The guy that is getting this has wanted a bow for a long time(family tells me)but as far as I know has never owned one. The nice thing is I was told to make what ever I wanted- so he will be getting a 62" RD longbow in the high 40#s range. I picked out some bloodwood and zebrawood for the riser-
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The riser looked good with some white and black glass accents so in they went-
(http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll259/truxturning/Brads%20bow%202010/BradsBow003.jpg)
Glue prep, glued, cleaned up and rough shaped-
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Looks sharp.
Did you break into my shed and use my bandsaw???? that saw looks really familiar!! LOL.
Looks great. Great wood combo.
Not only did I use your bandsaw- I took some zebra& bloodwood from your recent wood order--lol.
I need to get this caught up to real time now- got the bow glued up and into the form-
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Out of the form and in need of some cleanup-
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Got it layed out, rough shaped- starting to look like a bow.
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Lookin good David!
Look familiar Kenny?? Now for the part I hate- cutting the string nocks- the first one is always easy- matching up the opposite side has always been a struggle for me until I saw this method,Super easy now- I just line up and file away:)
(http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll259/truxturning/Brads%20bow%202010/BradsBow037.jpg)
So far so good and the tip and p-lams came out nice too. Now we are caught up to real time- let the shaping begin.
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Yep!! LOL
Would you let me in on the stack and bow weight when done? For my records....
That is a neat trick on the nocks for sure! :thumbsup:
I will be using that trick on my next string grooves! Thanks for sharing.
I love that! my nocks look like poo.this will help...
bow's nice too!
-hov
Sure Kenny- It would be interesting to see how my numbers match up. After I get the tip overlays glued on I use the same technique- it really cut down on the hassle of getting them lined up.
Here is some progress from last night- I got the window cut out and a little shaping started-as you can see I added some caps to the belly of the riser. I hope to get alot more done on it tonight.
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Looking great Trux..nice plam and tip wedges too!
That looks fantastic, nice colors in that riser.
Looks great David! Can't wait to see the finished bow. Cool idea on the string grooves. I never seem to get mine angled qiute enough. I'll be watching yours.
Very nice job, Trux ! I love the riser with the bloodwood and the zebrano, that's just an awesome combination. Thanks for the trick with the string grooves, cool.
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Andy
great work trux! those pecies of blood wood that glued on the belly side of the handle (i dont know the tex term) look amazing geat features
Thanks- I can't take credit for the string groove trick- I saw it somewhere else, I tried it and liked how it worked so have been doing them this way since. I've got the riser rough shaped now and tried a few arrows off of it- feels like it will make the weight I was hoping for. I still need to finish the tips, do some final tillering and do the deatil sanding but it is getting closer to being done.
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Waiting to see the finish.
:campfire: :coffee:
Don't know how I missed this one. Great job as usual Trux. Bet someone is going to be real happy very soon.
Beautiful bow. Well done!
i really love the way your riser is shaped. looks like it makes bow and arm one.
-hov
sweet lookin bow.
nice bow!! is the design from kenny M's template??? either way nice job :thumbsup:
Beautiful work!!!! Really like that wood combo. :thumbsup:
Love the combinations on your handle.... which I have a question on... does adding anywood to the handle as you did, add anything to the overall strength of the bow/riser to prevent failure?
A lovely "custom" bow...
Much Aloha... :archer2:
QuoteOriginally posted by Rattus58:
I have a question on... does adding anywood to the handle as you did, add anything to the overall strength of the bow/riser to prevent failure?
The pieces I added to the belly of the riser don't add any real strength (just give me extra material for the grip)- the glass through the center of the riser and the overlays on the front is where the added strength is built in.
This is a Kenny M template- it is a very nice design.
beautyful bow trux!
i like that handle, it looks fantastic!
greets
Herm
Well.. I am glad the wood and bandsaw from my shed came in handy! ... LOL
Looks awesome! Can't wait till I am done with the kids bows.. gonna build me something sweet!
That is a fine looking stick Trux! Love the wood combo and the riser design!
After a week of travel- I finally got back to the bow. I got it bending the way I wanted and put some finish on it- the colors in the riser really came to life. Now to give it a few more coats, build a string-shoot it some and then in the mail for his x-mas tree.
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Here are some shots with the wet finish.
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WOW. so good!! i am curious about the numbers with the pw lam and tip wedges. kenny's got a good design but i bet the changes will be great.
I won't get any numbers on this bow- I started adding p-lams and tip wedges with this design on the second bow. There was a marked improvement in performance over the first one (almost 20fps) I think the numbers went from approx. 158 with the first bow to 178 on the second bow. Those bows were both 45#s- this one is 55#s and really spits the arrows out.
Wow that is a jump!! I may have to play with a longer p-lam!!
Really nice bow there! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
nice job! I really like this one.
SWEET :thumbsup:
Great looking bow!
Well here it is with the finish dry. Next step is to shoot it some tonight when I get home and then ship it off for a surprise x-mas present.
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Beautiful Job :clapper:
Mighty fine!