My first bow form (all done)

[bsv]

First of all I want to thank every-one for all the info available here,All the patience, and answering pm's with no reserve what-so ever.I will be building a Hill style straight limbed bow for my first,(I'm sure it will take some set)I have glued together some furniture grade birch plywood and covered it with Formica to make it 1 1/2" thick, I used titebond II for the wood and laminate and will leave it in the vac.bag over-nite.
         

[Mike Most]

Looks good, quite the shop to work in also..

[canopyboy]

Originally posted by Mike Most:
..quite the shop to work in also..

Definitely!  That's a bit unfair...

[bsv]

Thanks guy's,It's my place of employment(27yrs)the owner and friend sometimes lets me do personal stuff there.I'm hoping he'll let me do the whole build there     :pray:couple pic's of the shop
   

[Blaino]

I  got an itch to build a Hill bow and it'll be my first build so I'll be watching this!

[bowhntineverythingnh03743]

Ok that's really not fair... that is not a shop lol. Looks great so far! I build straight limb Hill bows and haven't had them take to much set. You'll be fine.

[Robertfishes]

I like to screw my pieces together with a bunch of  1 1/4 inch drywall screws along with the tite bond glue.

[monterey]

Robert, I do the same.  In fact, I have no way of claming or bagging so I lay up on a flat surface and use the screws to clamp it.  Usually use way more than needed, but they can alwasy be removed!

[bsv]

I did some work on my form today

out of the bag and routed off the Formica,and trimed all four edges
make sure your blade is square

first edges then feather boards to keep your pcs,tight to the fence
then the ends,I wasn't sure on a lenght cus I don't have a fir-hose clamp yet.So I went 74 inches.where can I get a hose?

[Roy from Pa]

Awesome wood shop...

[Mike Most]

One place for the fire hose you want is  WWW.binghamprojects.com  they also have the hose plugs you will need. There may be others also, as the guys chime in.  Looking good.

[bsv]

Thanks guys,next I put a strip of Formica on the edge of the form,again I used tite-bond instead of contact,contact will let go in a hot box I think

I masked it off to help with clean-up

I stuck the lam.strip down to mdf strip so it wouldn"t move then back in the bag to dry

[Trux Turning]

Very nice! That's quite a shop to do g-jobs in.

[bsv]

Okay I finally got a few minutes to post a little more,while the glue was drying I made a router template for the riser cutout using a Tim Meigs bow for a guide

looks like I spelled template wrong
ruffed it out with the jig saw,then the pattern bit in the router

then made-up some spacer blocks and locking straps

[bsv]

and she's finished up,this is my first try at bow building,the rest will have to wait a-wile,collage tuition for my son and wife comes first,I will be contacting a lamination supplier soon but first I have to read my new book,Traditional Bowyer,More Unnecessary fun,thanks for looking and please comment,I know there is room for improvement.
Burt

[bigbob2]

looks very neat and well made to me!

[bigbob2]

re the contact, I havent had mine let go as yet, but maybe I've been lucky.

[Robertfishes]

I use 3M "High Stregnth 90" high temp contact glue to glue down my reverse tapers and glass strip on my forms.. its not cheap but it has worked nicely on 3 forms so far.

[soy]

[bowhntineverythingnh03743]

Great looking form... Makes me really jealous of the lil garage shop I have at my place! Keep up the great work!