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Title: It’s in the oven!
Post by: ztontonz on February 17, 2019, 02:09:41 PM: Hi there,
So this weekend the wife and kid were away. I got everything ready for glue up Friday night
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Post by: Flem on February 17, 2019, 02:13:21 PM: Nice! is that Yew wood?
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Post by: ztontonz on February 17, 2019, 02:14:53 PM: And Saturday first thing in the morning I spent 1,5hr gluing up all the pieces together on my new design bow press
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Post by: ztontonz on February 17, 2019, 02:16:29 PM: And put it to cure in the oven
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Post by: ztontonz on February 17, 2019, 02:18:46 PM: Quote from: lignaphile on February 17, 2019, 02:13:21 PM
Nice! is that Yew wood?

No just laminated bamboo and one macassar ebony veneer (broke the other one while fine sanding it)
Title: Re: It’s in the oven!
Post by: ztontonz on February 17, 2019, 02:21:49 PM: Now I have it cooled down, stated cleaning and gluing overlay.
I will try to cut it out during the week
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Post by: Shredd on February 17, 2019, 04:03:47 PM: That is some radical curves you got coming off the riser... I am very curious to what she is gonna look like at brace... Good Luck Brudder...
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Post by: Forwardhandle on February 17, 2019, 04:29:34 PM: Looking good :thumbsup:
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Post by: Crooked Stic on February 17, 2019, 08:02:35 PM: That is a crap ton of reflex.
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Post by: Stagmitis on February 17, 2019, 08:29:06 PM: Thats a crap ton of oven too!
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Post by: Roy from Pa on February 17, 2019, 08:35:33 PM: Why the hole drilled in riser?
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Post by: Flem on February 17, 2019, 08:55:05 PM: Looks like a sauna. You could have a nice sweat and cook a bow at the same time :)
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Post by: Mike L. on February 17, 2019, 09:33:07 PM: Maybe to get a jigsaw in there?

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Title: Re: It’s in the oven!
Post by: ztontonz on February 18, 2019, 01:04:06 AM: It’s a sauna indeed. I didn’t build an oven yet and the sauna works fine for that purpose.
The baow isn’t cut to length yet there will be a bit less reflex.

The hole in the riser was just part of shaping the handle
Title: Re: It’s in the oven!
Post by: ztontonz on February 21, 2019, 04:42:20 AM: Hi there,

I roughed out the handle yesterday. I checked the tiller with a length of 62" (I was affraid of the bow coming in too heavy. But it actually came pretty close). Tiller was way off! So I played a little around untill I got something fairly even.
Today I am gluing tips reinforcement and then will cut to the final length of 60".
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Post by: Buemaker on February 21, 2019, 05:49:04 AM: Looking good.
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Post by: Forwardhandle on February 21, 2019, 07:01:53 AM: Looking good there brother across the pond :thumbsup:
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Post by: kennym on February 21, 2019, 08:57:16 AM: Looks great, can't wait to get a shooting report! Looks kinda rad. :)
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Post by: TattooDave on February 21, 2019, 10:03:20 AM: Looking good! Question for you. You said the tiller was way off, are you guys making tiller adjustments by removing material off the sides of the limbs, as to not loose too much fiberglass off the belly?

Tattoo Dave
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Post by: Bvas on February 21, 2019, 10:42:01 AM: Nice!!!
Looking forward to seeing it finished :thumbsup:
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Post by: buddyb on February 21, 2019, 11:15:59 AM: Good looking bow, as others have said, can't wait to see it finished.
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Post by: ztontonz on February 22, 2019, 07:49:00 AM: Quote from: Bvas on February 21, 2019, 10:42:01 AM
Nice!!!
Looking forward to seeing it finished :thumbsup:
Yes that is right, I sanded down the side of the lumbs
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Post by: ztontonz on February 22, 2019, 01:05:42 PM: Update today with tips gled at 60”. Getting close with still a couple pounds to loose until desired draw weight. Really happy about the way it’s coming along so far:
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Post by: Flem on February 22, 2019, 01:43:47 PM: Looking good! Got some Pom-Poms there. Makes me think I need some fuzzy dice string silencers
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Post by: Forwardhandle on February 22, 2019, 02:10:47 PM: I like the limb profile are you tillering in positive tiller the bottom limb looks a lot stiffer from the pic maybe its just the pic ?
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Post by: skeaterbait on February 22, 2019, 02:13:53 PM: Quote from: lignaphile on February 22, 2019, 01:43:47 PM
Looking good! Got some Pom-Poms there. Makes me think I need some fuzzy dice string silencers

Fuzzy dice.... hmmmmm
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Post by: Shredd on February 22, 2019, 07:18:30 PM: Fuzzy Dice?? Could start a new trend...
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Post by: Mike L. on March 14, 2019, 10:43:10 AM: I really like the way that turned out. How’s it shoot?

Mike
Title: Re: It’s in the oven!
Post by: ztontonz on March 18, 2019, 03:32:06 PM: Quote from: TattooDave on February 21, 2019, 10:03:20 AM
Looking good! Question for you. You said the tiller was way off, are you guys making tiller adjustments by removing material off the sides of the limbs, as to not loose too much fiberglass off the belly?

Tattoo Dave

Yes that's what I do. It's only my second bow so I am no expert but I will not want to sand down the fiber unless the bow comes out really over expected poundage
Title: Re: It’s in the oven!
Post by: ztontonz on March 18, 2019, 03:43:49 PM: Did not have much time to work on the bow lately.
First shooting report says it's not a quiet bow if there is no POM POM on the string! but fairly fast. But well, it's hard to compare to any other bow I know since this one is only 34#@28" (for the wife). The only other bow I could compare it with is an old 30# yellow fiber glass bear bow. Of course the bear bow is not as loud but certainly not as fast neither.

I guess I'll just have to build a 50# with the same design to know what it's really worth. I would probably make it 58". I'm thinking shorter would reduce a little bit preload
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Post by: goobersan on March 30, 2019, 09:19:58 AM: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Post by: ztontonz on April 05, 2019, 12:26:14 PM: Here are a couple pictures of the finished bow. I made a new string with less strand off astro and it really quieted the bow down.

Hard to take pictures that do the nice wood justice with such a shiny finish, but the wife is really happy with it. And that’s what really counts
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Post by: Buemaker on April 05, 2019, 12:28:03 PM: Turned out very nice, what kind of finish are you using?
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Post by: ztontonz on April 05, 2019, 12:33:52 PM: This one shows a little better
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Post by: ztontonz on April 05, 2019, 12:38:05 PM: I am using 2 components PU in rattle can (automotive stuff). I am happy with the result. It’s durable. But Not really economical. Approximately 1 can a bow. 20€/ can.
But i don’t have a compressor and this gets the job done
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Post by: JWheel on April 05, 2019, 03:59:32 PM: That's super purty!...nice job! I like the overlays on the belly too :thumbsup:
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Post by: Kbob on April 05, 2019, 05:05:58 PM: Beautiful!, I might have missed it earlier in the thread but what are your riser woods?
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Post by: Flem on April 05, 2019, 05:13:05 PM: That is really sharp looking :notworthy:
I keep offering to make my wife a bow, so far no interest :deadhorse:
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Post by: ztontonz on April 06, 2019, 04:23:20 AM: Quote from: Kbob on April 05, 2019, 05:05:58 PM
Beautiful!, I might have missed it earlier in the thread but what are your riser woods?

Kingwood and amaranth