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Title: twins and the knife that inspired them
Post by: Canadabowyer on April 22, 2013, 12:16:00 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/tdROlsf.jpg)
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Post by: Dmaxshawn on April 22, 2013, 12:27:00 PM
Stunning work.  Very nice.
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Post by: Canadabowyer on April 22, 2013, 12:28:00 PM
The knife was built for me by my friend and fellow Tradganger D.Ellis so I just had to have a bow to match. Curley and birdseye maple risers and arctic birch burle veneers. Single lam A-boo core.
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Post by: Canadabowyer on April 22, 2013, 12:29:00 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/tdROlsf.jpg)Oops, supposed to be a different pic. I suck at postinf pics.
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Post by: Roy from Pa on April 22, 2013, 01:06:00 PM
Very nice Bob
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Post by: Trapper Rob on April 22, 2013, 01:14:00 PM
Nice bows & knife.
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Post by: Canadabowyer on April 22, 2013, 02:20:00 PM
http://imgur.com/PKKkbAO
http://imgur.com/OT9PMYl
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Post by: Buemaker on April 22, 2013, 02:44:00 PM
Very good and some stunning veneers. Bue--.
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Post by: Roy from Pa on April 22, 2013, 03:03:00 PM
Thanks Bob but I told ya you didn't have to make me one too:)
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Post by: Canadabowyer on April 22, 2013, 05:50:00 PM
ROFLMAO  :biglaugh:  Bob
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Post by: D.Ellis on April 22, 2013, 06:21:00 PM
Those sure look nice all finished up Bob.  :thumbsup:
Darcy
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Post by: Dan Landis on April 22, 2013, 07:53:00 PM
Beautiful wood on the twins.  Great job!!!
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Post by: kennym on April 22, 2013, 08:03:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Roy from Pa:
Thanks Bob but I told ya you didn't have to make me one too:)
He didn't Roy, I traded him some sweet osage I'd been savin for you for one of em!  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Roy from Pa on April 22, 2013, 08:07:00 PM
Me and Renee gotta have a talk soon:)
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Post by: Trux Turning on April 22, 2013, 08:18:00 PM
Those are some killer veneers!! Great looking bows.
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Post by: JJB on April 22, 2013, 09:29:00 PM
Nice matching set!
-Jay
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Post by: bigbob2 on April 23, 2013, 12:10:00 AM
very very nice!
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Post by: bowhntineverythingnh03743 on April 23, 2013, 03:21:00 AM
Wow stunning work!
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Post by: Swissbow on April 23, 2013, 04:06:00 PM
Fantastic job. These bows are awesome.

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Andy
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Post by: Draffish on April 23, 2013, 04:15:00 PM
wow great looking bows best lock them away at night looks like roy and kenny might be around asking the twins out on a date    :bigsmyl:
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Post by: Roy from Pa on April 23, 2013, 06:40:00 PM
Don't think I wanna double date with Kenny. LOL
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Post by: Canadabowyer on April 23, 2013, 06:53:00 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/V2GlZIi.jpg?1)
OK, now the rest of the story.As you can see in the pic these twins are one single lam of A-boo+veneers. I usually use 3 lams in my D/R bows, but for quite a while I have been building kids bows with 1 lam of A-boo to be able to have less material and way less work in a bow for the kids. So I think(always dangerous)maybe I should build a hunting weight bow with a single lam and see if it works out.And as long as I am experimenting(always dangerous also)I'll build two of them and test power lams.So if you look at the bottom one you can see the power lam running up the belly ramp.This is the only difference in these two bows.So what did I find out? 1.the single lam bow is very smooth and will draw past 30" where the three lam bow definitely stacks before 30" draw.2.For the same stack I get pretty much the same draw weight for the single and the three lam bow.3.The single lam bow gives me the same speed as the three lam bow.4. the power wedge changes the feel of the draw a little, seems to pull harder at the beginning of the draw but gives no added speed to the arrow.I shot a lot of arrows and am satified this was good results.Two more points.1. just because I got these results with my R/D design doesn't mean they hold for all designs.2. I can't comment on longivety of the single lam design,I'll let you know in a few years. Isn't it fun!!!  :knothead:    :bigsmyl:  Bob
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Post by: Roy from Pa on April 23, 2013, 07:14:00 PM
Very nice, Bob.
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Post by: LC on April 23, 2013, 09:15:00 PM
Some eye candy there for sure! Nice work
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Post by: kennym on April 23, 2013, 09:33:00 PM
Hey Bob,

Just shoot em awhile and then lay back on form along with the bow with more lams and see if you have any set?

Just thinkin, I know, not a good plan!!  :D
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Post by: Canadabowyer on April 23, 2013, 10:04:00 PM
Good idea Kenny. I'll try it after shooting them next weekend at a local 3D.  Bob
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Post by: matt_w on May 09, 2013, 03:12:00 PM
I've been lookin back to this thread to see how the single lam ended up working out. Have you seen any difference between the two bows? Any set like kenny was askin about?
Curious because I was thinking about making a single lam bow myself.
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Post by: chackworth3 on May 11, 2013, 10:06:00 AM
Those are some sweet lookin veneers!