64" R/D 2-Piece Long Bow Build Along

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The bow I am building is a 2-Piece 64" R/D Long Bow for an elk hunting trip I will be taking to Idaho this year. There are many different types of take down systems for a 2 piece bow. I orginally wanted to use the fiberglass sleeve type connection, but once I had the riser together I did not want to cover up the riser wood, so I am going with the bow bolt.

Let's get started.

I will be using a combination of grey actionwood and rosewood for the riser with black and red phenolic between the woods.

[kennym]

   

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The riser is going to have a radius of rosewood in the riser. I had to build a jig for the cut which was done on the band saw.

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The riser is going to have a radius of rosewood in the riser. I had to build a jig for the cut which was done on the band saw.

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Sorry for the double posting.

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Here is the cut I made on the rosewood. It is still attached to the jig.

Here is the cuts made for the riser, the red and black phenolic that will make up the riser.

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Glueing up the riser parts.

And in the oven it goes for about 4 hrs.

[1oldbowguy]

Like it so far, can't wait for more, looking very nice.

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The riser out of the oven.

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Ther riser cut and shaped on the Rigid Oscillating belt sander. This is a fine tool.

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Here is a view of the fade on the riser.

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Next comes the limb materials.
2 - zebrawood parallels
1 - actionboo parallel
1 - actionboo taper .002
2 - clear glass
for a total thickness of .368 at the butt.

I got the riser materials from Kennym. I can not say enough about the quality of the limb materials and the great customer service.

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Getting ready to glue up the bow.

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More glue up.



And the parts going on the form.

Pressure hose added along with top of form and pressured up.

Close up

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The bow was cooked in the overn for 5 hours and then allowed to cool. Here is the bow off the form after cooling down overnight in the oven and cleaned up.

Here is a close up of the riser with the locator pin removed.

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Here is the riser after cleaning it up on the belt sander.

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Here is the riser after cutting out the basic shape on the bandsaw.

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More shaping on the riser with the spindle sanding and files.

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And more....



Cutting the string nocks at 45 degrees. Use a round file.

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Riser and nock overlays installed and shaped.