Finished up my 3pc BBO longbow

Buck Buckley · February 19, 2012, 09:04:00 PM

Got it finished, Came out pretty well and shoots good. It's 67 ntn 50 Lbs at 28". The riser is Pau Fero.The limbs are made of Jatoba with an Osage belly and Bamboo backed. The next one is gong to be 64 " and have a different style of riser,

kennym · February 19, 2012, 09:18:00 PM

Nice one Buck, hows it shoot for you with the riser set back?

rmorris · February 19, 2012, 09:25:00 PM

Good looking bow!

Dmaxshawn · February 19, 2012, 09:28:00 PM

That is one heck of a dang nice looking bow. Man I have to make one of those.

What the Expert Kennym said hows it shoot with the riser setback?

shawn

JJB · February 19, 2012, 09:46:00 PM

Nice work! Looks like it would be very pleasant to shoot.
-Jay

wood carver 2 · February 19, 2012, 09:49:00 PM

Nice bow Buck! It was your tri lam build-a-long that helped me get started building bows a year ago. Would you mind if I ask how thick the lams are? I tried to build a couple of bamboo backed bows with jatoba cores, but I couldn't get it right.
I was trying for pretty much the same weight and draw length as yours.
Thanks.

Dave.

Buck Buckley · February 19, 2012, 09:51:00 PM

It's shoots really well and quite smooth ,but it has a bit of weight to it, my next one the riser going to be quite a bit different and have a slimmer profile to it

kennym · February 19, 2012, 09:55:00 PM

After looking again, it wasn't quite what I was thinkin.

I built one with a lot of preload and it was kinda hard to shoot.

The limb tips on yours aren't too far ahead of the riser, mine was about 4"

You had to be up on your game to shoot it! LOL

Buck Buckley · February 19, 2012, 10:00:00 PM

Dave make your Jatoba .300 thick then taper it to about .120 at the tips . Then the Osage on the belly is .120 thick. We use them measurement on all the bows we make .

KellyG · February 19, 2012, 10:05:00 PM

Look great

BigErn · February 19, 2012, 10:29:00 PM

Looks good!

B M A · February 19, 2012, 11:25:00 PM

Very Nice. I have been wanting to build one of these myself. Now I will have to.. Thanks for sharing.
One of these days we will have to meet. I am not to far from you, I am in Bolingbrook.
brock

wood carver 2 · February 20, 2012, 09:42:00 AM

Thanks Buck. I have everything I need except the osage, but I saw some at the local wood supplier last time I was there. I will hopefully start one later in March.
Dave.

tenbrook · February 20, 2012, 09:46:00 AM

VERY nice!

coaster500 · February 20, 2012, 10:08:00 AM

Very nice bow!!

red hill · February 20, 2012, 10:43:00 AM

Very nice! Color combonations are sweet.

peter61 · February 21, 2012, 03:11:00 PM

Hello Buck!
Great bow, can you give us some specification about your bow?

Greetings Peter