2015 Annual Bowswap Progress Thread

Trux Turning · June 21, 2015, 08:58:00 AM

Wow!! I agree Bob!

jsweka · June 21, 2015, 09:03:00 AM

Pathfinder - That bows is truly stunning!

wood carver 2 · June 21, 2015, 10:01:00 AM

Some awesome bows being built!
My swap bow needs some more finishing then I should be ready to ship later this week.
Happy Fathers Day to you Dads out there!
Dave.

Wagstaff · June 22, 2015, 12:17:00 AM

Thanks Very Much for the comment Jsweka..

Its been great fun doing this. My son Connor is really the one putting the energy into the bow build.. I like to say I'm doing the Strategic Thinking for the team...! hahahaha

SportHunter · June 23, 2015, 12:43:00 AM

Limbs toasted and backed with rawhide.

canopyboy · June 23, 2015, 10:15:00 AM

One of these is for my swap recipient.

I plan to spray the four on the right this week and should be ready to ship next week.

SportHunter · June 23, 2015, 11:10:00 AM

Toasting setup

Before and after toasting with heat gun for 70 min per limb, then finished with torch.

Backed with deer rawhide

Kiwi craig · June 23, 2015, 09:14:00 PM

Hi guys
Got home from work tonight and there is a long package waiting on the back steps. A big thank you to Al Dean for a great looking hill style bow. Will have to wait till the weekend to shoot it is winter over here and to dark when I get home from work. Again a big thanks to Al Dean
Cheers Craig

talkingcabbage · June 23, 2015, 10:15:00 PM

Got two coats of gloss on the trade bow. Kinda got distracted today with the bandsaw, so that's all I've got for now. Have you ever had to perform open heart surgery on a 60 year old bandsaw? Me either, until today. Thankfully, the patient seems to be recovering well. I wish I wasn't too cheap to just buy a new one.

Al Dean · June 24, 2015, 07:48:00 AM

Craig, Sorry to say your bow is not from me. Don't know who deserves the credit for your nice bow.

BLOB · June 24, 2015, 07:05:00 PM

My swap bow will be shipped tomorrow. It is going south and west from my current location...haha That doesn't take much when you live in Maine!

52# @ xx"
66" ttt

Bamboo backed Osage
Kingwood powerlam and riser

I'm making the permanent string tonight.

rmorris · June 24, 2015, 09:40:00 PM

Nice, I am south west of you!

LittleBen · June 25, 2015, 11:33:00 AM

Well, I just came to the realization yesterday that I had improperly scaled the weight of my swap bow and it is 8# under requested weight, not 3 or 5 as I had thought.
Still holds 1" of reflex when rested and a hair under 1/2" reflex just unstrung, shoots well, hand shock isn't too bad. It's just under weight by a good margin.
It's currently 65" (string is 62"), so I'm considering piking the bow by 2"+ to try to get the weight up, not sure what else to do. I think am added belly lam will need to be too thin. The bow has been drawn to 2" past the intended draw, so I think it will be fine piked.
I may just need to start another .... I don't know.
Any other thoughts?

talkingcabbage · June 25, 2015, 11:25:00 PM

If it's for me, I'm fine with lower weight.

If you're happy with it, finish her up. If you're wanting to make yourself aim higher and make up the weight, then knock a little off the tips. I'm sure most guys on here are not as concerned with draw weight as they are with just getting a cool new bow!

bigbob2 · June 26, 2015, 01:18:00 AM

Finally got a new order of glass so just have to catch up a little with orders but my trade bow will be happening starting next week!

LittleBen · June 26, 2015, 07:25:00 AM

Blob, very nice work!. I like the stringing grooves. Always wanted to try that on one, never have gotten to it.

BLOB · June 26, 2015, 08:35:00 AM

Thanks Ben. I typically string my bows with the push/pull method, but always include stringing grooves for ease of use.

Everyone keep a lookout...UPS tracking says it will arrive Wednesday July 1st.

Dan76 · June 26, 2015, 08:49:00 AM

As a newbie to this swap bow thing I'm supposed to be shipped by the end of this month but I had similar problems to Bigbob2 with glass and such. But all going well I should be able to ship next week only a few days late, sorry #$%#$% but it is coming and as I only had 1 set of glass that is usable whatever weight it is, is what it will be as I can't make new limbs. No matter the weight it will look great and I hope you will like it.

Crittergetter · June 26, 2015, 09:53:00 AM

Hey Kelly, I sent you a PM

Wagstaff · June 26, 2015, 02:38:00 PM

We had to shoot our Swap bow a little before we send it off. This thing rocks.. I know our excipient is going to love this longbow.. We made up a correctly spined WOOD arrow for it, and put it through the chronograph.
Drawn to 28" @ 9.5gpp, we get a consistent 192 fps + finger released.! Maybe that's not the whole story on bow performance, but it confirms our impression.

For a beginner bowyer, that gives us pride and confidence in our design..!

Who Wants it ?!?
I do! We start building another, immediately!