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Main Boards => The Bowyer's Bench => Topic started by: longrifle on February 28, 2020, 06:36:50 PM
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First off the journey to build this style longbow started about 2 years ago. Lots of info on here and help from the guys especially Kenny thanks. Let’s begin.
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My form, was made out of 1.75 thick Puma ply.
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Let me get all the spec info out of the way first.
62” 50lbs @ 28”
16” long riser with green future wood
.320 total stack
1 .001 taper lam .073 @ butt end maple
2 parallel lams .073 @ butt end maple
2 .050 black glass
7.5” long tip wedge
Theses are all the supplies I had at hand, next one will have .040 glass.
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The handle
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The fades
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All the supplies
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The glue up , the first glue up on a new design is always tense. I did do a dry run and all looked well.
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Fresh off the form
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My concerns with this style bow are
#1 that I’d have to have a 8 plus inch brace height
#2 that the string would touch the limbs
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I dont think you will have a issue at 62" & 7" brace I have made kenny's bow out to 64" with 7 1/4 " brace with out touching limbs & with FF string no slap , that is with his super lam in the stack , but I would bet your good with your wedges !
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Can't wait to see it strung up and what the weight ends up!! :thumbsup:
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Limb tips are 1.5” ahead of the back of bow riser.
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Edges all cleaned up on the blue beast.
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Centerline marked with a laser line
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I used a laser a couple times but thought on a curvy bow if all wasn’t level just right it might be off...
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Limbs drawn out and sanded to lines.
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The profile
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First string up and it looks very good, string is off limbs and BH is low.
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Looks good. I will be following for sure. I have had the template to make the form forever but haven't got around to doing anything with it until today. I glued some MDF together for a form so hopefully will get to try one before to long. Have only heard great things about Kennys design.
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I knew that Kenny’s design was already proven, was going to order his template but went out on a limb and made my own. The geometry on this one is darn near perfect, went with his 16” riser suggestion.
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Looks good :thumbsup: it will be interesting to see the Full Draw profile with out the super lam or power lam the brace looks different then Kenny's , nice looking bow !
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Thats coming along nice. Can’t wait to see it finished. Nice work.
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Looks great!!
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Another view
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All the handle and overlay fixings
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All glued on
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Rough shaping the handle
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More work
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And some more work, I do most all my handle work with a #49 rasp, slow and easy is my motto.
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Looking good! That laser line is brilliant! I can't wait to give that a go next time my drawn lines are rendered useless.
What wood did you use for your handle?
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Grip is looking good.
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Ready for the spray booth
Flem I used Future wood that I bought off of Predator archery.
It’s resin impregnated maple same stuff Bear uses in there handles
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Getting her sealed up
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Another view
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And another
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Not sure why all my pics are sideways, that’s not how they were taken on my phone. Sorry!!
I spray with Thunderbird , I’ve used others but nothing is as durable and as clear. There is no yellowing over time, the whites are still white even after several years.
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Looks good with some finish on it :thumbsup:
Never hear any complaints about the Thunderbird. I don't use myself, only because I like to watch the finish dry. Just don't have that much time for the T-bird
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Very nice.
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Had a chance to run about 20 arrows through it today outside at 18 yards , first observations are that it’s feels very smooth in the draw, also pretty quiet upon release, very happy with the results so far. More pics tomorrow
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Looks great. Nice job!
Do you have any full draw pic?
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After 3 days and multiple coats she’s all done.
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More
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Final specs
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More
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Some more
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The 7.5” tip wedge, it kinda is a poor mans “Super lam”
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The tips
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What I call my bow making
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What I put on all the upper limbs of the bows I make , it’s Latin for
“ swift , silent, and deadly “
Also I’m calling this model the Hornet.
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Unstrung profile
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String view
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Another
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I’m going to get some full draw pics later
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Some outdoor shots
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Another
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Full draw pics
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That’s a full 28” draw
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I'm getting a kink in my neck :goldtooth:
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Nice job all around !!!
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Again sorry about the pics being flipped
Kenny you were the one who gave me stack info and it was spot on. There is always a roll of the dice with a new model but now I have a baseline.
And my poor mans super lam well I am impressed with how it works in a limb.
This will be my turkey, elk, and deer bow this year.
Already planning on making another one only this time a bit more fancy
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Nice work man :thumbsup:
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Great Build Along. Really nice bow, I like the way it turned out.
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Love this thread. That one turned out nice. And its got some draw left in it to. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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Looks Great :thumbsup:
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Nice job :thumbsup: Did you rub out the finish, or do you have to wait with the T-Bird?
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Great build! I appreciate all the pics.
I like your design. Really graceful, and looks like plenty of power too
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Flem I just waited til it was fully cured , they suggest 7 days
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Tools that I used, my 6x80” edge sander is a game changer for me.
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Some final thoughts, it so neat to be able to make your own bows. I’ve always liked the Shrew, Javaman style longbows and have held a few and really looked them over.
This one is longer than most Shrews at 62” but I’m not a super short bow fan, I have it braced between 7 5/8”- 7 3/4” and like the way it feels and seems very smooth in the draw. I will be shooting through a chrony on Sat and will let you know the results.
Thanks again for all the kind comments.
If you have any additional questions I’d be glad to answer them.
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Nice tools there.
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Nice arsenal of tools. Looks like your ready to start a business :saywhat:
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I do custom woodworking as my day job, so I do own some equipment. I’d like to sell a few bows a year to maybe fund family vacation or a hunt now and then.
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Yes !! I wanna buy one of these!!! :clapper:
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Mission accomplished :thumbsup:
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Nice build and nice bow... You got her done quick too... You gonna tweak anything on the next one?? Hope you get good #'s on the chrony... Don't forget to list all the details... Speed means nothing without the details...
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Ok men I was able to get some arrows through a chrony yesterday and here are the results.
550 grain arrow 3 shot average 172
480 grain arrow 3 shot average 183
Again the bow is 50# @ 28”
Here is what I call my stuff
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I like it !
Great looking logo.
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Thats a great graphic :thumbsup: You design that?
I'm kind of surprised they let you post it.
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I would say that is about 179 @10gpp...That is a decent speed, especially for the first bow off the form... A little tweaking may put you in the mid 180's... Well done, Bro...