51" cocobolo recurve- final finishing

[bjansen]

I have quite a bit of finish work to do on this one yet, but I had to post some pics.  I glued this up on sunday night on the 50" recurve form I made.  This time, I used a .001 tapered lam and a parallel.  I also cut it to 51".  For all those whom I sent the plans for this form to, I used a total butt thickness of .185 (thats a .37 lam, a .68 tapered lam and .040 UL glass).  

The bow came out lighter than intended, I expect it to finish at about 40-43#@ 28" but it shoots very well and I think this is the formula to use on this form.  

I used a cocobolo riser, with a 1/4" thick piece of linen phenolic and white glass in the middle. I ground these birdseye maple lams and have white and brown glass overlays.  

I put a thick coat of sealer on it so its a bit of a mess right now, but the I think the contrast between the materials really looks nice.

 

 

 

 

 

[Igor]

Thats a real beauty!


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Glenn

[Pac'em out]

Very nice.  Way to go!

[Diamondback59]

looks nice brad haha waiting see osage !!!!! ha brock

[Robertfishes]

thats some nice cocobolo, bows look fun to shoot.

[Jesse Peltan]

Looks pretty good, but the contact point on the shelf is a bit forward.  It should look real nice when it's all finished up.

[4est trekker]

Man, I love those color contrasts!  Two of my absolute favorite woods. You build a beautiful bow!  Great talent...can't wait to see some finished pics.    

[pditto613]

That birds eye maple has some great figure.  Nice choice

[T Folts]

I like it,
Terry

[ishi1archer]

Man those are some sweet bows. Keep up the good work.

[klm5121]

I really like that cocobolo

[eman614]

that coco is sharp. you can't really tell how good the maple looks, but i bet it is sweet too.

[Bone lake]

Sweet looking bow.

[Swissbow]

You did it again ! Awesome looking wood combo. Fantastic work as usual.

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Andy

[kennym]

Lookin great Brad! What did you seal with?

[bjansen]

I am usign some of Thunderbird Archery's "High Solids Vynl Sealer".  It goes on thick and sands beautifully.  I have used superglue in the past, but I am trying all sealer this time.

[SteveD]

Beautiful work. They look great

[razorsharptokill]

Stunning!

[walkabout]

looks great, another beautiful piece of work.

[Lexbow]

Great choice on the contrasting woods!!! Nice design.