SO YA WANNA BUILD A GLASS BOW ?

Started by kennym, March 05, 2017, 01:25:00 PM

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Bvas

QuoteOriginally posted by Roy from Pa:
 Bueboy, I bought that bow new in 1971.
:eek:  Daaaaang.............You are old!!   :biglaugh:
Some hunt to survive; some survive to hunt

Mad Max

QuoteOriginally posted by Bvas:
 
QuoteOriginally posted by Roy from Pa:
 Bueboy, I bought that bow new in 1971.
:eek:   Daaaaang.............You are old!!    :biglaugh:  [/b]
I would rather fail at something above my means, than to succeed at something  beneath my means  
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Mad Max

QuoteOriginally posted by Mad Max:
 
QuoteOriginally posted by Bvas:
 
QuoteOriginally posted by Roy from Pa:
 Bueboy, I bought that bow new in 1971.
:eek:    Daaaaang.............You are old!!     :biglaugh:   [/b]
[/b]
I would rather fail at something above my means, than to succeed at something  beneath my means  
}}}}===============>>

Mad Max

QuoteOriginally posted by Bvas:
 
QuoteOriginally posted by Roy from Pa:
 Bueboy, I bought that bow new in 1971.
:eek:   Daaaaang.............You are old!!    :biglaugh:  [/b]
:deadhorse:
I would rather fail at something above my means, than to succeed at something  beneath my means  
}}}}===============>>

Mad Max

QuoteOriginally posted by Mad Max:
 
QuoteOriginally posted by Bvas:
 
QuoteOriginally posted by Roy from Pa:
 Bueboy, I bought that bow new in 1971.
:eek:    Daaaaang.............You are old!!     :biglaugh:   [/b]
:deadhorse:  [/b]
:deadhorse:

  :deadhorse:
I would rather fail at something above my means, than to succeed at something  beneath my means  
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Roy from Pa


Mad Max

Your a good man
I don't care what Kenny said.
I would rather fail at something above my means, than to succeed at something  beneath my means  
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kennym

I glued on the belly overlays tonite. Changed up and used 6 pcs (I think), no pics cause I ended up putting bocote and maple lams on because it had an S curve in it. Not sure how it will look yet....

Probably like me , better with no pics...  :D
Stay sharp, Kenny.

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Bvas

Booooooo!!!!
Even crappy pics are better than no pics    :D
Some hunt to survive; some survive to hunt

kennym

I'll get ya some when I get home, hadda go to doc this morning for checkup.
Stay sharp, Kenny.

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kennym

Here is gluing the black glass to belly, you can kind of see the S curve in the overlay.



I was having probs getting solid blocks to fit right, so went with bocote and maple lams , I think it may look OK when handle is shaped . That black mark is 1.75" from the back of bow, that is grip depth, and will be 1" wide side to side...

Stay sharp, Kenny.

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kennym

Also narrowed the limbs to .460 at fades and a fuzz over 1/2" at nocks. Can go a little more as I check tiller....
Stay sharp, Kenny.

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Mad Max

I would rather fail at something above my means, than to succeed at something  beneath my means  
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kennym

Yep LOL, miss one once in awhile!  :laughing:
Stay sharp, Kenny.

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kennym

Here we go on shaping, marked out the grip and shelf...



I reckon you can guess what's coming now....



Another view of marking it out...



Here she is off the table saw, found a dry glue joint with a little crack, overfilled it with CA. ..   :cool:

 

Off to the big sander for a few, still got a ways to go...







Down to this, still gotta round it over on limbs, I can get it to 50 easy...

Stay sharp, Kenny.

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kennym

And the one everybody wants to see...

Stay sharp, Kenny.

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Bvas

I think the one everybody wants to see is the chrono reading when that arrow is turned loose.     :biglaugh:
That riser turned out completely different than what I had pictured.
Really liking those bends. Looking I'm guessing it has about 8" tip wedges???
Some hunt to survive; some survive to hunt

kennym

Well, I shot it thru the chrono, but it didn't mean much with an untuned arrow and half a beaver on the string....

Showed 184 fps at 28" with 9gpp arrow. Figured it should be better than that...

Had a 58" doing 190 a couple weeks back.
Stay sharp, Kenny.

   https://www.kennysarchery.com/

Mad Max

I would rather fail at something above my means, than to succeed at something  beneath my means  
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BenBow

Kenny what is the limb width at the fades and tips? I've found narrow limbs like 1 to 1 1/16" wide at the fades and 7/16" or less at the tips seems to bring the speed up. Also did you add any tip wedges. It has a nice full draw profile but could use a bit more residual reflex
But his bow will remain steady, and his hands will be skillful; because of the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,  (Genesis 49:24 [NETfree])

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