Started another Osage bamboo bow

[Roy from Pa]

Started another osage backed with boo.

   

   

   

   

 

[whitebuffalo]

Looking good man,

[Dano]

Nice job Roy, say is that your bath tub in the second picture???  

[Roy from Pa]

Well Dano, it almost has been a couple times:)

[Dano]

[4runr]

Hey Roy, I used your dimensions from your build along to glue up a Hickory backed Ipe. She came out of the clamps this morning lookin sweet. Thanks for sharin your knowledge to us bowyer wannabes.  

[Roy from Pa]

You bet Kenny. This bow is for my wife, so I went with the target bow measurements for the mid limb posts. Except, I moved them in closer to the riser by 1 inch from the 16 for the top and 15 5/8th for the bottom of a normal setup. So on this bow the top mid limb post is set at 15 inches and the bottom mid limb post is set at 14 5/8th from the center of the handle. The limb tip posts I increased by 1/2 inch on this bow, from 6 to 6 1/2. She came out of the clamps with 3 1/4 reflex at the tips.

I intend to take the limb tips down to 1/2 wide and my draw weight target is 30 to 35 pounds. The wife was is a wreck years ago and has a problem with her shoulder on her drawing arm, so she can't handle much more than 35 pounds without causing her pain..

[Arwin]

Nice bow and nice house!

[Roy from Pa]

Cut her out today and have it on the tillering tree. Looks very good so far.