trade bow / 60" elm static recurve

[Pat B]

Here are a few more pics. I got the tips shaped and adding some reflex as I did a bit more straightening for string allignment. I will remove her from the form tomorrow. I still have about 3" or 4" more to tiller out but I was waiting until I get the string tracking well.
 





I didn't think about taking pics until after she was in the form hence the undershot of the tip.
 I'm getting close enough to start thinking about her wardrobe. I'm thinking something a bit different.  Pondering!

[broketooth]

very nice pat. im lookin foward to seeing a better angle of your finished tips. i was wondering how deep you went with your tracking groove down the belly of the recurve, im guessing half the thickness of the rat tail file am i correct? ruddy

[Art B]

Looking really good Pat! That tip alignment is always the worse part, at least for me. Drives me nuts some times! Looking forward to seeing 'er primed and finished.........Art

[Pat B]

Ruddy, right now they are about 1/3 of a rat tail file thickness. After everything lines up and just before final sanding I'll get them a bit deeper and round the sharp edges.
 Art, the tip allignment is always a bitch. It's not just bending the tips that make a recurve! d;^)

[red hill]

Looking good, Pat.
Stan

[jess stuart]

I am with Sixby.  Gluing some glass over some precision milled lams. well it just don't seem the same.  I am constantly amazed at the skill you wood bow gurus have.

[KellyG]

Pat she is look really good. I bet I will be drooling over this one before long.

jess there is a plus to the glass you can use wood that a selfbowyer could never use and make a work of art that is just as lovely.

[Pat B]

I've been having some stablilty problems with the bow. When strung it wants to reverse itself. I've done a bit more allingment straightening and tweaking the tips so we'll see. I'll streing it up later and see where she is now.

[Art B]

I feel for you brother! Hope this time is the charm.....Art

[Pat B]

I found one linb slightly offset at the fade so I took care of that this morning. When I low braced her again that problem was taken care of but that tip needed adjustment. I did that this afternoon. We will see what surprise she has for me tomorrow. When all of this is worked out she is going to be a sweet bow. I can already tell.   I still have a few pounds to remove but I'll wait to the very end for that! d;^)

[DanaM]

Looking very good Pat, I'm also working on an elm bow and been havin a heck of a time getting the string to line up argggggg! See ya at Pappys eh:)

[Pat B]

A little heat and a little pressure a little at a time seems to be working for me Dana. Slow and easy!
 Looking forward to seeing you at the Classic too. Maybe it won't rain! d;^)

[okie64]

Pat, picked up a copy of PA and read your article, great story. I hope it turns out great. Keep up the good work.

[GREG IN MALAD]

Pat,
Very nice looking bow. You are a more patient man than me, maybe that's why all my self bows have straight limb's.

[Pat B]

Thanks Okie. Tom was a special friend to a bunch of us. Great group of folks over on PA. Lots of us go way back.
 Greg, straight simple bows are my true love but these fluzies get me all the time. I shoot a straight bow way better than these recurves but I just can't help myself. After over 25 years of building wood bows I learned patience about 10 years ago! d;^)

[SEMO_HUNTER]

Looking good Pat, do you use any tip underlays to keep the shape from pulling out over time?
I'm going to try this myself in the not so distant future and was thinking about putting curved tip underlays on mine, maybe walnut or even a thin strip of Hickory under Osage? Not sure yet, but that's gonna be awhile yet.

[K30bowfisher]

Now that is one neat looking bow.

[Pat B]

Semo, on osage I don't worry about the tips pulling out but with some whitewoods I have had that problem. On one hickory bow I added walnut underlays to support the recurves. This was a bow I built many years ago but it developed a hinge just behind the recurve so into the "corner of shame" it went. Last year a friend asked if I'd make a bow fior his girlfriend. I recovered this hicvkory bow from the "corner..." , added the underlays, dressed her up a bit and gave it to Hannah. Turned out quite well.
 

[KellyG]

cool

[1oldbowguy]

Very sweet looking.