one piece static tip build a long - full draw! finished! tested!

[fujimo]

busy with overlays right now- am at home sick with the flu- but just cant seem to stay out the shop!   :D

[fujimo]

yea i guess most folk who can draw #70- prolly dont need chrono's  

[kennym]

Lookin great!

70# on that will need flame-retardant feathers tho.....  :D

[LittleBen]

Just awesome! That thing is reaaaaaaaly bending.

I agree on the chrono thing, at 70# and over 28" draw it definitely won't matter, it's just a matter of how far your arrows stick into the dirt past the deer.

[fujimo]

[beachbowhunter]

That is a crazy cool bow. Lots of work putting one of those together. Congrats man...on the bow and being able to draw that sucker!

[V I Archer]

Looks like it will smoke an arrow for sure!  Gonna blow through 5 of them Island deer all at once, eh?  Fill your bag limit with one arrow?

[fujimo]

   

[bigbob2]

You've done an excellent job there Wayne.

[fujimo]

Norbert, i barely got it to full draw- wont be able to shoot it though- i do worry about the riser for #70- wasnt planning on #70. i might have put glass in the i beam if i was.
thanks Bob, after seeing all you guys's bows- i do appreciate the feedback- just finishing her up- done the riser, nocks and underlay- just doing the riser overlay- then seal and finish.
my good friend Dan Banting is loaning me a chronograph- so i will get some specs up the second it gets here- which should be about 2 to 3 weeks- with our mail on island here!

edit: what i really like about this bow- is that it weighs just under 15 oz- no string or finish yet - but its absolutely featherlight- i really like that.
i think i might build a #25 kids bow for my daughter off the form  some day soon!

[Daniel G. Banting]

Lady at the post office said 6 to 8 business days.

dgb

[fujimo]

ok mate- ill start the clock   :D  
a lot of the post people in the outside world, dont realize that we only get post twice a week here, and if the weather is bad- the ferry doesnt run- we can go without post and provisions for quite  a while at times- which suites me- normally- but right now i am hoping she is correct    
thanks heaps Dan    
will look after it- till you come and fetch it   :D

[fujimo]

so its all finished up- just waiting for Dans chrono to arrive- then i will test it

 

i have learnt a lot from making this bow- which included a lot of very kind help from mark daniel.
1.the tip inserts were a challenge- but the fitting came out great in the end.
2.i really REALLY like "black limba" wood now- thanks wood carver- and i used the plainest pieces for this bow- as it was an experiment- but it is still beautiful wood- nice natural camo!
3.i might have used thinner phenolic in the nocks- might have been more refined
4. could also have used thinner phenolic in the static tip underlays- for weight reasons- but the heavier phenolic really allowed me to get a nice substantial belly string groove- which really helps with the string alignment at rest.
5. i dont like phenolic in the riser overlays- should have used wood, and two layers of it- not just the plain black phenolic


phenolic underlays
 


 


like i said, i really like black limba now- it looks kinda boring , until you glass it
 

[fujimo]

the nocks, black and tan phenolic with sitka blacktail deer antler
 


the single riser overlay??!!            
   


the black limba riser with the maple and ipe I beam
   

thanks guys for the patience- and will post as soon as i have chrono results.

[JJB]

That is one cool bow, awesome!
-Jay

[wood carver 2]

That really came out nice! If that's the plain limba, I can't wait to see what the nice stuff is like.      
Dave.

[mwosborn]

Turned out great - nice work.

[takefive]

Fantastic bow, Wayne!  That's some pretty wood and you did a beautiful job with it.
Put me down for one in the 40-45# range, please.  

[LittleBen]

That really came out nice!

I like how the phenolic came out in the underlays. The layered effect looks sweet.

Overall great work

[Buemaker]

Looking good.       Bue--.