2017 Bow Swap

KellyG · March 29, 2017, 04:20:00 PM

Well if they aint breakin you aint makin.

Mad Max · March 29, 2017, 04:39:00 PM

I put some finish on my riser to find scratches.
I have a little tiller left to do.

passion for knowledge · March 29, 2017, 11:38:00 PM

I do most of my work at a local community centre wood shop.

When I'm tillering I always work as far away from everyone else as possible, for obvious reasons.

When this one cracked there were plenty of witnesses. One guy commented on how calm I was about it. That was number twelve. I have seven shooters, so I've had practice!

Krasus · March 31, 2017, 10:54:00 AM

Ready for finish.

Little helper..

Dan Landis · March 31, 2017, 12:39:00 PM

Looking good Cody, Your helper looks like he is really getting into it.

Dan Landis · April 04, 2017, 09:52:00 PM

Got my 2 pc sleeve system made and fitted to the old upper limb and the new bottom limb. Have it tillered to 24" so far. I hope to make some progress tomorrow, got a few more inches to get to final draw length and hit my recipient's weight.

Mad Max · April 04, 2017, 11:05:00 PM

get er done

Mo_coon-catcher · April 05, 2017, 10:19:00 AM

I'm finally free to walk and work again. So once all this rain around here slows down u can get back to it again. I have some alignment and heat treating to do before my stave is ready to start bending. There is about 3/4" of side bend over the length of the stave. Over the last couple months of aging and drying. The persimmon has darkened up a bit and gained some pigment lines under the grease I used to seal the back. Where it looks like the grease was uneven and left waves of the pigment.

Kyle

KellyG · April 06, 2017, 08:44:00 AM

Glad to hear it Kyle

Swissbow · April 07, 2017, 10:49:00 AM

Finally I got the stuff together and can start with my bow for the swap.
Riser: Zircote
Lams: Actionboo core with Zircote/Olive veneers.

Riser and lams are ready to glue. Hopefully I can put it together this weekend.
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Andy

Dan Landis · April 07, 2017, 01:43:00 PM

That's going to make a nice looking bow Andy.

Mad Max · April 07, 2017, 09:24:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Dan Landis:
That's going to make a nice looking bow Andy.

X2

KellyG · April 11, 2017, 10:07:00 AM

good looking stuff being laid out.

Swissbow · April 11, 2017, 03:43:00 PM

Ready for glue up...

...and it's done.

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Andy

inksoup · April 11, 2017, 04:30:00 PM

i always admire your work swissbow... sure this is going to be a shooter...

best.

Trux Turning · April 11, 2017, 06:28:00 PM

Cool bow Andy- someone is going to get shooter!

Mo_coon-catcher · April 11, 2017, 06:30:00 PM

I'm loving the looks of everything!
I got mine from floor tillered to a 20" full brace draw before I decided i needed to correct some side bend with heat before moving on. I'm going to take it about 3" shy of full drae, then I'll sand it clean and shoot it in. It should get me dead on weight at length. I heard persimmon takes more set than you'd expect, I'm glad I left the stave extra long. It's 75" nock to nock and was taking about 1/2-5/8" temporary set after pulling to 20" on the tree. and is probably holding 1/4" set at the moment. I'm expecting to see about 1- 1.5" of set once it's shooting.
What's the best way to post pictures from a phone on here? I can start snapping some pictures as to coming around.

Kyle

Mad Max · April 11, 2017, 08:56:00 PM

Looking good swissbow

Mine is ready to spray epoxy

Swissbow · April 12, 2017, 02:35:00 AM

A little teaser on the olive veneer...

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Andy

breazyears · April 12, 2017, 11:09:00 AM

looking good fellas.
im going to apologize in advance to my guy... the glass is streaky. I really hate pulling back the tape and seeing that. I wish I had the time and funds to start again. On the bright side it did come in at weight, and its a very nice looking bow that shoots fast and quiet.
ill be shipping it out soon.