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Title: A couple of bows pics.
Post by: Buemaker on January 19, 2007, 04:15:00 PM

This is a couple of straight limbed bows with one inch backset I just finished.
It is a mixture of Bubinga, European Walnut, Elm, Maple, Plum, Linen Micarta, Glass.
Would you take a look at the braced and drawn profiles. I used full lenght parallel maple laminations and 0.o15 tapers. Perhaps I should have used 0.002 tapers to get a little more bend in the outer parts of the limbs, what do you think? Sitting on the tiller tree the bow is not drawn exactly from the same point of the string as if finger shot, so the tiller might be sligtly off.  Thank you.  Bue--.
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Title: Re: A couple of bows pics.
Post by: mjc on January 19, 2007, 04:41:00 PM

Very nice bows, I sure like the way the old straight bows look.

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Post by: bentpole on January 19, 2007, 04:42:00 PM

nice work there!!

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Post by: Dano on January 19, 2007, 06:09:00 PM

Bue, very nice work, You have been busy.

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Post by: Crooked Stic on January 19, 2007, 07:08:00 PM

Nice bows Bue. Tiller looks darn good to me.

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Post by: infosponge on January 19, 2007, 09:05:00 PM

One day when I grow up, I hope I'll be able to make one (almost) that good! Awesome bows...bue.

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Post by: redfish on January 19, 2007, 09:21:00 PM

Beautiful

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Post by: Shape Shifter on January 19, 2007, 09:46:00 PM

Great Job on those bows. They look awesome!

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Post by: Shaun on January 19, 2007, 10:58:00 PM

I like the tiller as is, more taper would give a more whip tillered look. How do they shoot?

Very nice detail and finish work. Love the look of the plum riser and there is something about the look of the handle on that one that looks more comfortable to me... a higher hand location and the curve of the shelf looks like it peaks right above the pressure point of the grip.

Is that plum from wild stock or orchard lumber? I have been thinking of trying some wild plum that grows here in Iowa.

Thanks for sharing Beu. Great work!

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Post by: vermonster13 on January 19, 2007, 11:00:00 PM

I really like how you did the tips. Very nice all around.

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Post by: Jason R. Wesbrock on January 20, 2007, 12:57:00 AM

Beautiful work!

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Post by: shapeshifter on January 20, 2007, 01:57:00 AM

beu- very nice! i love those tips!

Title: Re: A couple of bows pics.
Post by: Buemaker on January 20, 2007, 05:25:00 AM

Thank you. Shaun, the overlays on the back are Plum wood from an orchard. The bows shoot nice with very little handshock, anyway with the bows that I make a fast flight string gives the bows a much more "dead" feel and much less vibration than if using Dacron.I also think that proper brace height is very important to these straight limbed bows. It is snowing today, not much fun to be out shooting. Do you know of any vacant places in, lets say Hawaii?  Bue--.

Title: Re: A couple of bows pics.
Post by: tradbower on January 20, 2007, 07:06:00 AM

Great job Buemaker. Have you tried making a bamboo backed bow yet?
               Pete

Title: Re: A couple of bows pics.
Post by: Buemaker on January 20, 2007, 07:15:00 AM

I have not made a Bamboo backed bow yet, but have a few strips that have been sitting on a shelf staring at me for a few years now.
  Bue--.

Title: Re: A couple of bows pics.
Post by: Aram on January 20, 2007, 08:51:00 AM

Bue-tiful!    :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
I love the wood combinations and the simple clean lines.
I don't do fiberglass so I'm a little conffused by those numbers.
I thought 0.002 is less taper than 0.015... is it not? If so why would less taper give you more bend at the tips? Or are you using reverse taper?
If you ever do make some with the same unstrung shape but more whip tiller I'd love to hear how they compare. (now you've got homework.   :D )

Title: Re: A couple of bows pics.
Post by: ChuckC on January 20, 2007, 09:20:00 AM

Great job Bue...  I like the looks of those guys.  

Hope your weather was better than much of northern Europe last week.  I am in Slovenia for the next couple days, then elsewhere and I am a bit concerned over my travel itinerary because of possible damage.
ChuckC

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Post by: mike g on January 20, 2007, 11:13:00 AM

Nice work Bue....

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Post by: Chortdraw on January 20, 2007, 08:53:00 PM

Bue, very nice looking bows and good lines. The tips are awsome.  :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:  

Chort

Title: Re: A couple of bows pics.
Post by: Buemaker on January 21, 2007, 02:53:00 AM

Aram. Sorry it should have been written  0.0015".
  Bue--.