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nickf

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making bamboo backed bamboo bow, builld along
« on: May 30, 2009, 02:56:57 pm »
I got some great news, there's another beautyfull boo pole coming in! well, I wouldn't want to wast this premium quality for my first attempt at a BBB, so I decided to start right away with the less-perfect stuff I got.

A BBB is a pretty rare composite, though very attractive, and definately worth a try. So, why not make one?

I had this old Maple bow. 62" tall, overwide, tillered for 42#@26", but being drawn to over 29" already. It's a pretty much abused bow, but it would give me a nice and quick core. So, here's what I started with. The maple bow, a longer boo slat, and a pair of shorter slats (initially ment as belly and backing of a scaled down BBB). The bow already lost it’s handle wrap, so that’s why it’s a little lighter there.





Old bow braced



Old bow drawn





…okay, It’s a long time ago that I made it, … more than three years ago, I was almost 13. Now, it’s time to get rid of it! This is how it looked after a bit of work (softening the fades, narrowing the whole bow)



Backing finished (so far)




I put them together for a dryrun:



And now, glued together.







Belly slats after first tempering, not much colour yet:



hope you enjoyed this, I'll keep ya'll updated!!

Nick
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Offline Pat B

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Re: making bamboo backed bamboo bow, builld along
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2009, 03:31:01 pm »
This is interesting. Looking forward to the completed bow and your thoughts on the process and the way it turned out.
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nickf

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Re: making bamboo backed bamboo bow, builld along
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2009, 04:33:01 pm »
just got it off the 'form' and did some work on it. This is how it looked before some (neccesary!!) sanding





after...






well, I decided to string it. Wasn't too hard, but I was pretty much shocked by the result. In a bad way!



after some more work, unstrung and strung:





after a bit of work:




okay, that's it for the tillering.

the belly slats showed some difficluties. They didn't really want to bend around the fades, over the grip, and the belly became concave. I didn't want to loose too much weight, or get troubles when glueing, so I grabbed another ful length slat, and tempered it while it was clamped on the bow Not fully tempered yet, though.

the 'setup'



a little closer vieuws:





to be continued....



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