I'm trying to find out how long is too long. Got an email in asking...

How's the new shop , David?

Wonderful!  My Christmas present to myself.  I have moved all my work stuff out and into it.  Have already finished up Darrell's hunting bow for 2019.  Sprayed it last night, and built the wife a headboard for the bed for Christmas.  She likes it too.  Had taken over the dinner table for my office desk. 


The next one piece I build i"m going to take your advice on that riser.

Ok here is the glue that just snapped off after I wiped it down between plastic sheets


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Then I ground one side fairly clean carefully and ran it thru big sander to finish cleanup and get parallel end to end.





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What the heck? Looks like a veneer piece in the glue I'm grinding off!! .





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Howd that get there?

Ya gave me an idea on grinding the whole bow to get it parallel after glue up.

I always gotta be careful not to get cut from the sharp edges of the glue when cutting the bow to shape.

Yep glue pushed a pc of the spalted veneer out of place but with the walnut core it looks like the veneer...spot on left ...




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If you wouldn't have pointed it out, nobody would even notice.

I didn't warm the glue either and it was a little stiff, lots of hydraulic pressure going on there.

Just a beauty mark for a hunting bow 

How narrow ya gonna make those limbs

Just camo dip it or spray it flat black and call it a bow:)

Character flaw.

I'll bet it doesn't affect it in the least , but I can narrow enough to get rid of it. Saw a pic of one a guy made at 56" that looked good so narrow might be good on that to hold a bit more reflex at tips...

How long this gonna take?

Only been a month.

Ship it here and I'll fix it up:)

It takes whatever it takes! Don't rush me, deer hunting is still on!

That's right.

Don't forget the apple flavor granola bars:)

You can easely lose that width ,Im at 1 1/4 "
now on my current shooter, The one Im working on now I plan on 1 to 1 1/6"  Kenny is that the one with out the supper lam ?

Yep, and with the spalted hackberry veneers and walnut core it came in light. Right now 58" - 46@ 28 and will be down to 42 when finished .  Was wanting about 48@28...

So it may end up 56" long, tips will still be 1/2"  in front of riser back.

Very cool how does the bend look ? Im real interested in this one giving me lots of ideas