Thanks for sharing this John..... I love that wood spirit carving in the background..... I think my favorite bow of all time is the one you where you carved the wood spirits into the fades.... It's fun watching real craftsmen at work... Terry

Drawn to 25" after a little more work.    




57# at 27".      More work to do this weekend.   Mike wanted it between 50-55 I believe...and I think we can do this.  Still want to work on the outer limbs a bit to bring them around.

Comparison of where JD had the tiller pre-horn.  

Another view.....

You guys ROCK!  It sure is looking good.

So am I next in line? I have the stuff ready for limb tips.

Well looking at the batting order, it looks like #5 is up and yep that's you Tom.

Can you send your address to John so he can forward the bow to you as soon as it's ready?

1) Yew board - Mike/Tim
2) glue up with Tonkin Bamboo Back - Wingnut
3) tiller to 40s flat belly - JD
4) Add horn belly,snakewood underlay and final tiller - John S
5) horn tips with string keeper - Tom
6) Leather L/R arrow rest - Dave Bulla
7) Timo - carp skins
8) finish work - CK
9) Bow sock and string - Dano
10) Self nock arrows - SLR

Thanks it's coming together

Mike

Coming together is an understatement Mike....it's special right now and just looking at the line up left and what they are adding is unbelievable.... Good job.....       Terry

Here we are at 28"......about 53-54#'s
I think we'll stop here for a bit....and maybe do some tweaking later after shooting it a bit.

Now we're supposed to put on some snakewood underlays on the tips.    We'll leave these short.   The snakewood for the tips was donated by Curtis Keller, and the snakewood in the handle by Dan Rainy, I believe.  (hope I spelled your name right Dan.)

Just because we can....and because I feel like it we'll add a very thin layer of blackwood  and yellowheart between the yew and the snakewood.  

Little Urac ought to do it.....and pop it in the hot box to cure.

I've used CA adhesive for this type of thing in the past, but I prefer to use the best adhesive I have available.     Same with horn tip overlays....prefer to use a high quality 2 part epoxy instead of superglue.  


 

Dang John that is a pretty tiller.  I love how that bow bends and I bet it shoots great.  Looking forward to the underlays, I know they will be great.

Mike

Tip underlays after unclamping.  




After cleaning them up a little.  





Snakewood handle after shaping a little bit.

WOW!!!!!!!..... Terry

Mike, tiller the result of a good glue up and JD's tillering skills.  


Tom, I was going to leave the tips wide / squared off at the end if that's OK.    Figured you'd want to shape them to suit yourself.


I'll make a PVC shipping tube for this thing....thinking it's gonna be traveling a lot of miles in the next couple of months.

I've left the back of the handle somewhat squared off, not knowing the plan for the leather being glued on.  Is that OK?

Gonna go shoot this thing a bit....then recheck the tiller and make any adjustments needed.

Very nice John.

Well, ran into a problem while shooting the bow that has me a little concerned.   No time to post pics now....but I'll try tomorrow.  Dang....

John, you really did a great job on the horn and underlays...I predict this bow will be in someones collection one day.

Sounds good John. Sending you my shipping addy in PM/e-mail. I have a neat idea for the tips. Hope I can do this thing justice. It just keeps getting cooler!

QuoteOriginally posted by John Sturtevant:
Well, ran into a problem while shooting the bow that has me a little concerned.   No time to post pics now....but I'll try tomorrow.  Dang....

Don't leave us hanging       There's a bunch of us sitting here holding back a big gasp...

Dang it John!!  What did ya do to our bow?  LOL

Well do I need to start over or are you foolin with us?

Mike

That bow is beautiful!!!  I hope it's OK...