DCM,
The arrow pass is 1" wide with the leather side plates.  The limbs are about 1 & 3/16" wide at their widest down to 1/2" wide tips.  The wide shelf (1&3/4") doesn't seem to get in the way.  I could have narrowed the arrow pass to 3/4", but got a bit nervous with the way the riser is shaped.  I can always make it narrower.

Finishing this bow saved me about $200, versus one finished.

BrianH,
Thanks for the advice on this one!

You do nice work Jason. Can not go wrong with that deep dark color of Cocobolo. The tips look like you spent some time on them to get them to meld with the limb like they do  

Nice work. Marlon

Ooops, sorry.  I misunderstood.

If I recall correctly you've made tons of selfbows, then a few glass backing only.  I've kinda lost track of everybody, this would have started maybe a decade ago.

Like you I've experimented with glass.  Did a couple of bootstrap projects, form and all.  Much hassle factor if you are only going to make a few copies off the form.  Makes sense to buy glue ups, at least in my case.  Particularly with the high cost of the components for a project, and/or the high cost of machines to create same.  

There are at least 3 other sources I know of, and different states of completion.  For me, just off the form (perhaps run thru a sander and knock off the afterbirth) is just right.

I need to make me a Hill copy, perhaps in bbo.  Got stuck on those dang r/d bows after the movie came out.  Nice long straight bow can be very well mannered.

DCM,

Yeah I've made a few selfbows (since 2000).  I've got a couple ideas swimming around in my head but not much time to get to them lately.

I like the idea of the blank lately, mostly because I don't have a heated room for the glue-ups and I hate grinding glass.

I stick with straight limbed glass bows because they are easy to make forms for, they take up litle space when done, and with enough taper they can shoot pretty efficiently.

I'm tinkering with the idea of making an 80+# warbow with no raised handle and glass back and belly.  Continuous glass on back and belly.  I want this mainly to use as a strengthening tool, but it would be fun to shoot.

It's been fun to see all the projects everyone has taken over the last 10 years and see how our skills have progressed.

Jason, that's one pretty bow!!!

Did you have any trouble with the leather shelves?

Glad someone was able to use that method successfully.

Jason that is topshelf...marco

Dave,

The leather shelves work great, it made it possible to wrap the shelf around the rounded edges of the sleeve.  When the superglue is applied the leather hardens up.  I've used it before on other bows over the past couple of years.

very nice bow, being myself left handed I was drooling with your pics,

GREAT JOB!!!!