shaped it today..zebrawood and lots of black and red glass.. I should have it glued up next week, not sure what veneers I'll use (http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt46/Robertfishes/riserRC14b.jpg) (http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt46/Robertfishes/riserRC14a.jpg)
Another beauty Robert. That's going to pop.
Even just using black glass would look great with that riser...
Coco would compliment the red and black accents really well. or some sort of crazy rosewood.
The only black glass I have is 050 and 030, I need 040 for this build. I do have some santos rosewood... (http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt46/Robertfishes/santosrosewood.jpg)
roll with it I want to see this bow in a couple weeks here in Jville
Good choice Robert-its going to look nice.
Very sharp riser.
got it glued up and cooked last night,today I pulled belly tape off and snapped a couple of pics. Veneer is East Indian Rosewood and Tapers are amberboo. Got limbs shaped and filed the nocks enough to get a string on it..it pulled 50 @ 28" on my scale so it will finish out arround 45 lbs @ 28", got the tips glued on and will shape them tomorrow and check tiller again, the limbs were close just 1/16 difference but I still have to round edges alot more and recheck.. (http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt46/Robertfishes/bow15EIRosewood-1.jpg) (http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt46/Robertfishes/bow15EIrosewood.jpg)
Lookin' good! I love pulling tape off.
Very nice choice of woods & riser, it's going to look great!
Sweet!
Robert, that is gonna be SWEET!!
Looks great Robert.
That is looking really good. Can't wait to see more.
had to take a 7 day break from the shop..I messed up my spindle sander and had to order some parts. got it back together about 7 o'clock tonite.. shaped the grip and shelf just have a couple of hours of hand sanding and I can spray finish it..looks like it will come in at 45- 46 lbs at 28 inches, I think this one is gonna be a shooter and may become my new favorite bow..but I'm already thinking about my next build..
almost done, sprayed a couple of coats of shellac on to seal it up and to show any tool marks.. had a couple of places that need more attention so I'll sand those out next week and apply final finish coat. (http://i596.photobucket.com/albums/tt46/Robertfishes/april2012bow2.jpg)
That is looking sweet. Nice job.
Very nice. :thumbsup:
Great job Robert!! :clapper:
That came out pretty cool!! :thumbsup:
Very nice Robert
Thanks, I am still working on perfecting the bowyer craft :biglaugh: ...I shot the bow a few times over the weekend and also let some friends shoot it..one of my friends thought the grip could be a little thinner and I also thought so too..so I reshaped it today with my spindle sander and will refinish it tomorrow..I think the grip may be perfect for me now. I have about 6 bows that may get reshaped grips soon..
That turned out really well Robert.
-Jay
nice job!
Now that's purty!
Very nice work !! :thumbsup:
Looks great. Reshaping the handle is like making a brand new bow.
Robert very nice is it made of the bingams form Thnaks Shane
Thanks,yes its the Binghams 58 inch design..i added a little more hook to it and added a 29 inch powerlam between the riser and taper.
Is that the same design as the one you had at the TBOF? That was a beatiful bow but I think this one is a better looker.
Like the poundage, 45,
Do you ever sell any?
Fred
I had 2 different 58inch design recurves at TBOF, if you saw the one with curley walnut veneers then you saw one of my own design..a prototype. Building bows is a hobby, I have built a couple of bows and gave to friends as gifts..
Another nice one Robert!!!