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New Bow - "Slowpoke" - First Solo Laminated Bow

Started by Dick in Seattle, January 24, 2009, 08:22:00 PM

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ron w

looks great, speed ain't everything...good job!
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.  Shunryu Suzuki

Jerry Teel

I am trying to teach myself to make long bows and need to see a step by step build along I have tryied twice and both broke but I was able to successfully complete a self bow that is a 46 pound draw weight at 28 inches.

Jerry Teel

to finish the statement do any of you have any good ideas.

Dick in Seattle

Jerry... I am currently building a special bow for the Howard Hill Longbowmen.  This will a "rotating bow", i.e. it will enter a life of continuously shuffling around among the members.

 As you know if you've looked at my pages, I kind of specialize in lighter bows.  However, I wanted to get some pix of game taken with a bow I built.  I offered to build a hunting weight bow for the guys if they would take it out hunting and send me pix of game taken.  They were enthusiastic and the project is under way.

The bow is two lams of yew and two of lamboo and I'm shooting for between 45 and 50 pounds.  It should be finished this week or next.

I'm trying to take them along on the building of it and have been posting each days work, with as thorough a discussion of the decision process and building, and tools used, as I can.  (For that statement you can read "exaustively long pages with lots of pictures).

Here is a link to what's up so far...

http://dickwightman.com/archery/bowyering/buildingopabow/buildingopabow.html

The pages will be added to with each day's work.  Tomorrow will be making the riser and counter-sanding the laminations (I grind my own lams) and, if work goes really well, possibly even the layup.  It should go into the oven tomorrow night or Tuesday morning and be finished next week.  (I'd finish it on the coming weekend, but I'm going to a shoot...)
Dick in Seattle

"It ain't how well the bow you shoot shoots, it's how well you shoot the bow you shoot."

bayoulongbowman

Dick, Im happy or ya buddy!!!! Thats awesome!! Marco  :wavey:
"If you're living your life as if there is no GOD, you had  better be right!"


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