Trad Gang
Main Boards => The Bowyer's Bench => Topic started by: Eric Krewson on July 05, 2018, 09:42:58 AM
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I had a couple of projects I put on the shelf; one was a BBO that had the bottom limb get weak during shoot in, I had it slated to give a friend but when the limb went weak I lost too much poundage getting the tiller right again to meet his requirements so I put the bow back for a few months not wanting to look at what had once been an exceptional bow.
The other was project was a back-up bow for me made out of what I thought were two matched billets. Old darkened billets with the same grain structure turned out to be anything but a match, the glue was already on the splice before I scraped off the darkened wood and found one light billet and one dark billet. These are high crown billets with humps so the tiller will be a challenge.
Here are a couple of handle sections; one the BBO, also a billet bow, with a glued on cherry burl rest and the other my mismatched billets, the handle section has been built up with lots of lams.
(https://i.imgur.com/AjfIMp9.jpg)
The tips; cherry burl on the BBO and skinny static tips on the salt and pepper osage bow. The osage bow is just about floor tillered and ready for tip overlays.
(https://i.imgur.com/Y0jtf0D.jpg)
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Very nice, Eric.
I enjoy your projects.
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Look like fun projects Eric - those cherry tips look very cool.
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Nice Eric. I always wondered how difficult it would be to tiller a bow with non matched limbs. I don't see why it would be too difficult. I bet you'll pull it off nicely.
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How weak did the BBO come in?
I love static recurves always wanted to make one.
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The BBO came in at 42@27 and is a sweetheart of a shooter and very zippy for the poundage. I shot the Al state trad tournament with it a couple of weeks ago and did well but not well enough to place. I don't practice enough anymore to be a top shot.
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The BBO came in at 42@27 and is a sweetheart of a shooter and very zippy for the poundage. I shot the Al state trad tournament with it a couple of weeks ago and did well but not well enough to place. I don't practice enough anymore to be a top shot.
That sounds perfect!
I will have to look up the AL state trad tournament
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I think those misfits appreciate your effort towards rebirth. Nicely done, Eric. :thumbsup: