A failures build along

[Roy from Pa]

I guess it's Ok.  

[Razorbak]

might be better if it was yellow gold huh OLD MAN  

[Razorbak]

forgot to mention I use a file and scraper and some sandpaper to get close to lines..stayed away from handle section...starting to look like ...well a bow blank now..who would've thunk it..LOL

[D]

Hey man that looks pretty good.  I bet it will be just fine.  That garden is coming along too I see.  I look forward to seeing her take shape.

[Razorbak]

David..yep its coming thanks to you and that ol guy from the Amish Country...hope he knows as much time as he spends here, he's gonna get shunned from hanging and help us English  

[Roy from Pa]

What's this old man stuff?      

[Razorbak]

well Granpa you are pretty darn old aint cha but you have a mass wealth of knowledge to pass on to us young uns and for that many of us are thank ful...I cant wait to get back working on this wood...made a jig to do my nock location..I was going to file about 1/8" for temp nocks but should I wait to do that until after the horn is glued on?

[Roy from Pa]

Wait for the horn.... Supposed to be there today!
Tomorrow at the latest.

[Razorbak]

That's funny I was just thinking of the riser and horn. Look out my door and saw a nice looking box and saw it was from Roy   Thank you sir. I got it cut and profiled and now to fine fit before gluing up but I won't be able to do that until I get back home in a few hours.  Pics to follow.  Thank you Roy. The wood is nice but that horn is sweet. Already cut and ready to glue.  Thank  you thank you ( in my best Gomer Pyle voice)

[Roy from Pa]

Get er done, Art.  

[D]

Good luck with it Art.  We need more pics..lol

[Roy from Pa]

Tomorrow D, momma put her foot down again:) LOL

[Razorbak]

OK OK here it is, 10 minutes after it arrived, I layed it out to line up [/url] [/IMG]  [/url] [/IMG]
I cut it to shape    [/url] [/IMG]  [/url] [/IMG] I then use scraper and file and sandpaper to form fit as best as I can then I work on nock overlay prep
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I did both sides and then got it to shape and fine fit and then I did this
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[Razorbak]

then I went and glued both sides up  [/url] [/IMG]  [/url] [/IMG] then the final thing I did tonight was this [/url] [/IMG] ..I wont be able to touch it at all tomorrow so that's good, let it cure..I have to get my sons fitted for tux's so that should be fun but as Im out there Im gonna be thinking of the blank and thinking of blank after I unclamp it what should I do first and what do I need to look for? Remember Im clueless as heck as when it comes to this, in the back of my mind Im thinking its gonna fail and that's not a good feeling to have..I guess because I failed to many times and BTW
Granpa Roy...you have some really nice WOOD  

[D]

If momma keeps putting her foot down this bow is never going to get done..lol  As nice as Roy's "wood" as you put it is, that is a sentence you for sure could have left out. shew lol

It all is looking great so far ol buddy.  Those tips are going to be sweet when you get them all prettied up.  I don't do my risers like that so Mr Roy will have to help you with that part.  No worries on that though, trust me you would rather have his help anyway.  Get that negative thoughts out of you head Art.  Your bow will be just fine.  You will be shooting it before you know it.  Look forward to see how it comes along my friend.

[Roy from Pa]

Dammit Art, ya glued the riser and tips on backwards/upside down son! Hurry up and cut them back off...

LMAO...

Looks ok I guess:) I use nothing but rubber bands to hold down the horn tip over lays. Clamps always seem to want to slide off the end because of the angle and the slippery glue. And I love how ya cut up the yard stick for padding.. LMAO

Not looking to shabby Dude. ^5 Fuzzy Nu*'*  

[Razorbak]

yeah they do slide don't they...from now on its rubber bands, I did bike tires but I felt they weren't secure enough so I added the clamps, yep I bought some yard sticks and cut them up since they would conform to shape better and plus they right thickness and cheap, I actually had to go and check and see if I glued it backwards...thanks Roy, already getting into my head and BTW that's not hard to do I tell you  
David..heck man I need your help as well as Roy and who ever else can help this bow to well a bow stage....so what do I do next after I unclamp, what do I need to do next or what should I do, well I do know I need to have a beer right Roy, I start pretty early in the morning when I have time to work on the bow  

[Roy from Pa]

Do the facets like I explained in the pm.

[Razorbak]

Ah. Yes the facets. Ok will do that. Might get a few minutes today later on

[Roy from Pa]

I'll send ya pictures of how to do the riser cut, but looks like your other risers are ok. Just STAY AWAY from the limbs at the end of the riser when you start tillering, that's where you keep getting into trouble.