Hi,
finaly got to finish my 2nd bow. this one was for my friend. It is 64" 47#28. Riser is padouk and ash with ash I-beam, massy finish.The limbs are clear bearpaw glass and a-boo core stained with rosewood colour stain.
(http://i.imgur.com/Yk4TcxE.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/4IPZ4ql.jpg?1)
(http://i.imgur.com/epl6X6F.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/3b8aBaJ.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/xuIT5fF.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/JakwnV4.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/eXqcbw8.jpg)
and the money shot
(http://i.imgur.com/2txcBwN.jpg)
good job!!
are you using tapers in the layup?
may be the angle- but from here it looks like your fades are working a bit more than the rest of the limb- may also be the angle of the camera.
the kenny m uses a total of .003 taper in the layup- one of 002 taper and one of 001 taper and two parallels.
like the stained boo!
lots of work in that riser :thumbsup:
Beautiful bow. Love the details in your window rest!
That bow is a trick beast!
Nice! I like the contrasting woods in the riser.
:thumbsup:
Dave.
This is only your second bow? Wow, great job!
Thanks you all for your kind comments. Yes it is my second bow. @fujimo no tapers in this one. It is impossible to get them here and I was on tight budget si I couldn't afford to buy them from germany and to pay over 20$ just for postage. I kept it 1,5" wide 6" past fade and then tapered the widht to about 3/8" at tips. It is not that bad as it looks like on the photo as it has almost 4" od reflex. It shoots nice and quiet but on the next one I plan to use 0.003 total taper and taper widht straight from fades.
still a great job, and very resourceful!!
now you need to make your self a small taper grinder- some pretty clever ones built on very small budgets, slower to use- one lam at a time, but get the job done for some bows.
a recycled old washing machine motor or other, and get building.
I am actually building one at the moment. It will be about 10" wide do i can run two lams at the same time and I hope it will work for squaring up riser blocks as well. I have 750w motor from an old drill do that should work. I'm planning to build the next one as two piece take down using Big Jims method.
Great job on this one, can't wait to see number 3.
i think the take down system that he uses, is by far the nicest system- seen a few different folks do it! show us some pics of your drum sander! :thumbsup:
I'm going for hollidays tomorrow so I will not get to finish my drum sander for at least 10 days, but will post photo of it as soon as I have it finished.
Hi Wayne I tried to reply to your PM but your inbox is full.
Well Done!