I finished up this bow and delivered it to my friend Michael today.
Michael is the head man at the Demmer Center, check out the link to this fantastic Shooting Facility. http://demmercenter.msu.edu/
He contacted me last fall about a longbow and he said he would really like a dual shelf if possible. I played around with ideas and combinations a decided this would do nicely. The bow is made from all Michigan hardwoods chosen by Michael. Fire tempered Osage for the back and figured walnut for the belly and some edge grained walnut for the center core lamination.
The riser is some very nice Black walnut With an Osage I-Beam and I reinforced the riser with 3/8" of fiber glass. I used a new Riser configuration on this build and it worked very well.
Michael is a new shooter and wanted something to learn with, the bow specs out at 35#@26" and is 66" long.
I enjoyed a few hours at the Demmer Center shooting with Michael and getting him set up and comfortable with the bow. Enjoy the pics.
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Michael, Me and "Sparty"
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Sweet looking bow Chuck. Now that gets me to thinking...If you can take that much off of each side and not loose stability, can you cut one side 3/16" PAST center?
Thank you Mike.
Don't forget about all of that glass. It is not as thin thru the sight window as you might think.
The glass showed up strange in the pictures for some reason. I used alternating black/clear with one brown in the center.
I worked out well.
CTT
This is the second dual shelf I've seen recently and it definitely has merit. It's so slick to just switch the glove over and shoot from the other side.
Other than that terrible green and white background, that's a beautiful shooting center. A pleasing blue and yellow would go down so much better :)
Great looking bow Chuck! Congrats on a fine job and to your friend. :thumbsup: :clapper:
Excellent job.....as the proud owner of 2 Chad Holm dual shelves I think Chuck did a great job...Enjoy!!
That's a beautiful bow Chuck!
Eric
Nice, I like that!
Nice bow, congrats :thumbsup:
Beautiful bow!
Outstanding work Chuck!!
Troy
Love the osage I-Beam
The delivery service is a nice custom touch.
George
awesome work chuck, beautiful bow! Yup the demmer center is sweet, great people and a nice facility!
Chuck,
You are building some beautiful bows.
Looks good as always Chuck
Nice!!!!!
Very nice Mr. Chuck! :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
Chuck is a Bow Stud..That is as Kool as she comes...
I love dual shelf bows and this one is beautiful!!
GO SPARTY!
Very nice looking bow. But the ugly woman wearing the green dress ruined the picture. Go Blue !!! lol
I hear tell Michael has some arrows being made.
I can't wit to see them, I know the maker and he is a good-un.
Stay tuned for that update.
CTT :thumbsup:
I think its great how we have Sparty fans, Big Blue fans and even a sparty fan from the Buck eye State. And we are all playing nice together.(kinda :saywhat: )
Thanks for all the kind words fellas.
CTT
here you go i finished michaels arrows he is a msu guy so i know he will at least like the colors! i will be taking them to him friday after work.
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Wow Chad, Them are some sweet arrows.
I know Michael will be all smiles when he see them.
Great work, you never cease to amaze me with your arrow skills.
CTT
Oh yeah CHOPPER CHAD amazing arrows! You and Mr. Deshler got nothing but skills!
GO GREEN!
Nice looking bow and arrows. Some real skill with both. Thanks for sharing.
What a :thumbsup: Great combo! :clapper:
you were right chuck he was very happy he started shooting them right away and they shot great. i was able to see your creation and put my hands on it what a great bow nice work chuck as usual!
Nice choice Chad.
Well Done.
When you shoot both arrows with this style bow, do they hit each other as they go through archer's paradox? :biglaugh:
No they don't Phil, I regulate them to shoot dead on at 20yds. Just like any fine double.
That's cool that Michael was jacked up and even cooler that the arrows worked so well for him.
he did a bang up job Chad. Thanks for setting Michael up.
CTT
I meant when you shoot 2 arrows at once. That's what a dual shelf is for, right?
I just really like this bow! Dual shelves are great. I have 4 of them in the house but we are a mixed family with more of us shooting left than right.
I think they are very appealing aesthetically as well.
Those Sparty arrows sure are nice too!