Quote from: kennym on February 22, 2020, 01:19:45 PM
Pads were 18, was copying (gasp) a known bow for this one but now doing what I shoulda done first. Measure six times cut once!!

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Based on what I see here I wonder if we haven't copied the same known bow.

The Tamarind is in for a nice long bake but I don't think it's going to make it to the bow stage. I don't recall the dark streaks being that far up so I am wondering if I didn't scrape the wax well enough. But I also wonder, would Cactus Juice cause the wax to soak in more or perhaps those dark areas were there and I am just senile. (your welcome Roy, have fun)

On top of that it took on some gnarly checks while it was in the soak.

I'll just have to see what it looks like after the bake and I can shave it down a bit. If it does make the cut I will likely have to change the form I planned to use and go with a more mild R/D

That is after I changed the pad angle by my usual way. Getting the nocks ahead of the back a bit...

The known bow had nocks on belly side when you put the straitedge to it...

Well it's all glued up. I think it's gonna finish up a couple pounds heavy. Hopefully that's okay. Made a little lower grip than I normally do just to see if I like it. Still have to glue up the tips and over lays.

Somebody gonna be happy. That is a sweet one.

Lonnie if you put that wood in the resin right after the wax was off it may not have been dry enough.

That is a beauty, must have been a puzzle to get it together.

Looks amazing 4 point, you are an artist for sure.  Couple pounds heavy?  Well within limits!  I know I'd work out a bit to shoot that bow

Good call on the flat cardboard, Stic don't like wrinkles

Quote from: Crooked Stic on February 22, 2020, 09:52:40 PM
Somebody gonna be happy. That is a sweet one.

Lonnie if you put that wood in the resin right after the wax was off it may not have been dry enough.

I will remember that. I was hoping it would be good, it only had wax on the ends and it didn't really look to be enough to seal anything.

Either way, I will just have to go shopping again.... darn it.

doing some dry runs before glueup..

Got the poundage down so its in the range. Shoots good for me. Ready for final sanding and finish.

Great looker Travis!!

Those veneers look fantastic. Great bow.

Thanks guys, I changed the grip a little from what I normally make trying to make the pattern show more. I don't care for it. Hopefully it works for my victims shooting style.

Beautiful bow 4 point! Lucky victim

Beautiful bow Travis.  Hope my build turns out even half as nice.

Must be a real Sivertsen, will be one lucky victim.

Glad you guys like it. I really don't care for it. I had some pieces that weren't big enough for anything but overlays. I glued them all together to make a riser block.

Bue, are there Sivertsen's in Norway?

There is close to 6000 people with the name Sivertsen in Norway.

That's the area my family came from when they came to America. The two brothers that came over got in a fight so one changed the spelling from sen to son. There are a lot of sivertson's around this area.

Hopefully back on track now...

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