Couple of lightweight 56" R/Ds

PV · January 18, 2012, 10:08:00 PM

Sprayed these sisters up today. My least favorite part of building them.Using Krystal level sealer to fill. If I don't get it all off of the colored glass it shines through the finish on the dark glass. If you look at the belly side of the coco riser you can see what I'm talking about at the upper fade.Looks like sanding marks but as far as I can tell it's the sealer. I sanded it all off off the other bow. Anyone else seen this?

Specs:

coco riser 43#
A nice piece of wood from Kenny M !

walnut/ipe riser 41#

Need for the finish to harden before stringing them so here's
the strung profile on another bow off the same form.

Dmaxshawn · January 18, 2012, 10:25:00 PM

Beautiful bows as usual. And yes I have seen that on a few of mine. It showed up after I used CA glue to seal the woods and got a little on the glass. So I had to go back and resand and refinish the area.

That lacewood and phenolic "bear run" was a beautiful bow from a couple years back.

Shawn

rmorris · January 18, 2012, 10:28:00 PM

Great looking bows!

caleb0100 · January 18, 2012, 10:33:00 PM

Yeah, that looks awful. You'd better send over to me and I'll dispose of it for you. I'll even waive the standard fee.

Glunt · January 19, 2012, 02:08:00 AM

Very nice!

Buemaker · January 19, 2012, 05:05:00 AM

Looooking Gooood. Bue--.

H8nonCubs · January 19, 2012, 07:57:00 AM

Nice work

Jorgy · January 19, 2012, 10:28:00 AM

Very nice!!

Dan Landis · January 19, 2012, 12:50:00 PM

Pair of beautiful ladies, like the strung profile....Dan

PV · January 19, 2012, 03:17:00 PM

Thanks for the comments guys. I've always shot longer bows and still did after designing this one but I'm starting to like the way these little girls cast an arrow.

That "Bear Runner " was a pretty bow Shawn.Used lacewood as a lam rather than a veneer and it didn't hold up. Lesson learned.

bjansen · January 19, 2012, 05:49:00 PM

Nice job!

JJB · January 19, 2012, 06:42:00 PM

You have a couple of nice looking bows there. I like the strung profile, looks like a couple of good shooters.
-Jay

kennym · January 19, 2012, 09:08:00 PM

Nice job Paul!

I've been putting a specially tapered lam in some of my short d/r's. For lack of anything else, I call it a superlam. Has a builtin power lam and tip wedge, bends em more in midlimb and allows a longer draw without stack and less string pinch.

Only gains about 2-3 fps from what I can tell.

PV · January 19, 2012, 11:42:00 PM

These bows have pl's and tw's also Kenny.I've thought about making up a sled to make "superlams" and probably will if I ever get done tweaking.
That being said I do like the adjustablity of the three pieces. I sometimes slide the pieces to tiller the bow at glueup.
2-3fps is a good gain with our bows. Heck they are already quick enough.
The 58" you have on the other thread is looking good !!! With a FDC like that you may have it just about tweaked out.......

rmorris · January 20, 2012, 12:08:00 AM

Humm... on second look there is something terribly wrong with the black and cocobolo bow.... I think you may have cut the shelf on the wrong side...

PV · January 20, 2012, 08:29:00 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by rmorris:
Humm... on second look there is something terribly wrong with the black and cocobolo bow.... I think you may have cut the shelf on the wrong side...

I actually did rmorris !
That bow was for a friend of mine. I'm a southpaw and didn't notice it until after I'd strung it up and taken a few shots. Sometimes I'm not the brightest bulb in the pack.

SEMO_HUNTER · January 20, 2012, 01:19:00 PM

Those are sweet PV! I love bows under 60" much nicer to carry around in the woods hunting. I just aquired a Horne's Brush Bow 55# @28" 57" tip to tip when strung and I absolutely love it. Hits right where I'm looking, too bad I didn't get it till after bow season was over but wait till next year.