I made this bow over the holidays and just finished it up with the arrow rest and string tongight. It is 65" ntn, 58# @ 28". Here comes 38 pictures!
Starting with the riser. Cocobolo with an osage saddle. Black glass and zebrawood seperating the two. The riser is 18.5" long fade to fade.
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The last rubber band glue up. It works great, but I am going all airhose from here on out.
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Ever so slight R/D
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Marked center and used the circle guage to scale out the limbs. I first was going to make a 68" bow, but to gain some pounds I dropped it to 65"
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Look at the riser come to life
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Now check out the butt joint...The back of this bow is actually .030 of carbon fiber (which I only had in 36" lengths. I wanted to make a thin grip and I like the look and added strength the front overlays add...so I needed to get rid of that butt joint. So I took it to the 36 grit drum sander and ate though to the coco...then made an even arc across the front to glue on my overlays...it was an experiment, but I think it looks pretty good.
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Now for back overlays..osage and white glass
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What could I do with this nice cut out...I was thinking making it into a turkey call...any ideas woudld be appreciated..
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After sealing it up with CA glue and sanding off..
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Not too thin...I finished them a bit thinner but not by much..
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After more sanding, sealing with CA..sanding..etc
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Now for finished pics.
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It shoots fairly well..one of the quietest bows I've made. I really like the thin grip..its about 4 3/8 in circ. This is the 4th and final bow I made on the form...its in the hands of another tradganger now.
Another nice one Brad! Seems the less d/r or curves you build into em,the easier they are to quiet! JMO
Wow!
That is one great looking bow!
Thanks for sharing
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Glenn
That is a work of art Brad! Great job man!
Thank you kindly gentlemen.
Great looking bow. I hope to be at that level someday.
A real functional piece of art.
Wow,
You guys that makes these bows make me so jealous, you've got more talent in your pinky than I've got in my whole body. I really admire what you guys do. I hope some day I could pull off an acomplishment like that!
thanks Brad...now I know what a bow looks like off my new form. :) You do need to show how you do those tips.
Bob
bow looks awesome,turned out beautiful.dont know how big the piece you had leftover was but it would be very cool if you made a turkey call out of it.if you do i would love to see some pics.great work,bdawg
Another beauty!!!
Super job Brad !!! Love the choice of woods. Ah, about those tips? Sure would like to see those done. :bigsmyl:
Sounds good...next bow, we'll get a tip build along posted.
You build an awesome bow. Great work...thanks for sharing!
Very cool!
Nice work brother, That is an beautiful bow!!
That's a fantastic looking bow. I love the wood combo of the raiser. Well done Brad.
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Andy
wow does that coco look good!! I must say I like this way better than your actionwood risers :)
nice! next one without white glass? :rolleyes:
Nick
Nice job!! One of the nicest bows I've seen in a long time. Wish i was the lucky owner! Keep up the good work Scott
Excellent job. One of these days I will give a glass bow a try. It's taking all my spare time to get the form, hose and other parts ready first. But build alongs like this one really gets my mind in it.