Rainy day buildalong PICS 1 done!

[kennym]

I have already delivered it,so no full draw pic.

Here is a littermate @28" draw,my huntin bow for this year....





My shop was a mess,wait,it always seems to be!!

[Apex Predator]

Beautiful job Kenny!  I'll be sending you an e-mail shortly for more goodies.

[vanillabear?]

[kennym]

Thanks!

Sounds good Marty,I'm caught up right now! LOL

[bretto]

Great looking bow Kenny. I'm sure John was excited to receive it. Hope You two have a great Turkey season.

bretto

[steadman]

Looks great Kenny! Love those cross cut actionwood. Your givin me the bug to build some more.

[bjansen]

Excellent Kenny! Tell him to bring it to MOJAM this year

[Swissbow]

Holy cow kenny, that's a damn good looking bow. Great job !

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Andy

[huntwithastick]

Great looking bow Kenny!  What finish do you use?

[kennym]

Thanks!!

He is really likin it Bretto!!

Brad,I'm bettin he has it with him,he had a go-round with that coco risered bow this winter!!
Refinished it and it went kinda hard!!

For the few I build, I'm not gonna get too carried away with finish equip. , so up to this point I have been using minwax helmsman spar urethane.

I have thought about automotive clearcoat tho. I think they have it in rattlecan now.....

[kennym]

OK, where were we???

I'm gonna start up with the twin sister where we left off with John's bow!

Here is how I determine how far the tip overlays fo from the nocks. Remember that first nock line 30" from centerline?

My little combo square blade is just right from that line to get my overlay to look right(to me)


The right side of the blade is the original nock line(I always file to inside of line,so I can keep track of where I am)The left side is the end of o-lay



You can see the end of the o-lay by where the tape is. If you follow the angle of the groove you can kinda guess where the groove will cut over the limb...



This is what my roughed in grooves look like from the belly(but you need to go by Marty's)



Rough the glass and overlay material up good with 36 to 60 grit,what you have handy. Go right up to the tape...



Here we clamp the 1st tip pc. on,1/16" thick phenolic(I use thin so I don't have to grind it to fit the limb curve)Be sure toget a clamp in the middle to prevent any gap.
I'm using thick CA on these,but smoothon is probably a little better choice. I've never had a CA mounted overlay come off,but can be a pain to feather out where they hit the glass!



While the ends dry,I put a center o-lay on using spring clamps and a plastic wrapped cutout from the riser. Also 2 big spring clamps and a pressure strip. Using a pc of white and then a pc of black .050 glass(roughed on both sides for adhesion)....




Back to the ends,I put the 2nd pc of phenolic on,black this time...

[kennym]

Tomorrow we do the grip and site window overlay on belly!!

Then we grind off all that ain't a bow!

[SteveD]

Wow great job Kenny. Looks great

[Bob L.]

Kenny,
May I ask, on your riser it looks like the laminations go through the riser. So does that mean you actually glue on the rest of the riser for the rest of the handle like an overlay after the fact?
Thanks
Bob

[kennym]

No work done on it today.

Bob,that is exactly right. They are just belly/handle overlays. Probably would shoot fine without,but just classes it up a bit IMO

[timbuckII]

This is GREAT, Thanks for taking the time to take the pics and post.

TBKII

[walkabout]

haha when it comes to my shop if it isnt dirty theres nothing being done in there.i keep sawdust vacced up to prevent slipping and cut scraps out from underfoot but i like to keep my tools right within reach from start to finish so i dont have to play gopher.

[UnderControl16]

Your bows are beautiful!

[Thumper Dunker]

Great looking bows.

[BenBow]

Nice looking wood combo Kenny. Looks hunter classy!