A couple of monthe ago my fat ass found my new glue up on the couch, and there was a very loud SNAP!
I had another old half too, and was about to turn the 2 broken glue-ups into fire wood; and just as the saw started up, I got a vision.
Mike at Dryad bows thought it would be a neat idea too!
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I ordered a takedown sleeve from my friend Ted at Raptor Archery.
The two halves were totally different in color and weight, so while waiting for the sleeve I made the stave profiles equal, and decided to see about dyeing the backs to match.
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The fitting and cutting of the handle ends, and the glueing and mating was really fiddly, but with a few words of advice from Ted it moved along. The bow had to line up straight.
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It all came together well, and I tillered the two separate halves to make one bow.
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Here it is with a Yew bow I made for my son a couple of months ago. Also from a Dryad glue up.
(http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q291/bjornweb/DSCN0316.jpg)
It ended up at 64" and 48#@28 and shoots a mean woodie!
The wrap is 'distressed Goat'-very distressed! LOL!
(http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q291/bjornweb/DSCN0303.jpg)
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In the end it turned out to be a fun project and a very fine shooting bow!
That turned out awesome! Great job.
Nice Work.
Nice... I have some billets I need to get the take down sleeves from Ted, too..
Great job & nice looking bows.
Nicely done!
Bjorn :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Neat-O Bjorn! Beautiful job. I want to shoot it at the range tonight - OK?
Al
Nice lemons into lemonade!!!
Very pretty bow!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
David
Very nice work Bjorn,
I like the goat more than the snapper ;)
Trap
Nice Job!! See I told ya that it would work. .LOL
A very nice way to make a couple of mistakes into a great bow.
Mike
Mike - does that mean that two wrongs make a right or a bow..? :biglaugh:
Nice work Bjorn!!
dino
I had a PM about the dye and the finish........I mixed black and brown Rit leather dye, and wiped it away where I didn't want it as much.
The bow is covered with several coats of Tru Oil applied with paper towel.
Somewhere I said the bow is 48#; well hopefully that will be the case with the next one. This bow finished at about 42#@28 on my scale-they seem to loose about 5# during the final shooting-in process-have others found that too?
Very nice! That's some good craftsmanship.