The blocks to BIG FOOT bow transformation has begun!

[Zradix]

That is a nice look.  

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Well here's a few pics to tide you over. A  bit more progress was accomplished today....






You guys may find this interesting.... This is a high tech way to get these bows straight lined. What I've got going is a laser here.....It's a wee bit more accurate than a string.

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Well i know you guys have been dying to see what the veneers look like under clear glass so here's a peek...

You are first Thom.... Here's your Zebra wood.






You are next John.... Bocote coming at you...








And this is Pete's sexy looking black limbs...

http://youtu.be/pAtCnRjCcQk

[Sixby]

Wow !! Those all look so nice I could not pick a favorite out.  Congratulations on great choices guys.
Kirk, my son has been after me to use a laser. LOL
Looks like it works great.

God bless you all, Steve

[tradbower]

Kirk      I think the flush mount limb BUTT on my bow is going to be AAAAWSOME!!!!      
 When will all the tape come off?

[arrowlauncherdj]

See I am the opposite. I really like the radius back, it is just clean and love the forward handle look.

[arrowlauncherdj]

This last post was a lil late... it was supposed to be up there where they were talking about how the flare back looks best... lol.

[tradbower]

When did Thom and John make it out to Oegon? I told them what would happen if they even looked at my bow.            Thanks Kirk for keeping the doors and windows shut.

[sticksnstones]

Looks like both of you guys "got lucky" with what was under your tape        

As for me, I feel like I hit the lottery!!! Everyone has personal tastes, and this matches mine perfectly and is even better than I though it could look!

I changed my mind on the limb mounts. I'm going to go with standard afterall. I have some antler bolts and a limb mount Slim Jim Angle quiver. If I went flush or hidden I couldn't use it. I'm posting this publicly so everyone can see what Kirk puts up with.

Looks like you guys have your riser cuts set in stone, I better PM Kirk so I can get some sharpie marks on mind!
Thom

[sticksnstones]

Whoops, finally my turn for a double post. Need to drink coffee before reading my morning threads    

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Ok guys if everyone has their coffee in them now, i'll post a couple photos of these things looking like bows.  I got a little further along yesterday than just mounting limbs.

Here you go Pete.  She's at your draw length in this photo on the tree with   rough limb profile  , I and hit poundage perfectly.    

This bow is a 58" being drawn to 24.25" and i'm at about 50 pounds here.

Keep something in mind here guys. I'm just checking weight on these at this stage and the limbs have yet to be balanced out. so don't concern yourself with slight irregularity in the limb shape top and bottom here.  

 

[sticksnstones]

THERE IS A STRING ON THAT BOW AND IT'S ON THE TREE!!! HUGE MILESTONE!!!

Congrats on hitting Pete's weight!Great looking bow there... and as we learned, sexy too!
Thom

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Ok John here you go. This one piece bow is a 62" model being drawn to 29.25". I'm setting right at 52 pounds here and she's pretty out out balance at the moment.  you'll note the lower limb is bending a wee bit more than the top limb on the right.

No worries.... i got the rough width a fuzz wider at the top in this photo. These are just rough profiled at this stage, but the poundage is perfect.    

[sticksnstones]

I'm rushing for a fresh cup for what may be coming next...            

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I saved the long draw photos for last here..... Our friend Thom has these arms long enough to scratch his ankles without bending over.   :eek:

Here she is.... 60" AMO length at a Full 32" draw, weighing in at 67 pounds. My target weights at rough profile are always 5 pounds over. This one i kept the limbs a bit wider on rough profile to make sure i hit weight ok. I don't build a lot of these for a 32" draw, so i was hedging my bets a bit. You can always narrow them down a bit, but you can't put it back on there if it comes in light.

as it turned out, the extra width was unnecessary. After i do some pruning we should hit our target weight at 56@32" just fine.

The tips are still running long, and the brace is low here. So it's kind of looking like a recurve at the moment.

Check out the string angle Thom. You've got another inch before this thing starts stacking.    

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Originally posted by Sixby:
Wow !! Those all look so nice I could not pick a favorite out.  Congratulations on great choices guys.
Kirk, my son has been after me to use a laser. LOL
Looks like it works great.

God bless you all, Steve

Hey Steve,

I've had a couple different laser set ups for quite awhile now and it took awhile to get a set up that didn't give false readings. It's absolutely critical that your riser block is on the same plane as the laser beam. If the angle is off at all it will not give you a straight line through the recurve portion of the limb.

I've tried using the real expensive laser levels with a gyroscope that we used to use for setting flat work concrete forms and screed pins, and it was a lot more difficult to get your set up dialed in. It was faster just using a string line and your eyeball.

This is an inexpensive laser with a tripod leveling system. With my toggle vise here i can level up the riser and the laser in a few minutes time and it just takes all the fight right out of it bro. This set up is REALLY nice on radical recurve limbs.      

On my milder R/D long bows i still use a string to check things out more than i do the laser.

[sticksnstones]

Thank you      

That is truly a thing of beauty! I can't believe that string angle is at 32" on a 60" longbow! My fingers are going to thank you in the years to come!

I'll be honest, had those limbs come in at anything over #40 pound minimum hunting weight, I was going to offer to buy them as a second set because they are just that beautiful! I'm extra happy to know I can have one set of limbs to be both my range and hunting limbs! 56#@32 sounds like the perfect combo for this draw and those woods on that design. Thanks again for all the time you've taken with me to work this plan out ahead of time.

I can't stop staring at it Kirk, that is looking fantastic! I better add this reply and start cleaning the drool off my keyboard.
Thom

[ScottL]

Great thread

[Zradix]

!!! PETE !!!

You've been holdin out on us bro!

I've heard of bow porn..but a bow strip tease..    :eek:      :eek:  

Ugly duckling my back-side man..lol

I've seen fish skin backed bows..but never fish nets..

[Zradix]

Your bow is looking extremely nice Thom.
The angle at the tips is pretty amazing considering bow length and draw.

...Pretty darn happy the way mine is looking too...

Sure am glad to hear everybody's bow is looking good for weight too.

yee haa!