Takedown recurve build along (All Done)

BrushWolf · June 16, 2014, 07:06:00 PM

The bow turn out 62#@28 and is 62" long. Thank for following along everyone. Next time I'll try to be a little faster.

bornofmud · June 16, 2014, 08:16:00 PM

Holy goodness that is a beautiful bow. Love the koa, one of my favorite woods. What kind of finish did you end up using? Stippling came out excellent! I really like how you did that, nice uniform pattern, but doesn't look like a golf ball. Awesome job! Thanks for sharing!

bigbob2 · June 16, 2014, 09:15:00 PM

beautiful bow with excellent detail work like the mosaics. Nice!

beachbowhunter · June 17, 2014, 01:05:00 AM

Incredible

Troy D. Breeding · June 17, 2014, 08:30:00 AM

Nice, Nice, Nice!!!

Will Cocke 2 · June 17, 2014, 09:51:00 AM

Outstanding!!! Absolutely beautiful

Buemaker · June 17, 2014, 02:53:00 PM

Goodlooking piece if I ever saw one.

Bue--.

wood carver 2 · June 17, 2014, 05:12:00 PM

Beautiful!

Dave.

coaster500 · June 17, 2014, 05:27:00 PM

Outstanding Job Mike, outstanding!!!

inksoup · June 18, 2014, 08:19:00 AM

when you guys make this, it seems like pretty straight forward... but it is not...

good work there...

best.

beachbowhunter · June 18, 2014, 08:06:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by BrushWolf:
[QB] I forgot to take pics before the glue up. What I did was cut out 1"x1"x2" square blocks. I then cut white and black phenolic 1"x2". This is what I ended up with. The block are Koa and walnut .

Did you worry about grain direction in the wood blocks? Also, what thickness was the black phenolic?

BrushWolf · June 18, 2014, 08:54:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by bornofmud:
Holy goodness that is a beautiful bow. Love the koa, one of my favorite woods. What kind of finish did you end up using? Stippling came out excellent! I really like how you did that, nice uniform pattern, but doesn't look like a golf ball. Awesome job! Thanks for sharing!

For the finish I filled the grain with massy finish then put spar urathane over it

BrushWolf · June 18, 2014, 09:01:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by beachbowhunter:

QuoteOriginally posted by BrushWolf:
[QB] I forgot to take pics before the glue up. What I did was cut out 1"x1"x2" square blocks. I then cut white and black phenolic 1"x2". This is what I ended up with. The block are Koa and walnut .

Did you worry about grain direction in the wood blocks? Also,
what thickness was the black phenolic? [/b]
I use to try to keep the grain direction correct. Now I just glue it up however. The phenolic was 1/8" thick.

beachbowhunter · June 19, 2014, 01:37:00 AM

Thanks BDub

Sant-Ravenhill · June 19, 2014, 01:48:00 AM

Very Pretty!

Ray Hammond · June 20, 2014, 05:10:00 AM

How does she shoot?

AkDan · June 23, 2014, 03:17:00 AM

holy moly! Great stuff!!!

JJB · June 26, 2014, 10:07:00 PM

That's as nice as they get!!!

-Jay

BrushWolf · June 26, 2014, 10:34:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Ray Hammond:
How does she shoot?

I haven't had a chance to try it yet... But soon!

BrushWolf · June 26, 2014, 10:35:00 PM

Thanks guys.