This bow has been a long time coming. IT is a bow for a dear friend of mine. Chip from Wildfire Artistry. To begin with This is the second bow... The bow design was new and I was still learning the stack thickness to weight and it came out HEAVY!!!! 78#. So after a few more trials I think I got it close so I am going to give it a try again. First Chips favorite woods are zebra, and Purple heart. And a little curve in the riser please!
Here are the riser parts for this bow.
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and the glued up riser!
Uh OH! The parts slid during the curing process. GAP ALERT< GAP ALERT GAP ALERT!!!
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc105/longbowpete/chips%20bow/DSCN0421.jpg)
SOOOO, I Took the band saw and cut the parts apart. Yes that can be done!
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc105/longbowpete/chips%20bow/DSCN0489.jpg)
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and then some clean up.
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a little simpler this time.
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc105/longbowpete/chips%20bow/DSCN0816.jpg)
Now it is time to start grinding the laminations!
pete
Smooth on is like greasin em!!
Looks like the arm is feeling better!
Boy ya got that right Kenny! Hot bacon grease between two pieces of warm glass I tell ya! I'll bet I am the first person to ever have them slide out of position. Stuff like that only happens to me! :banghead:
pete
That looks like a real purdy combination, Pete.
I've learnt that the best for me is to cut out the curves whilst the riser is still just a block of wood, oversized a 1/4 of an inch in width. Then the glue, inlays and clamp up. After is it cured I true up the block to the diminsions I want it to be and start shaping the riser block to fit the form. After fighting the preshaped riser I just couldn't control the tolerances well enough.
Man another one for me to keep my eye on. How is a fella suppose to get any work done if he has to Keep checking on these bows. looks great!
one of the tips I got from KennyM was to pin the pieces together using toothpicks.. once I have everything sanded and fitted I do a dry run and while the top/bottom clamps are on I draw the rough riser shape and a couple of pencil lines top to bottom so I re-assemble parts correctly during glue up... I then drill 4 or more tooth pick sized holes in areas that will be cut out anyway..then during glue up I slide the tooth picks into the predrilled holes and clamp away..Kenny posted this with pics about a year ago,I think he only used one hole on each end..I like at least 2 on each end cause if the toothpick breaks I have another clear hole..thanks Kenny for this great tip! The riser on the left has one beauty stripe and one on right has 2 strips of 3 pieces of 040 glass, thats why it has 4 toothpicks on each end (http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt46/Robertfishes/bow8riser-1.jpg)
Now that is a tip to put in the bowyers journal. Thank you Both~!
now on to some lam work!
I got some eastern cedar from my brother. LEft over from a closet project.
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Cut to width
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc105/longbowpete/chips%20bow/DSC00924.jpg)
inital setup on the lam grinder!
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc105/longbowpete/chips%20bow/DSC00927.jpg)
a pile of this
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc105/longbowpete/chips%20bow/DSC00923.jpg)
means a pile of this!
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc105/longbowpete/chips%20bow/DSC00931.jpg)
I still have to do the tapers and take the last .030 off the cedar. I will grind the cedar the day I do the layup so the wood stays as fresh as possible.
pete