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Crooked Stic · October 01, 2018, 07:27:56 AM

Kenny OD green------ To be honest I was having a heck of a time getting a glue line I liked around that serious hump. When the hump is up the hose will do the work there.

kennym · October 01, 2018, 07:30:12 AM

Ahh thanks

Crooked Stic · October 01, 2018, 07:39:50 AM

Annnnd retired guys need something to do

Forwardhandle · October 01, 2018, 10:03:36 AM

Mike what stack order did you use I put 2 parallels & glass under the riser then superlam up the ramps followed by another parallel & glass and had no issue for a tight fit ?

Crooked Stic · October 01, 2018, 12:37:20 PM

The last one from belly up
glass
veneer
superlam
stable core
riser
parallel
veneer
glass

Forwardhandle · October 01, 2018, 12:45:19 PM

Good deal I got stable core for this 62 in. I have never used it but I thought it needed to be directly under the glass but it sounds like you can put it any where in the stack ?

Crooked Stic · October 01, 2018, 04:44:14 PM

I have done a couple with it under clear glass. looks kinda like carbon.

Forwardhandle · October 01, 2018, 04:52:56 PM

I got a chance to do a little more research found it was fairly popular to put it up the ramps like you did , but was said it's a neutral core material that can be used where you want, I'm doing it like yours, I'm curious what width you left that bow ? I'm planing to narrow this 62 in. up as much as I can , I would bet that light weight of yours is a light rocket wish you had a chrono, I would let you use mine but your about 300 miles from here...lol

Crooked Stic · October 01, 2018, 07:52:12 PM

They most times clean up at 1 7/16s. I have went to 1 3/8s before and the weight did not suffer.

jdeitz10 · October 01, 2018, 10:37:11 PM

Here is another FH Kenny bow! Just got her finished up this weekend and up in a whitetail stand already, shoots great and is fun to shoot!
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jdeitz10 · October 01, 2018, 10:54:54 PM

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Forwardhandle · October 02, 2018, 04:17:31 AM

Looks great Mike whats the specs on that one trying to keep up to speed as fast as your cranking them out

Crooked Stic · October 02, 2018, 07:00:21 AM

Good looking bow Jacob. What wood is that slab?

jdeitz10 · October 02, 2018, 08:38:13 AM

Thanks! The slab is cherry from my family orchard. I've started chainsaw milling some, it is what the veneers are on this bow!

Roy from Pa · October 02, 2018, 02:45:36 PM

Very nice, Jake..

Crooked Stic · October 02, 2018, 02:56:13 PM

Yeah I though it was cherry.
I had a bit of a set back this morning. I got this next bow ready to string up to check the weight and crack. Had another recently to do the same but I blamed it on the blue form thinking I did not have the riser a perfect enough fit. The light weight was walnut and cherry but different walnut for veneers. Both the bad ones have the same veneers and failed the same way. Looks like the walnut did not hold well. Posted this on FB Bowyers corner and find that a few people have had problems with walnut to glass bonding. Dont think its a moisture problem as I have had that piece for years on the top shelf. Funny thing is I had the tillering blocks on this one checking for the strong limb and nothing cracked then.

Roy from Pa · October 02, 2018, 03:01:01 PM

Damn, Mike.

That sucks...

jdeitz10 · October 02, 2018, 03:14:58 PM

Dang it, that is so frustrating.

Forwardhandle · October 02, 2018, 03:57:05 PM

Wow sorry to here Mike !

kennym · October 02, 2018, 04:37:56 PM

Dang it!! I've used walnut quite a bit for cores and next to glass too, but haven't had any probs with it.

Had a red elm blow up but I was using the thinner glue that Binghams used to (maybe still do) sell and they told me the red elm was thirsty and prob had a dry spot. It did have one about dime size so the bow never went anywhere and never even loaned it out. When it went off it was fairly spectacular.... Used EA 40 ever since...