Finally got the handle wrap on and the arrow shelf cushions. It's done and ready to rock!
I just got done shooting it and it shoots absolutely awesome! Best shooting bow I've made to date.
Thanks for looking!
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Beautiful bows
looks bad azzzzzz....man wish i could get a lefty like that :)
Very nice Semo,
Is that one the first off the Traveling Caul Design? I missed your specs on this bow. Do you know who the keeper is now? might like to give it a try.
Good on ya, Chuck
WOW! Very cool looking bow right there! Looks like it will smoke an arrow too.
Sweet Semo....... even if it does have them snake skins on it LOL I would not be so bad but since I finally got bit the year before last, they just give me the creeps touching them. I think I will back one with a nice fuzzy bunny skin
Does the thicker bamboo take very much set? I have a problem with it (or at least my resource) just unstrung and resting having a couple of inches difference when thin. Last one you can actually watch it recover, it only takes about 10 seconds. Weird but you know it is robbing a little cast. Did you taper your boo?
Semo, that looks like the complete package bud!
As soon as I can get my hands on some dimensional bow material I will be starting mine.
I am 99% sure that is a Yote skin you have there but wow does it have some nice colors at the nape and rump (looks like it has some Red Wolf blood in it somewhere)
Super cool photo collage!
You diggin the cord handle? Sweet bow Chris.........I'll take it.
QuoteOriginally posted by PEARL DRUMS:
You diggin the cord handle? Sweet bow Chris.........I'll take it.
Heck, I missed the cord handle I was so busy looking at the skin, the bow string & silencers, the euro skull, etc.
Any close ups up the handle and how did you finally end up or decide how to finish it off?
Thanks!
Nice Chris!
Lee I think he put more time into the "photo op" than he did the bow..............you know how bowyers are when they get to that certain level.
LOL, :biglaugh:
Hey Semo, fill us in on the handle solution.
Looks nice Chris.
Thanks Fellas!
I was trying to take a decent picture, but I'm no photographer by any means and my pictures suck as always.
CR- Yep, this would be the one off the new caul.
Shoot4thrills- It hammers those CX Predators home just as fast as my Bear Grizzly if that tells ya anything. I'm pleasantly pleased with it, best bow I've built so far.
Jeff- It's not taking set as far as I can tell, but I did lose some of the R/D when I tillered it. A certain amount will be lost when wood is removed from the belly, and the boo is only flattened not tapered, I wouldn't even begin to know how I could do that on a 4" belt sander.
Lee- That's my biggest coyote to date. Male that weighed 45lbs. and had a absolutely beautiful coat so it would have been a shame not to tan that one and put it on the wall. I'd say he was eatin good and looked extremely healthy almost like somebody's lap dog that got brushed everyday.
Then the euro of last years 8pt. I needed something to hold the bow up. :goldtooth:
Yes that's a para cord handle and I think I really like it so far. It was fairly easy to do, little time consuming but I went slow and tried to do a neat job with it. I used super glue on it as I went around the handle, then soaked it a little more in a few places to make sure it stays on forever. I really like the feel of it.
That's black velcro on the arrow shelf by the way and I'm really diggin that velcro, talk about simple and effective! I'll never use anything else now.
Here's a couple close ups of the handle area.
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Cool! Now if you had just the right arrow.............Art
Well done, SEMO! Beautiful bow! Very impressive array.
:clapper:
Stan
Thanks Stan!
Thanks Art........Don't even start on me about my carbons. :goldtooth:
Hey, those carbons are fine arrows. Wouldn't rag anybody about using 'em. Just saying you'll know the right arrow when you get it ;) .........Art
Good looking bow Semo
Tell me it's not true, Elmo shoots carbons? Geeze Chris:)
Thanks Kelly.
I have actually shot all 3 shafts, aluminum, carbon, and woodies. All 3 shoot well from the right bow, but I kinda lost my love for woods at the moment and I don't have the right spine aluminums so it's carbons for now. I just got these CX Predators .500 spine with 200gr. up front 100gr. brass insert with 100gr. point. They seem to be very close to what I need right now. I've still got some tweaking to do, but I need a day when the wind isn't blowing 50 mph so I can shoot further than 10 steps inside my garage. I won't be able to see much by way of poor arrow flight until I can back up to about 20 yards.
Carbons are for Sissy Pants:)
Anybody got a frog catchin bird dog for sale? I'm goin bullfroggin tomorra night!
Preferrably one that will retrieve em too! :goldtooth:
Awesome job Semo. The bow is a work of art, hope you get plenty of use out of it.
I hope it makes you smile every time you use it Semo.Looks like one to be proud of for sure. How about some full draw pics? :thumbsup:
and that is why roy only uses carbons HAHAHA
I hear he's also got a real thing for pink wraps and fletchings too. :laughing:
Thanks for the compliments NY and Knawbone, I'll get some full draw pics when somebody is around to take my picture. Kinda hard to do by yourself.
Hey Chris what is the layout of this bow. I just made a post on a layout and love this one. I have no idea how to make a handle section like this and I would like to start with the billets you got me. Thanks guy you kicked some serious $@% on this one. :thumbsup:
Thanks Justin.
I just glued about a 3/4" thick piece of red oak to the belly side for the handle section about 6" or so will be long enough depending on how long you want your grip to be. The two osage pieces I spliced together were too thin to make a handle portion out of so I had to do something.
Most of my bows are just a straight taper from about 1 1/4" at the handle and fades, down to about 1/2" or 3/4" at the tips depending on how skinny I want the tips to be. That seems to work for me, and I don't have any set plan to shaping the handle or riser, no templates that I go by I guess is what I mean. Just whatever strikes me at the time is what I go with, I kinda like this one though so I may trace a template off of it?
Excellent Job :clapper:
A true craftsman!!!!!!!!!!! Beautiful bow.
I am thinking that the small billets that you sent me will need some sort of the same addition to the belly for the handle. I am thinking of using a piece of cocobola for that and the tip overlays... Whatcha think???
Those should have been plenty thick to leave enough osage for a handle, unless you just want a contrasting color?
I'd go with a dark wood for contrast with the yellow/orange of osage, I've found that just about any darker color looks good with osage.
Same with tips, I've used rosewood and it looks great with osage.
Thanks Chris I guess I am still confused on the whole billet splicing thing... When I watched Gary Davis do it on the Rattle Stick DVD it showed that he made the ends to be spliced into a rectangle with a flat bottom. The billets seem thinner than the ones he worked.
I am going to start a post to see if there is any splice-a-longs... I also thought of an african blackwood too
Here's how ArtB does it.
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