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Title: My latest Bow project.
Post by: Roy from Pa on February 06, 2008, 09:23:00 PM

Osage backed with Boo.

  (http://www.geocities.com/roy2953/bobsbowdone.jpg)  

  (http://www.geocities.com/roy2953/bobsbowdone4.jpg)  

  (http://www.geocities.com/roy2953/bobsbowdone13.jpg)  

  (http://www.geocities.com/roy2953/bobsbowdone17.jpg)  

  (http://www.geocities.com/roy2953/bobsbowdone19.jpg)  

  (http://www.geocities.com/roy2953/bobsbowdone9.jpg)

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Post by: BamBooBender on February 07, 2008, 12:32:00 AM

Looks great! What's the specs?

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Post by: longstiks on February 07, 2008, 04:29:00 AM

Love the lines of that bow!! Bet it splts out an arrow.
Denny

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Post by: GrnMtnTradNut on February 07, 2008, 07:51:00 AM

Nice work its sweet!

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Post by: onemississipp on February 07, 2008, 08:10:00 AM

Great looking bow Roy!!

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Post by: varmint on February 07, 2008, 08:12:00 AM

Very nice.

Did you stain or dye the boo??

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Post by: Keystone on February 07, 2008, 08:36:00 AM

Roy,
You are really getting good at bow building man. It looks great.

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Post by: slayer1 on February 07, 2008, 08:49:00 AM

Lookin good! Keep up the good work!

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Post by: Dano on February 07, 2008, 10:40:00 AM

Very nice!! Great lookin finish, what did you use?

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Post by: TexMex on February 07, 2008, 11:54:00 AM

Looking real good!

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Post by: Roy from Pa on February 07, 2008, 05:13:00 PM

The bow is 64 tip to tip, is 51 pounds at my friends 29.5 inch draw. I made it for him. I stained it with Walnut color aniline alcohol base dye, then hit the belly with 0000 steel wool, then put 3 coats of Tongue oil on it. I like Tongue oil for a finish, absolutely no dust when it is finished.

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Post by: Roy from Pa on February 08, 2008, 11:16:00 PM

Having so much fun, have another couple Bows started.

  (http://www.geocities.com/roy2953/bushygirlsbow003.jpg)  

  (http://www.geocities.com/roy2953/bushygirlsbow005.jpg)  

  (http://www.geocities.com/roy2953/bushygirlsbow006.jpg)  

  (http://www.geocities.com/roy2953/bushygirlsbow007.jpg)  

  (http://www.geocities.com/roy2953/bushygirlsbow008.jpg)

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Post by: Bjorn on February 10, 2008, 07:53:00 AM

When do you start taking orders?

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Post by: leatherneck on February 10, 2008, 08:02:00 AM

Awesome!!! Can you make a recurve too?

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Post by: tradbower on February 10, 2008, 09:46:00 AM

Roy
    Very nice bow!!!  What is the heigth of your center point ?  How much deflex is glued into bow and how from from center do you go out on each limb? Also how much reflex at the tip is used?
    I hope Iam not asking to many question, but Iam working on a bow now, just finished tillering and when unstrug the r/d shows , but when bow is braced, the bow goes into a natural arc not showing reflex at the tips like yours.
           Thanks Pete

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Post by: whitebuffalo on February 10, 2008, 09:53:00 AM

Great looking bows,,Howabout some more detail and a build along,,<<

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Post by: mmgrode on February 10, 2008, 11:05:00 AM

Cool stuff Roy.  Very nice bow!  I like the strung profile.

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Post by: Roy from Pa on February 10, 2008, 06:16:00 PM

Pete, questions are good things.

I used a 4 inch center post in the center of the handle. The mid-limb posts were 2 3/4 high. The top mid-limb post was centered at 13 inches from the center of the handle. The bottom mid-limb post was centered at 12 5/8th from the center of the handle. I used 6 inch limb tip posts.  

The reason the limb tips look the way they do is because of the kerf I cut 8 inches down the limbs from the limb tips. And the first bow above I used Bamboo lams, the second one in progress I used Osage lams. But both should have the same profile. The kerf on both these bows is cut 1/16th thick, if I were to cut it thicker, I would see much more reflex/recurve at the tips. Because a thicker kerf, equals weaker limb tips at glue up, which equals more reflex/recurve.. Meaning the thicker I cut the kerf, the more freely the limb tips will flex when glued up. Ya dig?

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Post by: bentpole on February 10, 2008, 06:56:00 PM

Roy great looking bow! I really like that profile.

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Post by: Seeking Trad Deer on February 10, 2008, 07:06:00 PM

:clapper:

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Post by: Roy from Pa on February 10, 2008, 11:30:00 PM

Next bow I put Buffalo Horn tip overlays on. Should look real sweet..  (http://www.geocities.com/roy2953/bushygirlsbow1.jpg)  

  (http://www.geocities.com/roy2953/bushygirlsbow2.jpg)  

  (http://www.geocities.com/roy2953/bushygirlsbow3.jpg)  

  (http://www.geocities.com/roy2953/bushygirlsbow4.jpg)  

  (http://www.geocities.com/roy2953/bushygirlsbow5.jpg)  

  (http://www.geocities.com/roy2953/bushygirlsbow6.jpg)

Title: Re: My latest Bow project.
Post by: Rick_H on February 10, 2008, 11:41:00 PM

Great looking bow!! It looks like you have a small arrow rest which I assume is a small piece of wood. If so, how big is it both length and width?

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Post by: Roy from Pa on February 10, 2008, 11:45:00 PM

The arrow rest is made of leather. About 5/16th wide and the thickness of the handle which is about 1 3/4.

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Post by: LEOPARD on February 11, 2008, 05:18:00 AM

Great stuff Roy!  ;)   :thumbsup: