I have been so busy since Pearl Drums gave me all the wood needed to make my new bow. I have had the wood for 2-3 weeks and had the Urac for one week. I finally got a little time to begin this bow.
I sanded the splice to make a better fit and planed the handle for bonding. I bonded this in my hunting room so I set the thermostat to 70°F. At this temperature, it was supposed to cure in 10 hours. After 14 hours it would still take a fingernail impression so I bumped the thermostat up to 75°F. Within a couple of hours it was hard. I left it for an additional 24 hours.
I will disassemble it after work today and try to work on it around 1000 kids activites.
Here is the wood I received in the mail.
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After fitting:
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Bonding the splice and the handle at the same time.
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Urac will definitely set up better the warmer it is. I never do a glue up with Urac unless the temp is above 70 deg. and will set the whole project outside in the direct sunlight if possible. If I have to do a glue up when it's cold inside the garage I'll either build a tent over it with a lamp underneath, or put the whole thing in my hot box where I can keep it at about 90 deg. or more.
Looks like you got a good start.
Looking good!
Instructions I got from Nelson with my urac said that the epoxy would set up in 12 mins @ 200 degrees. So I wouldn't be afraid to speed dry if necessary.
Looking very good! The splice cleaned up nice and the handle appears to fit just dandy. Lets get that hickory backer glued on a get her bending!
I glued the backing on last night. I am putting a little reflex in it so it was different than my last bow. I had a few issues while clamping it together, but I think it all worked out. I used Urac. I had my heater set at 75°F while doing this and I was sweating.
I put up the targets to try to block out all the junk on my bench hoping it would cause you to focus on the bow, but I think it backfired.
Here is the splice after it has been glued up.
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The bow.
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Perfecto Gary. You have yourself a bow right there. Im getting excited now!
Should we be concerned about the skeleton hanging in the background?
Bow looks good though....you creep. Lol ;)
The skeleton was for college. It was for anatomy and physiology. It is an anotomically correct skeleton with all the proper bones, fissures, etc. I had to learn all that stuff back in the day. I should sell it.