Cocobolo Bow - Finished !!!

[coaster500]

That's a tough break Ralph...  hope you find a motor

Just a guess Ralph but Cocobolo is pretty oily, right? Does the oil work its way to the surface after it's cut and sits a bit?

Just a guess  

[4runr]

Sorry I'm so slow to answer. Coaster has it exactly. The same reason you don't want to clean it with Acetone, it brings the oil to the surface.

Roman said he has, on occasion, ground the lams late afternoon and glued-up the next morning, but wouldn't wait any longer than that.

Not just Coco, also Osage, and Cedar. Cedar being the worst.

[Roy from Pa]

Ralph you definitely need a new table saw. You can not build bows without one..

[rmorris]

You got to watch what you say Roy, once in a while my wife will actually read what I write here and if she reads that I am a dead man.  

[rmorris]

Kenny, thanks for the heads up... They are ground to  .040 now, I guess I could grind them down to .025 just before glue up.

[Roy from Pa]

All fixed Ralph:)

[rmorris]

Well with a little help from Roy motivating my wife to let me get that saw up and running again here is where I am at...







This is my first bow where I have made the veneers   and I am very impressed so far. I also changed my wedge from a triangle to the wedge that starts out like a triangle and end up being parallel the last 5", creating a lower limb profile. Next I changed the shape of the riser a bit on this bow by decreasing the limb angle by a few degrees.I then added an 8" wedge of fiberglass starting at the tips. I am not typically one to change this much on one bow but hopefully once I get the tips glued on and start shooing it, all will be good.

[gorillabows]

Beautiful bow

[beetlebailey1977]

Straight looks nice.

[Sharp Shooter]

Ralph, that's looking great, can't wait to see the finished product. Tony

[rmorris]

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The bow is 47# @ 28" and I was shooting on average 185 fps with 475 grain Beman MFX arrows( My super lite 360 grain gold tips were whizzing at 210 fps but them are a little lite for me) . The back of the white tape is 28" so you can see I was a little over 28" resulting in the faster speed... This is the only one I could get my wife to do for me ... I would not say this is a 200 fps bow, but I do like the video...

[bigbob2]

Love it ! Very classy.

[razorback]

Looks absolutely awesome but 2 things

Where the photo of the limbs with the veneer showing. That started this thread  and I want to see a good finished shot.    

Also, did you have to shoot the dog    

[rmorris]

I will get you a money shot of the veneer as soon as I find my camera, I phones take good pictures but it just can't capture the detail ... BY THE WAY(Roy) all full draw images are copyrighted and cannot be used without expressed written consent by ME!    

[Roy from Pa]

I guess it's ok...        

And yer pink skirt is so sexy:) LMAO

 

[Hermann From Bavaria]

Hey Morris,

This bow looks awesome! you did a great job!

Greets
Herm

[rmorris]

Here are some better pictures from a real camera... Sorry about the pink dress, but a mans got to do what a mans got to do...

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