BBO Follow/Build Along (at brace)

Started by bowhntineverythingnh03743, December 17, 2013, 12:12:00 PM

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takefive

I agree with the Ol' funny guy    :thumbsup:
It's hard to make a wooden bow which isn't beautiful, even if it's ugly.
-Tim Baker

bowhntineverythingnh03743

Glue lines came out really nice!



Got to figure out what I'm gonna do for the tips and glue them on. Also need to shape my fades some more... Gonna be a slow process!

timbermoose

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BenM


bigbob2

That's looking great . Keep it coming!

Buemaker


bowhntineverythingnh03743

Got my tips roughly shaped now and will be starting to get the limbs tillered once I kick this flu...


bigbob2


bowhntineverythingnh03743

Well feeling about 80% today I thought that I would push myself and do a little work before taking a nap. Spent the entire morning texting ol' Roy back and forth about the bow. Good times! Anyhow here is where she is... Got her bending some but still feels a little heavy... I am shooting for 45# at 28 inches.






She is getting there... Will finish up tillering tomorrow and start shaping the handle. Then will start shooting it in for a while before I finish her up.

Want to do a cool fade of black to brown back to black tips... Gonna try leather dye I have to get a deep color and ready for hunting this spring!!!

That is it for today though.... comments welcomed!

Echatham


fujimo

very cool-
are you going to spray the dye/finish on, or some other technique?
looking awesome!

bowhntineverythingnh03743

Gonna rub it on and then use steel wool to blend the fade area... I will do a test first though

Roy from Pa

Looking good, I would round those belly edges down to the glue line now. Ya see those square edges close to the riser too?

bowhntineverythingnh03743

Ok bud I will do that in the am... How about my tip edges... I stayed right away from them

Roy from Pa


John Scifres

Those tips look pretty chunky.  You can slim them way down.  It also looks like you have a pretty proud bamboo node near the upper tip.  I would have to knock that down a bit if it were me.  Be judicious about it though.

Looking good for a plywood bow  :)
Take a kid hunting!

TGMM Family of the Bow

Roy from Pa

Looking good for a plywood bow  :)

LOL..........

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