No turning back now

[goobersan]

 

[Swissbow]

Nice one !

[BO-R]

Thanks for the detail!

[Crooked Stic]

Ok I got the grip going my way as far as shape goes. I did floor exercise it some. not seeing any separation yet. So a tight fit. I will go ahead and profile it tomorrow and get a string on it and see. Always got the dead blow handy. 
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[Forwardhandle]

Looks good !

[Fishinglink]

I like it. Some day I wanna try that but the details you've given make it far less scary to attempt. Thanks for the write up Mike.

Cody


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[Roy from Pa]

 

[BMorv]

Looks great Mike. 
So you after you wrapped it in the last picture, you just sanded the riser and glass wrap to blend together?  No additional steps?

All of these details are hard to visualize until you see it done. Thanks again for posting this. 

[Crooked Stic]

Yeah I put enough wrap on it to be safe then grind the excess off. You can see where I got into the carbon some There is two layers of glass before the carbon plus right there it kinda balled up and is thicker. I forgot to take pics putting it on the jig. Once apart you can see where you can take more glass off if need be. So I strung it this morning and pulled it a couple of times with no movement. Sooooo one whomp on all sides with MR. dead blow  and it came right apart.
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[Flem]

Nice, it looks seamless.

[Crooked Stic]

I was shooting for 45 ibs. and it scaled 45.17. Figure it loose a couple of lbs. in finish sanding. I put the shelf 1 in. higher than normal to get room for the tenon. So 2 in. above center. Right now tillered even and super quite. seems to be pointing good also. I know I have another Hyper Stic reg handle with the shelf about the same and shoot it better than any bow I got.. 

[skeaterbait]

That looks great Mike and it's just my size. 

[Roy from Pa]

Ya done real good, Mike..

[Forwardhandle]

Looking great & hit your weight to 

[Bvas]

Nice work Mike.

I was wondering why the shelf looked so steep.

[goobersan]

 

[wood carver 2]

You make it look easy! I fought with mine before it gave in and let go. 
Dave.

[Crooked Stic]

Hey Dav this is maybe # 8 for me. One broke when I put too much side pressure on it trying to get it apart. Most are harder than this one. The last two have come apart pretty good maybe I am getting the knack. 

[Crooked Stic]

Nuff said. 
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[BigJim]

When doing a 2 piece, I leave the high side of the tenon 2"s and the low side 3/4".. or close. The 2" because that is the width of my knife grinder and it makes it easier. It can be many widths I suppose. The total width of the relived area on my bows range a bit from one model to another simply because it works in my favor to run the upper part of the socket to about the center of the throat.
The minimum is about 3"s of total relived area.

Not to draw light away from Crooked sticks build along, but just thought I might throw some helpful tips in there for anybody interested. It looks to me like he is doing a good job.

I also quit using the tooth picks several years ago.. not necessary.
After relieving the sides, I cut mine in two, install the end caps and then rough shape the top and bottom individually. I then use a block of micarta wider than the lower tenon and attach adhesive backed 120 grit to the block.

Carefully working my way all the way around, I sand the sides evenly so as to remove any dishing. I prefer my sides to be slightly tapered, but from front to back, my tenons are with in .001 of parallel. Not real difficult, just takes patience. The tapered sides will make disassembly much easier.

Keep up the good work CS.
BigJim