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Title: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: Robertfishes on August 23, 2011, 09:33:00 PM
This is a modified 58" bingams Design..I used a 21 1/2" bubinga riser with brown glass for strength and long fades and a 29" actionboo power lam, veneers are also bubinga,total stack was .250, bow came out at  54#s @ 28"    (http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt46/Robertfishes/augustbubinga2011c.jpg)     (http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt46/Robertfishes/bubingaaug2011.jpg)
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: kennym on August 23, 2011, 09:56:00 PM
Whoooeee! That is a hot lookin bow! Good job Robert!  :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: Bodork on August 23, 2011, 10:30:00 PM
That's nice!! REALLY NICE!!!! Love those veneers!
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: SportHunter on August 23, 2011, 10:31:00 PM
Great choice on woods and design, nicely done.
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: jess stuart on August 23, 2011, 10:33:00 PM
Sweet veneers, gotta love that bubinga.
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: KellyG on August 23, 2011, 11:39:00 PM
very nice, very nice indeed
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: TNstickn on August 24, 2011, 02:02:00 AM
Sweet
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: Buemaker on August 24, 2011, 05:49:00 AM
Very nice, gooood loooking. Bue--.
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: SteveD on August 24, 2011, 07:25:00 AM
Nice Work. Beautiful bow
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: DavidK on August 24, 2011, 08:54:00 AM
That's a beauty for sure.
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: BenBow on August 24, 2011, 10:27:00 AM
Any full draw pictures? Nice to say the least
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: frank bullitt on August 24, 2011, 12:13:00 PM
You did good, Robert!   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: ChristopherO on August 24, 2011, 12:30:00 PM
I've never been a fan of Bingham's designs but, Brother, you did that on PROUD!
Excellent work and wood choice.  Shoot it with pride.  I would.
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: JJB on August 24, 2011, 09:28:00 PM
VERY NICE!
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: Trux Turning on August 24, 2011, 09:41:00 PM
Love those lams!!! Great job on that one. How does it shoot with the mods you made to it?
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: Robertfishes on August 25, 2011, 06:33:00 AM
Trux I havn't shot it alot but the power lam really stiffens up the limb, I do have to shoot a stiffer arrow over the other 53# non PL bow I built 2 years ago. I have not shot these bows thru a chrono but cast seems good..I used to have a few Black Widows and cast is similar??  the Binghams chart shows that a .250 stack should come in arround 45 lbs, this one with 21 1/2" riser and the 29" PL came in at 54 lbs. other specs are .690 inch limb tip width and limb width taper starts at the end of fades 1.73" to 11/16" wide at string nock.
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: Greg Szalewski on August 25, 2011, 01:19:00 PM
Nice looking bow Robert!!!
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: Dmaxshawn on August 26, 2011, 01:57:00 PM
ANother good looker Robert.  

Shawn
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: Robertfishes on August 26, 2011, 06:04:00 PM
thanks for the kind words, I am still on a learning curve..I am building Helen another "KennyM" 64" R/D longbow, she wanted more mass weight so this one has 24 pieces of glass in the riser. Kenny sent me some nice amberboo tapers and parallels,040 UL glass and glue that are going into the limbs. veneers will be thin stripe zebrawood cut out of this piece thats 7" wide and 80"long.   (http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt46/Robertfishes/zebraveneerforhelen.jpg)
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: kennym on August 26, 2011, 07:55:00 PM
24pcs! Wow!  That should stiffen it up, could we get a comparison on how it shoots and performance of the other one?
Thanks!
kenny
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: jsweka on August 26, 2011, 08:01:00 PM
There's only one problem I see with that bow - NOT ENOUGH PICS.  Please post some more.

Seriously though, I'm not a recurve guy, but that one is absoulutely beautiful!  Well done.
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: Sixby on August 26, 2011, 11:24:00 PM
Robert that is so nice. However you will always be on a learning curve. I can see that you will just get better and better. Great job.
God bless you, Steve
Title: Re: Bubinga and amberboo I finished 2 weeks ago
Post by: Robertfishes on August 26, 2011, 11:57:00 PM
Kenny,  the glass fades may be a little stiff so I'm gonna shorten the riser a little and add two 040 pieces of amberboo to riser for long thin fades with a power lam effect. Helen has a 25" draw and don't put a lot of stress on her bows, gonna cut this one 3/16 past center with a nice window cut out for her gap shooting style, theres at least 3/4" of solid glass so I think it's strong enough...  Sixby, I wish I could spend a week watching a real bowyer work. I still have trouble shaping grips.
I'll ask Helen to take some full draw pics of the Bubinga bow tomorrow.
Gonna try to build another Recurve before sept 17th, Pau fero riser,amberboo tapers, medium brown etimoe veneers or those nice Morado veneers I got from kennym last year.