Glueed up the riser block on my 2nd attempt at building a bow.  I've got to fix a flat spot on my form before I can go much farther.  I'm also waiting on some more Smooth-On from Kenny.  I'm going to avoid the mistakes I made on the first attempt.  Tommorrow I'll cut out my riser and make my fades.  Here's the riser block.

Looks nice.

Excellent looking riser...so are you putting the swoop flowing with the bow or against it.

Ok, I'm into my 2nd attempt at bow building, and I've got my fades cut and sanded.  I did make one mistake whne I cut the fades.  I didn't pay attention to which way the walnut was turned, and the result was a shorter walnut accent in the riser.  Anyway, I made a better attempt at having long, slow fades this time.  Here's some pics.  What do you guys think.  Will I have better luck this time?

 

 

 

Those fades look much better than on the first one! Bet you will have a better outcome this time- glue her up and lets see it.

Put it in the heat box this afternoon.  Cooked it for 6 hours at 175 degrees.  It's cooling down right now.  It'll be tomorrow after work before I can take it out of form.  I'll take pictures for everybody to see.

Looks good so far!

Looking much better! I think this will be the one!  Looking forward to more.

Everything looks good on this one.  The fades look real good, and there was no problem from the washers on the form.  I think this may workout.  Here's some pictures.

Right out of the heat box.

 

 

After a few times across the belt sander.

 

 



 

 

Oh, and I have an inspector like Kenny.  He's not as big as some on here, but he's a hard-nosed little guy.

 

Here are a couple pics of my fades.  They look pretty good to me.  What do you think?  Sorry for the fuzzy pictures.  I'll try to take some better ones tomorrow.

 

 

Can't wait to get off work, so I can work on my bow.  Once I start something, I have a hard time stopping until it's finished.

Looking good. Can't wait to see it finished

This bow is Osage Orange with Walnut and White Maple accent in the riser.  I'm going to add some Bald Cypress, Walnut and Osage Orange to to the limb tips, back and belly of the bow.  I'm hoping it finishes out at 66" with a 45 to 50# pull @ 28".  Oh, the limbs are Red Elm behind clear glass.

D.A. Davis
I saw your post on the Arkansas hunting website.
I hope this one works out for you. Sure looking good so far. I just got through building my laminating press for a take-down longbow the other evening. keep the pics coming. I love watching these build alongs. By the way my initials are D. Davis also

Looks like a winner for sure. Nice going.

I didn't get much done tonight, NCIS was coming on.  What can I say.  I did get the limbs shaped and the limbs cut to length.  I took some pictures of the limbs.  And, I got some better pictures of the fades for you guys to look at.







Here are the fades.

Yea- you have a winner there!

Lookin good DA! Walnut and osage really look good together!!

I've got a question guys.  If I cut the riser where the center of the bow is in the grip where it contacts my hand at the correct spot, my lower hand will cover the heel of the lower limb where it contacts the riser.  Does it hurt to remove part of the limb material at the riser to make room for my hand, or do I need to move my hand upon the riser?

I like to stay with  1.75" back to belly and 1" side to side on the grip.

I add a grip cap on the glass on the lower limb and a little overlay on the sight window.

Like this......