UBM Auction bow (with addon) DONE PICS pg 7

[kennym]

Thats United Bowhunters of Missouri.

I'm building this for the auction at the festival in Jeff City Feb 4-6th.     :cool:    

This will be a 64" d/r, around 50 to 55# @28"

I've wanted to build a mostly zebra bow for a while,so I gathered some stuff this eve to begin.

From left,
a 64" bow off this form
2 clear glass
a black glass I scuffed both sides for riser
zebra and curly maple for riser
2 victims for veneers,can't decide , HELP
amberboo for core
foreground- phenolic for tips
background- good ol EA-40

   

And the riser will look somewhat like this...


   

I may do something different on the grip caps tho........    

[Red Tailed Hawk]

Looking forward to this one.

[kerryb]

Good looking stuff Kenny, It will be a beautie.

[kennym]

Kerry, I have a purty nice one in the easybake oven right now!  

[fujimo]

you sir, are a skilled craftsman!
i think the chunk on the right is the prettier piece of the two- both mighty fine though.
regards
wayne

[kennym]

I was leanin that way too, gotta make my mind up by tomorrow!!   :D

[Diamondback59]

looks good kenny  man wish ya were makin it for mojam s auction lol brock

[hova]

my goodness thats gorgeous.


who do i gotta pay to have kenny draw my name for the swap  


-hov

[K. Mogensen]

Nice zeba wood. The one on the right is my choice but you really can't go wrong with either.  

[kennym]

Shoulda glued the riser up tonite, but got invite to eat some fresh crappie caught thru the ice!! Couldn't turn down a deal like that!!

[KellyG]

I love the color of the piece on the right but the left with the longer markings is holding its own. I think if you close your eyes and just grab one you could not go wrong.

Hova for my price you would just be better off paying Kennym to just build you one.  

[DEATHMASTER]

Great looking wood there.
I take the one on the left.
Will follow this one.
Fresh fish, yummmmmy

[hova]

kelly: i hear that brother.


kenny: the piece on the left goes pretty good with the riser piece you have. it has a nice flow to it.


-hov

[toppredator]

That'll be a sweet looking bow.  I look forward to seeing and bidding on it in Febuary.

[kennym]

OK, here we go with the riser...

Radius swing jig for bandsaw..
 

Mounted and ready to cut radius..

 

Done!

 

Now to mark for the accent..

 

Note to self: Glue accent in while riser is in block form next time!!

The curly maple accent 1/8" thick..

 

Test fit looks good..

 

Ready to glue up..

 

Couple globs EA-40..

[DVSHUNTER]

Looks good Kenny, I'll be bidding on it for sure come Feb.

[kennym]

And it is a riser blank!!



Now for the limb cores and veneers, I use a 1/4" thick taper sled to cut tapers,saves material and grinding compared to cutting parallel and grinding to a taper!

Here we want a .125" butt on the .002" per inch taper.

I make them .035 big ,that gives me room to grind to tolerance, note the preacher stick to set saw,(old carpenter slang,preacher don't lie)..



Then to cut the blanks..




Now on the .001 taper with builtin power lam and tip wedge, I measure in center,then add .018 to that to get butt thickness. In this case I'm wanting a .060 butt lam.



This makes the butt about .150,so I grind it parallel out to about 3" from the end of the fades,this way it doesen't affect the work of the power lam part and the tip wedge is not bothered either. This brings the butt end down so you can bend it up the riser ramps...




And what everyone wants to see,the actual lams that are gonna go into her...




Back later with more...........  

[KellyG]

It is going to be so purtty

[macbow]

Kenny, Than You for the donation. It's really looking good.
Ron

[jsweka]

This is great Kenny.  I really like seeing how you cut your lams.