"Howard" the board

PEARL DRUMS · June 29, 2014, 08:56:00 AM

Havent posted here in a good while. Thought this one was a good fit. Its ipe backed with hickory. The entire bow was glued together with TB3, it is spliced from a 1 x 6 x 40 board.

69" ntn
1" fades tapering to 3/8" tips
4" handle
4" fades
58 @ 28
Elk hide grip and strike plate
String is a 10 strand D97

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BMN · June 29, 2014, 09:09:00 AM

Very nice.

Mad Max · June 29, 2014, 09:12:00 AM

Nice one pearl

cunruhshoot · June 29, 2014, 10:32:00 AM

Very nice!

mwosborn · June 29, 2014, 11:23:00 AM

Looks just as nice here as it did on PA!

takefive · June 29, 2014, 02:12:00 PM

X 2 what Mitch said. Beautiful bow, PD.
Please don't be shy about posting your next one, too.

wood carver 2 · June 29, 2014, 03:32:00 PM

Good looking bow. It's nice to see you back.
Dave.

4est trekker · June 29, 2014, 03:49:00 PM

Great looking bow, Pearl! Nice to see you back again and with as fine a bow as ever to boot! Thanks for sharing.

Roy from Pa · June 29, 2014, 05:08:00 PM

Very nice, Chris..

PEARL DRUMS · June 29, 2014, 06:45:00 PM

Thanks guys. I had a good time building this one. Its nice to play with square/straight stuff once in a while.

bjansen · June 29, 2014, 07:25:00 PM

Great job!

jsweka · June 29, 2014, 07:57:00 PM

Chris - I love it. That's my kind of bow.

chackworth3 · June 29, 2014, 09:31:00 PM

That's a good looking bow! Nice work!

Ricker · June 30, 2014, 08:06:00 AM

Awesome job. Great looking profile at full draw.

canopyboy · June 30, 2014, 09:20:00 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by jsweka:
Chris - I love it. That's my kind of bow.

x2!

jhk1 · June 30, 2014, 01:25:00 PM

Chris,

Beautiful bow-- elegant simplicity at it's best.

How did you prep the IPE & hickory for the TB3 glue-up? I want to build one just like this (but around 50-52# @ 28"). I've got some nice IPE and a couple of hickory backings in the basement just calling my name.

I also want to make a couple of lightweight (28-30# @ 28", probably 66" nock-to-nock) ones like this for my daughters. Would a 1/16" hickory backing be enough? Reason I'm specifying 1/16" is I've got a thin slice left over from sawing some backings out of a hickory board. I could make a backing out of it that would be maybe 3/32 in the middle and 1/16" out past mid-limb to the tips.

Jim

MoeM · June 30, 2014, 01:45:00 PM

And 3... great one!

bigbob2 · June 30, 2014, 06:54:00 PM

what an elegant bow!Really like it!

PEARL DRUMS · June 30, 2014, 07:42:00 PM

Thanks again for the words everybody. I really appreciate it.

Jim I sanded the mating surfaces with 120 grit on a block to keep it flat and consistent. No de-greasing. I've never done that to any bow actually. In my opinion 1/16" is too thin for a backer.

George Tsoukalas · July 02, 2014, 12:58:00 PM

Very nicely done. Jawge