Here is one I started on another site. I figured since I have the time, I might as well take you folks along with me as well.
This one was originally slated to get an osage riser and eastern red cedar lams. I found this piece of canary wood and bought it for risers. Lea said "perfect" when I ran the idea by her. It won't get as dark as osage over time, but has some pretty darker streaks. It's the piece on the left.
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I decided to laminate a couple of red phenolic accents in for strength. Here is the block with some layout lines, and the pieces laid out.
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I finished and shipped another yesterday, so now I'm full time on this one. Here is the glued up riser blank.
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I cut the back contour on my riser and put it on my form to check for fit, and noticed a problem. The aluminum strip glued to the top of my form had lifted in the middle. There was a 1/8" gap! I had to pull the whole thing off and glue it back down again. This time I used CA gel. Here is the strip setting up.
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Here I am checking the fit. After getting my lams prepared, I will try this fit again to fine tune it. I'm using four .001 per inch tapers, and will cause the riser to fit differently.
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Here are all the parts layed out. The cedar is awesome! I ordered this without knots for this design, but there is good color contrast. They will get much darker under glass.
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I use this jig to make matching bevels on my 36" lams to join them in the middle.
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This is a bad photo, but shows both lams after sanding. If the angle is correct, they will match perfectly when flipping one over. I glue them together with CA gel, and then sand the joint smooth.
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Here is one of the eastern red cedar lams wetted with alcohol to show a little better what it will look like under glass.
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Good stuff!
Alright, I have scrapped that other "new" camera. My old one takes much better photos!
I'll start by showing some better, but not good, photos of the lam joint. The tighter the better. I've seen a lot of bows with thick joints, or even seperations here, and I can't stand it.
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Next step is to cut out the riser fades on the bandsaw, and sand them until they are see-through thin at the ends. I use an aluminum faced piece of wood which is cut to the same back profile as my riser. This backing piece enables me to sand the fadeouts really thin on my spindle sander. That canary wood is pretty stuff, and you can see it when I can catch it right in a photo!
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All the lams have to be sanded lightly on the edges. See these splinters? They will cause problems if you don't knock them off. They will get all in the epoxy and cause thick glue lines, and worse.
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There is a lot of work involved in building a bow, even before gluing up the bow blank. My shop is not heated, so I have to wait for a day where my shop is approaching 70 degrees or buy a space heater before glue-up. Tomorrow the weather should be good.
Stay tuned!
Another beauty Marty. Great wood combo
Looking forward to this one- Can't wait to see how those wood combos come out together-
man I gotta work the next three days lol.....great stuff!!!
that cedar is soooo pretty!!! grawww!! :D
very clean work marty, as always!
Nick
That's a good tip - sanding the edges of the lams. Something I never thought about before, but will definitely do in my next bow.
Thanks,
John
looks great marty, i like how your bows always look natural. you have an eye for wood combination.
Gonna be sweet, Marty! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Precision craftsmanship as always. Looks great Marty!
Love these Marty. Pick something new up every time. :thumbsup:
Love your build alongs. You make it look so easy.
Keep it coming.
Tim
DEATHMASTER
Awesome work Marty, I got the popcorn a cookin.
Not familiar with canary wood but what I see looks awesome. Been a wood/bamboo bow builder but watching these awesome glass backed bow build-alongs is inspiring. May cost me in the future! Thanks for the learning experience, you and others will save a guy like me a lot of headaches.
Awesome woods there!!! :thumbsup:
I forgot to show you guys my workbench earlier. Those lines are what I use to align the two 36" lams when gluing them into a 72" lam. The blue tape is holding down some plastic wrap so that I don't super glue my lams to the work bench.
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Now it's time to cut the lams down to size so they will fit my form. This form will build a bow 60-64" so the lams all have to be trimmed down. I start by reading the max length off the side of my form, and then cut the glass. I use the glass as a template for the wood lams. The full length glass is marked in the center to use for aligning up on the glue joint on the wood.
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I use a dremel to cut off glass and wood lams. It works very well on the glass, and not quite as well on the wood.
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Here are the power lams. I started with two .060 parallel hickory lams cut 12" long. I tape them to this aluminum faced, square cut, 1.5" piece of stock. I then taper by eye the last 6" of each piece. I want them to disapear on the ends!
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Here we are checking the riser fit on top of the lams it will be on top of in the stack. There is a little light showing in two spots. I made it right with some tape. :)
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Here is everything layed out, including the pressure strips. Notice the power lams running up the fade ramps. They will extend four inches past the riser.
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Here is a close up of my pressure strip. Rubber on the bottom, aluminum in the middle, and a piece of pvc lattice on top.
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Here is a fit test of the power lam. See how it fades to nothing, with no gap. It's the lam just beneath the top cedar lam.
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Here is a check of the riser fade ramps. After wrapping it well with my rubber clamping strips, there will be no gaps. It's hard to apply enough pressure with one hand, while stooping down and taking a photo with the other. :)
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With a little luck, I'll lay this one up tonight!
Looks great so far!
Looking good Marty.
Marty do you have rubber on the top of your form? looks like it in your fit up.
Your making it look too easy Marty!!! Gonna be a knock out!! :thumbsup:
Marty, this is why I love following your build-a-longs! Your work just keeps getting better and better!! :thumbsup:
Lookin good Marty. That canary wood is nice.
Marty, How come your work bench looks so much neater than mine? Maybe I don't work on it enough and it just keeps collecting.
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Good stuff!
I recognize that green "bow recipes" book from sometime in my past...I think if I look around I'll find mine in my O.D Green "tool" bag! :rolleyes: :biglaugh:
Like this build along! Hopefully I'll see another in February!!!
Josh
Yes Russ, my form has aluminum and then rubber on top of that.
When you cut the wood for the rizor. What blade
do you use and do you sand it before the smooth on. thanks Jim
just noticed the "green book" just never new anything good ever went in one!
Great job on the build along, can't wait till you build mine. Really like the cedar, glad I went with that for my limbs. As always good stuff!
You make demanding process to look like a easy one - have you tried to make pressure to the lams with a air hose? Those bands seem to me like better way?
how's the bow coming along marty?
hope it's doing well, also hope YOU are :)
Nick
I'm thinking its cold down in Georgia,and Marty is try'n to stay warm....lol!!!
Allright guys, I'm back on this one!
Never tried the air hose, yet. Initially it seemed too complicated and expensive, so I went the rubber band method. I've since worked the kinks out of that, and have enjoyed some sucess with it. I may switch to air hose as I build new forms, but am not sure. I can wrap one in rubber in ten minutes and can't make any better glue lines, so I may stay with what I know. I think it inspires the new bowyers.
It has been cold, and I have been shopping for heaters. I bought a 18,000 BTU model that wouldn't quite heat my double garage shop. I just want to get it around 65 or so for glue-ups and spraying finish. I finally went and bought a 30,000-50,000 BTU model that is used for construction sites. It will warm my garage up from 40 deg to 70 deg in an hour on the low setting. It eats up the oxygen though, so I have to be careful. Luckily my garage door has about an inch of space all the way around and gets good/bad ventilation.
I did this glue up a week or so ago and had a set back. I heated the smooth-on in the microwave oven to thin it out some. I got it too hot! It started to act really strange while spreading on the second piece. The tub of epoxy should have been cooling off at this point, but was gettig hotter! It started to gell on me, and was a solid blob within minutes! Lesson learned. I sent Kenny M and urgent request for new materials and he got them to me asap. I will hopefully get this one layed up tonight.
Stay tuned!
Apex, was it you who was going to do a thread on how you do your limb tips?
marty i dont know if you ever used a resin pipe patch kit back in your day or if it was just a submarine thing... anyways it was a 2 part resin with glass cloth... i figured out if i mixed it in the engine room (90F) it did something very similer i smoked a couple of batchs before i figured out i actually needed to cool the resin down before i mixed it. the navy stopped carrying it on submarines, to bad... i fixed alot of stuff with those kits!!
Looks good Marty, Hope you get the shop up to temp
Hey Marty,
How did the new cedar look?
I think someone would like it!!
BTW, I forgot to put the persimmon lams in!! Found em after I mailed you out! Right where I put em so as not to forget!!
Marty,
Nice Build! Sorry to hear about the glue blob. DId that one myself by warming some smooth on in the hot box for a few minutes. I figured I had few minutes to post on the web site about the build. Forgot about the glue for 20 minutes. OOPS!
Good luck with the heater! I throw a couple of sleeping bags on the hot box to keep the temp up during the winter.
pete
Yes, I already did the tip-a-long Roy. Search my handle.
We had those patches Russ, but I never played with them.
Kenny the ERC looks great! I forgot all about the persimmon until just now when I read your post. No biggie. I'll be ordering again soon. Just hold on to it, and I'll try and remind you next time.
I pulled this out of my laminating oven this morning.
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Let's see what's under all those rubber clamps.
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Plenty of epoxy on the limb edges!
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Of to the belt sander to clean this bad boy up a little. I like it!!!!
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I just love that eastern red cedar!
Great looking bow. I admire your setup and its simplicity. Awesome results.
Looking good.........
Lookin good marty, one of the boys from work said he was going to give you a call. That red ceder does look good under the glass. one of these days i will move up to clear glass!
nothing so beautyfull as ERC under glass....
keep it coming marty :)
Nick
Last nite after work and dinner, I prepared the buffalo horn overlays.
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This morning I started by finding the centerline of the riser. I use a little jig that I made.
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I then run a line from tip to tip. By sighting down the bow I adjust the string at each tip until the line is bisecting the riser center and the limbs.
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After marking the tips center, I will make marks to draw in my bows back profile. I make my tips 5/8" wide at this point. I draw straight lines from 3" outside the fades to these tip lines.
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Now it's off to the belt sander to take the limbs down to the lines. I will further narrow the tips until they fit in my string groove marking jig.
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Now I cut rough string grooves in and put a string on her. She was way heavy at around 61 pounds! No worries though, because a lot of excess bow material removal left. :)
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Marty, would you consider adopting an old fart like me? :) I'll clean your bow shop for ya every day. LOL, you do very nice work and great tutorials.. Thanks, Roy
Marty, I have got to admit, that the little jigs you have made would sure make some things I do by hand easier. Centerline, and string grooves.
Very good job.
Mike
I now need to narrow the limbs to final profile. I first draw some lines on the limb edge, so that I can visually tell if I'm taking too much off one side. Right now the string tracks down the center of the limbs, and I want to keep it that way! I use another home made jig for this. It's a little piece of plastic with a 90 degree angle on it. I drilled some holes to fit an ultra-fine tip sharpie. Works like a charm!
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Here she is at brace, and full draw. I need to do some tweaking to the tiller, but both limbs are timed pretty well at full draw. I want to get those outer limbs bending just a touch more, and will get that with trapping the belly.
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As usual Marty your right on time with your work. Looking great so far bud.
Shawn
Some cool jigs there Marty!!
Lookin good,can't wait to see it done! That ERC looks even better than I thought it would!!!!
Dang creative innovations in those jigs you made...I like the way you think...nice bow too by the way...
This morning I got her down to 53#, timed, and got the overlays glued on. Next step is to file the string grooves into the new tips and shape the overlays.
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With trapping the belly of the limbs and final sanding, I should bring her in at 49-50 pounds at 28".
Nice jigs Marty. We all learn something each time you post. Those tips are going to look nice.
I'm not real clear on the art and mystery of trapping limbs. Hope you can work it into your lesson plan. Thanks for the great build-a-longs.
Mike W.
Great build-a-long. You might just convert me to a long bow shooter
I couldn't say it any better than Brad did, we all learn something everytime that you post a build along -- thanks!
This is awesome...are you going to do another build along in late February...this looks to be an Ossabaw.
We need a Cumberland build along also! :pray:
Josh
Oliver, Marty already did an cumberland buildalong if I recall correctly...
He's done quite a few buildalongs, and I remember one with a straight rubberband form...
Nick
Nick, I think he wants his bow to have a build-a-long. :)
QuoteOriginally posted by Apex Predator:
Nick, I think he wants his bow to have a build-a-long. :)
Well if your taking request! :biglaugh:
Sorry! :rolleyes:
I just like watching how things are built, love that show on I believe the Science Channel..."How It's Made".
Josh
looking good marty. I was wondering how much you plan to trap? have you clocked one of the bows of that form?
Yes, and they are smoking!
Here are the overlays photos. Ain't they pretty!
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After sanding a little, they start to come around nicely!
I just realized some of these are the bottom tip (shorter one) and some are the upper tip.
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Here you can see the old string groove that I will use as a guide for the new one.
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Here I extend the groove with my chainsaw file.
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Then I eyeball things very carefully, as I take the grooves around the back of the tip.
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Here you can see the front edge of the string groove that must be relieved. If not, the string will pop in and out of the groove while drawing.
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That's much better!
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Now I'm going to trap the belly slightly. I first draw some lines on the belly to use as a guide. This is 1/8" from the edge.
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Here is one a buddy made me that is pretty radical. The entire edge is trapped from the fadeouts to tips.
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I will use this 4 in 1 file to cut the limb facet.
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I start 14" from the string groove and work almost to the tips.
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She is down to 49@28, and will finish right at 48@28 after final sanding. Tomorrow I will cut away everything that doesn't look like a riser! :)
Looking good Marty!
Why not extend the trap into the fadeouts? It doesn't make sense to me to start it there. I'd think you go up onto the grip and then shape the riser after you've trapped the whole bow.
This is going to be one super nice bow, I like your choices of wood. I like your build alongs.
Marty this is one fantastic build. Been following it daily. Can't wait to see this one done.There's a lot of great info here!! Thanks for taking us along. :clapper:
Once again Marty you have provided us with a fine tutorial.
Shawn
Jesse, I want to lighten the tips up some with the trapping. I see no need to run the full length of the limb.
Here is what enables be to do temp sensitive bow building steps. It will use up all the oxygen, so I cut it off before working. My garage door has a 1"+ gap all around the edge, so I feel pretty safe.
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I mark the center line on front and back of the riser. I then draw the site window, front and back to act as guides. Then it's on to the hacksaw!
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Some careful work with a hammer/chisel and rasp gets me to this stage.
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From here I use my Rigid oscillating spindle sander to contour the grip. When the major facets are cut, I will switch to my 1X30" belt sander and a 4 in 1 rasp.
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Here she is before final sanding. I wiped her down with alcohol to see a little better what she will look like under a finish.
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Looking really nice- glad you posted this one- I have a big chunk of canary wood and some red cedar lams that may have to get transformed into a recurve.
Looking good,can't wait to see the woods with the finish on. Should be really nice!
Great stuff! Great photos. Thanks for a superb build-along.
Fantastic work Marty, as usual. I like the way you do the tips. I will try to do them the same way on the bow I'm working right now.
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Andy
I'm in the middle of final sanding now folks. Not much to photo graph. I'll be finished in a couple of days!
Marty,
I am humbled by the knowledge that is freely given on this forum. Wish I had found it sooner. Hope that I can contribute to the group.
Mike W
Marty,can't wait to see her!! Nice job bro!
Nice one! Looks great Marty.
Marty,
I am finishing up a form I've been tinkering with, my first, for some time now. One picture out of this tutorial set me straight on the placement of the washers. You don't realize how much time you save all us neophites by putting this up.
Thank you,
Christopher
You guys are more than welcome. I love sharing this stuff. I spent a lot of time on this site reading every tutorial that I could before attempting my first. Just returning the favor.
Looking great!!
Thanks for posting, I always enjoy your build alongs.
This one turned out very well! I hit the 48@28 right on the button. She is 60" NTN.
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another beautiful bow Marty. Graet work
AWSOME!!! Just Plain AWSOME!!! :clapper: :clapper: :clapper:
This is way to gorgeous!!
needs to be prohibited to have these bows in the USA. Send them to the Netherland, we'll deal with them.
Nick
Marty you've done it again. Thanks for the tutorial and as always cant wait for the next one.
Shawn
Marty I find it hard to believe that you continually post very descriptive information during each one of your build alongs. Everytime that you do this you literally give away a bunch of 'trade secrets'. I am beginning to realize that the method to your madness is in your craftsmanship -- very, very few people could even think about duplicating your work.
You sir, are a master craftsman. Thanks for posting.
Another outstanding bow Marty!!
You sir,do very nice work! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Marty I have read so many build alongs from you and in every one there is something to learn. Sometimes it's only a small hint or a little jig and sometimes it's something huge. Thank you for let me participate from your knowledge and your experience. Without guys like you I would never have been able to progress that much. I'm sure glad I found this web page.
BTW the bow is just awesome looking ! I bet she's a sweet shooter.
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Andy
Great Build!
Awesome :thumbsup: :clapper:
Came out nice, I'm glad I ordered Red Cedar! Don't forget I like knots....lol!!!
Very nice! This has been a great motivator.
What an unbelievable tutorial. You make it look easy... too easy! It's 12 degrees here in detroit so there won't be any of that going on in the garage till may or so! lol
Love your jigs btw. I certainly can adhere to the "simple is just better sometimes" policy.
Looking forward to the next one should there be one.