My bow making has slowed but I just finished this one last night. I made it for a friend of mine and its the first lefty I have made.
This is a Bingham pronounced design from which I shortened the limbs and riser just slighly. The limbs have Maple Superaction cores, a coretuff stripe, osage veneers and zebra wedges. Overlays on the limbs are black phenolic, osage and red glass. The riser is osage/zebra with phenolic and osage overalays.
It came out to 65# @ 27". I sealed the pores with tru-oil followed by four light spray coats of Thunderbird flat. That is the second time I used that finishing method and I think it works well.
Here are a few pics.
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Nice looking bow.
Like the wood combos.
that's a sweet one brad. Looks good. I love that osage.
Looks great Brad. Glad you found some time to build again, I have always enjoyed looking at your bows. Everyone I remember looking at was a real work of art, this one may top them all.
way to go...another master piece "Brad Bow"...
thanks for sharing!
Bob
Brad,
You are very talented. The bow looks great.
man brad thats nice looks great brock
Very nice!!
Dang Brad, that's a beauty you got there. Very nice bow, love those sweet curvy lines. Well done !
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Andy
Wow...that is an awesome looking bow in every way!
Congrats
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glenn
thats a super lookin bow!!!!!
Very nice. Good job
That's one of the best looking pronounce TD's I've seen- did you change the stack on this one from what the plans called for(taper-reverse taper)?
Brad
that turned out so nice! Really like the lines on that one, and the thumb rest really sets it off!
Brad
Another nice one. Looks like a fast one. Thanks for sharing.
Wow! Great job on that one Brad!
Thanks gentleman,
Trux, I did just like you indicated a few months ago and moved the stop pin down on my form to shorten the limbs. I used the same angle Binham's does and yes I did use the same reverse taper, taper combo....but this time I used .003 tapered lams (as I had those handy). At the end of the day the reverse taper + the taper cancel each other out thus I do not think the taper rate has much impact, if any.
Very nice combo!
That wood combination is very nice. I like the curved profile. Nice bow, Brad.
Stan
Well done brad.Your bows get better and better.
Wow that riser is slick!
Nice one Brad!!
Super job Brad. Another beautiful bow!!! :thumbsup:
That bow is just flat out beautiful! Great work!
Almost makes me want to try glassbows again!
Real nice!