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Main Boards => The Bowyer's Bench => Topic started by: wood carver 2 on July 22, 2015, 09:24:00 PM
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After repairing the padauk bow, I picked up another that had been sitting in the failed bow corner for some time.
This bow had been too heavy, so I ground off the belly lams and thinned down the core. Then I glued on new belly lams. While I was shooting it in, I found a splinter in the back lam, :mad:
so I ground it off and glued on a new one, which promptly splintered! :mad: :mad:
This time, I cut the limbs off and re-ground the riser. I added a thin strip of walnut to build the riser up a bit and glued up new limbs using bamboo for the back and yew for the core and belly.
Third time lucky! She's a shooter! :)
Here are some pics.
(http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x349/1wood1/IMG_0624_zpsid1lxxgs.jpg) (http://s1177.photobucket.com/user/1wood1/media/IMG_0624_zpsid1lxxgs.jpg.html)
(http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x349/1wood1/IMG_0625_zpsw2o5vvqa.jpg) (http://s1177.photobucket.com/user/1wood1/media/IMG_0625_zpsw2o5vvqa.jpg.html)
(http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x349/1wood1/IMG_0626_zpsb9jlli41.jpg) (http://s1177.photobucket.com/user/1wood1/media/IMG_0626_zpsb9jlli41.jpg.html)
(http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x349/1wood1/IMG_0627_zpsgi0favew.jpg) (http://s1177.photobucket.com/user/1wood1/media/IMG_0627_zpsgi0favew.jpg.html)
The riser is built using European red beech, African mahogany, walnut, and a maple power lam.
It's 66" long, 65" NTN and draws 33# @ 28".
It shoots nicely, but not too fast and it has taken a lot of set. A lot of recurve has been lost at the tips.
Dave.
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Good looking bow. Great looking wood combination.
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That's determination! I probly would have given up on that one. Lol. Sometimes it's just easier to build one from the ground up. Even with reclaimed materials.