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Title: Finished My first bow (blank)
Post by: Matty on March 20, 2011, 12:34:00 AM
Just figured I'd get some pics out there for yall to see.
Dryad Blank Finished at 54#@28
I'll take Nice pics outside tomorrow, But heres some from inside...
   (http://inlinethumb33.webshots.com/46304/2232008180085968352S425x425Q85.jpg) (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2232008180085968352lmcgUR)
   (http://inlinethumb28.webshots.com/48347/2207479870085968352S425x425Q85.jpg) (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2207479870085968352fkzGHf)
   (http://inlinethumb58.webshots.com/46649/2166430860085968352S425x425Q85.jpg) (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2166430860085968352FXTMNn)
   (http://inlinethumb26.webshots.com/45145/2036956120085968352S425x425Q85.jpg) (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2036956120085968352VzMwIp)
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Post by: Wannabe1 on March 20, 2011, 12:38:00 AM
Dang, that looks good just the way it is! Congrats and a fine job well done.   :thumbsup:    :clapper:
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Post by: Jwilliam on March 20, 2011, 12:44:00 AM
Very nice work   :thumbsup:
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Post by: Javi on March 20, 2011, 12:48:00 AM
Very nice
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Post by: on March 20, 2011, 02:42:00 AM
wish I could see the pics.....
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Post by: Green on March 20, 2011, 04:36:00 AM
Very nice work Matt.....what did you use for a finish on this bow?
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Post by: Possum Head on March 20, 2011, 06:22:00 AM
Excellent!Finish type? Now you've inspired me to start on mine.
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Post by: Apex Predator on March 20, 2011, 06:53:00 AM
Great job!
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Post by: weezy on March 20, 2011, 07:19:00 AM
Sweet!!
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Post by: BCWV on March 20, 2011, 07:52:00 AM
Very nice!!
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Post by: straitera on March 20, 2011, 07:58:00 AM
Very clean work. Impressive bow looks like a hard shooter. Well done.
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Post by: droz il on March 20, 2011, 08:24:00 AM
Looks great.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: ishoot4thrills on March 20, 2011, 08:30:00 AM
Very nice bow. I love the profile. Looks like it will flat smoke an arrow!   :thumbsup:
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Post by: wingnut on March 20, 2011, 08:51:00 AM
nice job Matt!!

Took you a while.  I was surprised to see one of our older model blanks.  We haven't made those for a couple of years. LOL

Mike
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Post by: SveinD on March 20, 2011, 09:11:00 AM
That looks really good! Great Work!
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Post by: Matty on March 20, 2011, 03:19:00 PM
Thanks for all the great comments guys:
I ordered the blank about 2 years ago to take with me when I went on Bearquest.  But the bows didnt get here in time.  I orderes a pheonix for a Girlfriend, which is gorgeous and she loves it, and this blank. Well needless to say it sat in my basemet till winter when I decided to pick it up.  I was really afraid cause I literally had NO tools and No place to work.  So the majority of the work was done with the bow in my lap, and with a dremmel tool. Ya no kidding  holding a bow with 1 hand and dremmel in the other is NOT and easy task. after the majority of the shaping was done I cut the string grooves, This was a very Nerve racking taks as I was afraid to mess up  I bought a $10 set of files and went to work they turned out Ok  But dodnt do any shaping of the tips.  a few months after I was scheduled to go to Pig Gig with the Wensels and I knew that PV would be there and he has mad his own bows and offered to help me finish the string grooves and lend some other advice  and that we did.  The bow was now a year old.  when I got home I knew there was more work to do but it just sat there and I was thinking I would build a bench first to finish the work.  The bow once strung with the grooves cut, was 60# @28"  way too much for me.  So I think I got a bit discouraged too..
Plus I have MANY bows I like to shoot....So why work when you can play SO a YEAR later (now) I was asked to go on a pig hunt in TX  of course NOT going to pass this up.  So i thought it would be a Great time to GET THIS DONE! and I just went to town on it, sepent about 6 hours a day for the last 3 days Finishing it up to take with me.  A couple questions here and there and lots of reading in Between. I got it done.  I found upon shaping the tips and the upper Limb, that the started to twist, so I had to shave off the sides to make it right,  Man what a task that is to the Un trained person... The advice I got was "sand about 10 strokes" etc yadda yadda....# hours later I was hitting this thing with a rasp out of frustration and thats where it all came together.  the tiller was off a bit once but it was a quick fix... Overall I'm very Pleased.
the bow:
Pau ferro Riser
Bamboo under Clear Glass
spec: 54#@28"  64"
I'm surprised how well it shoots too.
I finished it with 7 coats of deft.
I even sanded in Finger grooves on the back of the riser that you can see in one of the pictures fits me just right..
More pics to come....
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Post by: 3undr on March 20, 2011, 03:26:00 PM
man that is a great finish, good job
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Post by: StanM on March 20, 2011, 03:32:00 PM
That looks really nice, great job!
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Post by: Over&Under on March 20, 2011, 03:57:00 PM
That really turned out nice.  One to be proud of.
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Post by: Dave Bowers on March 20, 2011, 04:47:00 PM
great work   :thumbsup:
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Post by: JJB on March 20, 2011, 05:13:00 PM
Great looking bow, excellent work!  I also have one of Mike's bow blanks, the more you shoot it the better you'll like it.
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Post by: bill langer on March 20, 2011, 06:01:00 PM
Good job Matty!!
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Post by: David Ricke on March 20, 2011, 06:30:00 PM
Very nice work. Ill bet you can't waite to start the next one. Good Hunting Knifemaker
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Post by: Gerry on March 20, 2011, 08:39:00 PM
Real nice finish job, enjoy.
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Post by: EL Mejor on March 20, 2011, 08:42:00 PM
WELL DONE GO WORK...
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Post by: FerretWYO on March 20, 2011, 08:51:00 PM
Matty you did great. I got to shoot this bow a few minutes ago and this thing is awesome and great finish work.
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Post by: Knapper on March 20, 2011, 09:03:00 PM
Were the finger groves on the grip something you came up with or something that you had seen on another bow.  I have made a couple of glass bows and I know that there is a lot of time that goes into it to come out with as nice as a bow as you made.  

Ready to go into bow making full time???????????
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Post by: BWD on March 20, 2011, 10:08:00 PM
You did well, nice looking bow.
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Post by: Doug in MN on March 20, 2011, 10:27:00 PM
Great looking bow!!

Good job.
Title: Re: Finished My first bow (blank)
Post by: Matty on March 20, 2011, 10:47:00 PM
Knapper: I have seen other bows with finger grooves, never shot one with one though, I have a fairly Unique High wrist that I shoot with and I situated these groves to suit this.  ThI spent a few minutes holding the bow the way I thought I would Like it and then Powdered the riser marked it... then took the dremmel to it One of the markings is a bot gouged but its hard to sand in those little spots, Next time more sand paper LESS Dremmel. Well Like FerretWYO (Randy) Said He got to shoot it and It was the first time I got to see it at full draw it looks good and is quiet to boot.  He did me the huge favor of sharpening my Woodsmans, cuase I'm about to leave to go on a Pig hunt tomorrow about this time..
So It's............. OFF TO TX....With new Bow in hand!  Hopefully I'll have a new topic and Lots of pics Next week this time... Once again thanks for all the cool comments!!

  (http://inlinethumb07.webshots.com/40454/2728889800085968352S425x425Q85.jpg) (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2728889800085968352VkDXpG)
  (http://inlinethumb33.webshots.com/47648/2515650890085968352S425x425Q85.jpg) (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2515650890085968352DciGbN)
  (http://inlinethumb45.webshots.com/44716/2915465770085968352S425x425Q85.jpg) (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2915465770085968352BoZzXn)
Title: Re: Finished My first bow (blank)
Post by: BBWV on March 20, 2011, 10:50:00 PM
That Looks Really Nice
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Post by: Jack Skinner on March 21, 2011, 09:49:00 AM
Very cool Matty. Love your finish work, may have to bring you a selfbow or two and have you finish them for me.

Good luck with the pigs in TX.
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Post by: Rob DiStefano on March 21, 2011, 10:15:00 AM
really nice looking bow in every respect.

deft spray or wipe-on?
Title: Re: Finished My first bow (blank)
Post by: Matty on March 21, 2011, 04:28:00 PM
Rob That was hit with Deft 7 coats with scuffing in between...
Jack thanks again for your advice See you in a few weeks..
Texas 8 and counting!