With all of the discussion as of late on the construction of hill style bows I can't resist the urge to jump in with all this information readily available ...so I picked up a piece of lvl and ordered supplies to make a form , And hope to get some parts ordered from kennym this week wish me luck...

 
 
 

be watching this with interest Thad!

Thanks Bob ! I think I'm going to do like you said and do the plywood as the lvl is a bit thick I will save that for a r/d form....ordered parts from Kenny today.......  

I'm liking this, at least 4 people are currently build a HH style bow. This is what it is about, sharing knowledge and finding your way along.

Going for a flat form?

Still need to build a form for mine but there are deer to be chased and I'm waiting for materials to arrive.

Lol I guess if everyone was jumping off a bridge  

If the glass bow you make is 1/8 as good as the 'snake'bow you made then it will be a brilliant bow Thad. If you have access to a router table then you could size the lvl to the required width and save buying ply.I feel the LVL will be more stable as well, but the ply still works well particularly if you add a bit of angle iron to  the 'feet' of the form to help keep it strait.

May I ask a question on the pneumatic bow press here?
I wonder if you guys use 1,5 or 2" hoses and if thats the flat widthness or the inner diameter?
I have a guy who would turn me the endings and one who is a firefighter...
Which airpumps and valves you use- hand operated and automotive valves?

Back to topic- Hills are really great bows, forgiving and able to throw really heavy arrows at good speed; just a lot of fun to shoot!

Mine was 2 inch diameter.
The air valve is just a automotive with threads.
Hand air pump.

mine is 1 1/2'' dia when expanded and i only use a foot pump. very easy to inflate. My end plugs came from Binghams originally. Ye ha for the HH style bows too MoeM !

As far as build a long's go this one has a few extra steps, I got my materials from Kennym today    Plus I got some skins from matt Wirwicki ...good day!!! But in order to cut my form out I have to run power to the garage( recently moved have to rebuild the shop) so the first step in my form building is digging a 24 foot by 2 foot deep trench in Rocky sandy soil a couple times due to caveins...good times lol

I have a question for you all I build a hot box a while back for drying staves I have the lights on the bottom of the box will that be an issue should I move them to the top?

TRAITOR!!!!!!           you should take all that effinglass stuff and bury it in that trench        

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I have a question for you all I build a hot box a while back for drying staves I have the lights on the bottom of the box will that be an issue should I move them to the top?

Should not be an issue at all.

QuoteOriginally posted by soy:
I have a question for you all I build a hot box a while back for drying staves I have the lights on the bottom of the box will that be an issue should I move them to the top?

Mine are on the top but can't see why it would make a difference.  My next bake off I'm going to put one of those small battery powered RV refrigerator fans on one end of the box and blow it straight down across the light bulbs.  Probablu being overly anal about it but it seems like that would keep the temp more even across the box?

monterey, I added a 110v muffin fan to my box. I have the lamps on top. I built a small partition wall at one end and hole sawed a hole in it to mount the fan. The wall tries to direct air from bottom and blow across the bulbs and thermostat. I don't know if it's better because i'm a newbie, but once up to temp it stayed rock steady pulsing the the lights on and off every minute or so. The fan runs constantly.
Bob Maddux

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Originally posted by Black Mockingbird:
TRAITOR!!!!!!