2025 Bow Swap Progress Thread

[Crooked Stic]

I have picked the riser block and veneers VICTIM

[Jon Lipovac]

Update.
Since I missed weight so terribly on the intended bow, I was forced to switch gears.
I had a beautiful walnut riser block layed up with a black actionwood flare. Layed up limbs with carbon on the back and black belly glass.
Riser has a thinner G10 I-beam in it that Im gonna try to cover on the back with full overlays and on the belly, I plan on full over lays except for the grip. This one hit in the weight range nicely.

[Mo_coon-catcher]

I made a little progress on the persimmon bow. Took it to a few inches shy of full draw at weight post heat treat and piking. Set is not bad at all at this point. I cleaned up the tooling marks and got the tips ready for the  one nocks. The question is, which tip material? I have a couple pieces of blond horn, deer antler, bloodwood, Purple Heart, and ipe I could use. Any preferences?

Kyle

[Jon Lipovac]

Gonna glue on some curly maple and try to stain it as close as I can to the carbon. Here’s a pic of a quick stain sample to get started.

[Noah70]

Kyle - I think any of the choices you offered would look awesome as all your work always does. That being said, I would choose the bloodwood.

[Crooked Stic]

Jon that maple would look good with clear glass over it.

[Watsonjay]

More progress

[Watsonjay]

Looking at it, i should have made my fades shallower.

[Mo_coon-catcher]

Time to get these fit. Probably all I’ll get done tonight. I’m leaving enough meat in case I feel the desire to get creative with the tips or keep them simple.

Kyle

[Buemaker]

Afraid you may have a serious stress point or hinge at the tip of your fadeouts. One inch in from the tips the thickness should not be more than 1/16, less is better.Two inches in no more than 1/8 or less. The fadeouts should be able to flex when bow is bent.

[Mo_coon-catcher]

The blocks are fit but need cleaned up now

Kyle

[Watsonjay]

Progress

[kennym]

Lookin good guys

I may have a little time this weekend …

[Watsonjay]

Put on clear glass, maple, and cocobolo riser overlay for strength and cover the veneer splice. Still needs finishing but came out pretty good. In hindsight I should change my order of operations and glue overlay on before shaping the riser. 

[Kirkll]

Putting another layer of clear glass on the overly is over kill really. That maple and coco would have tied those limbs together just by themselves.  .02 cents worth.

[Watsonjay]

Putting another layer of clear glass on the overly is over kill really. That maple and coco would have tied those limbs together just by themselves.  .02 cents worth.

better safe than sorry???

[Crooked Stic]

Safer and looks nice to.

[Watsonjay]

Putting another layer of clear glass on the overly is over kill really. That maple and coco would have tied those limbs together just by themselves.  .02 cents worth.

I will keep that in mind next though, thank you.

[kennym]

Lookin good !

I glued the first one up 

[Kirkll]

Putting another layer of clear glass on the overly is over kill really. That maple and coco would have tied those limbs together just by themselves.  .02 cents worth.

I will keep that in mind next though, thank you.

I never cared much for the way glass overlays feather out when finish sanding myself. To each his own i suppose.... 

Doing recurve overlays on the curl of the limbs like an external tip wedges, i  pre- sand those to a feather edge and glue them on while laying up my limbs.

Those overlays come out with a very smooth transition doing it like that, but you need to take great care sanding the extra epoxy at the transition point by hand using a block. i've screwed up a few trying to use my palm sander...