the new one to show me where to bend it.

[mmattockx]

Thank you, sir. How deep are the slots?


Mark

[Mad Max]

Thank you, sir. How deep are the slots?


Mark

.600 and .400

[onetone]

FWTW Mark, the slot in mine is canted away from center and arrow indicates direction of rotation.

[Mad Max]

FWTW Mark, the slot in mine is canted away from center and arrow indicates direction of rotation.

I can't see it down in there, but it could be.
mine rotates the same as your drawing.





Second glue up is done.

[onetone]

I think the inclination of the slot helps to keep the sandpaper in place …

Bue made a suggestion of using a cloth backed abrasive. I am going to give that a try.

[Mad Max]

I think the inclination of the slot helps to keep the sandpaper in place …

Bue made a suggestion of using a cloth backed abrasive. I am going to give that a try.

The thicker the sand paper the more it want to crack in the bend where the rubber strip holds it in.
I bought some really good sand paper with a more durable backing, Doesn't work well on the Hog, so I use it for other things.

[Mad Max]

Max, I have seen how the sandpaper is fastened to the drum, I am thinking 40 grit clothes backed paper that is kind of stiff, can that be used? Bow is coming along nicely.

The O ring strip would be hard or imposable to get in, but a smaller diameter O ring strip could work.
Here is the info on the site.

THE SLOT IN THE 2” SANDING DRUM IS THE KEY TO CHANGING AND USING ANY GRIT REGULAR SHEET SANDPAPER. NO SANDING SLEEVES TO BUY. ALSO JUST 2 THUMB SCREWS ON THE VACUUM PLATE TO REMOVE AND CHANGE THE SANDPAPER.

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I had the 1/4 HP motor for many years so my investment was low.