I made a 66" shallow Longbow a while back and made the limbs with an arced cross section. The bow came in quite light at around 39# so I wanted to make an alternate riser with zero degree limb pad angles and also a inch or so shorter to bring the weight up. Here is the previous post.
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=002384
So I just finished the alternate riser...looks fairly ugly when its all put together but I think it shoots better than the previous riser+limbs.
Now the bow is 45# @ 28" with this riser. I also did some more chrono testing with a 409 grain arrow ( 9 GPP). At 28", with fingers and FF string with silencers I was getting an average of 186. Im not a speed freak or anything but I wanted to see if the limbs had any better performance. Here are some pics:
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cool...great job as always... :)
Bob
QuoteOriginally posted by bjansen:
...looks fairly ugly when its all put together but I think it shoots better than the previous riser+limbs.
I think it looks pretty cool man! Good job.
Don't think it is ugly at all, and that is good speed. Good job.
Looks good Brad as usual.
Shawn
i'm with jess. i like it a lot especially when it's strung.
You call that ugly? I'd like to see your pretty bows! Great job as usual! Love the strung and unstrung profile.
Nice!!!!
That's a pretty bow for sure!
Nice wood combo in the riser,She's a beauty.
Sweeeeeeeet!
I'll echo what is ugly about that bow?
thanks for sharing
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Glenn
Very nice. Great job
Terry
Ye I think your right that sure is an ugly bow. Why don't you send it to me to get it out of your sight. Great Job!!
Thank you all..I was just saying I think it looks a little funny unstrung...it looks like "Popeye"...the limbs a little too big for the body, but never the less its a keeper. It suprisingly has less handshock than when I use these limbs on the "shallow" riser, I think because the less offset causes the limbs to bend more midlimb, but I'm not sure.
Brad, what wood do you have in the riser other than the actionwood?
I really like that riser, it looks great!
Scott, it is just a piece of walnut I had and a piece of maple seperating the two. Overlays on the front are white and brown glass. There are 6 laminations on the deepest part of the grip and the riser so I was comfortable even with the walnut being a rather weak riser wood. Plus the bow is pretty lightweight to begin with.
Thanks for the info, I just looked at your bow again, and I think that it looks even better this time! Man, that is sweet.
I've GOT to learn how to make my limbs/risers interchangable.
I bought an inexpensive self-centering doweling jig to practice.