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backgardenbowyer:
Bob,
That is looking absolutley lovely - I really hope this all holds up and works out it's going to be such a wonderful bow. Thanks for sharing this innovative build with us.
Had a bit of a disaster yesterday myself - the ipe and hickory I'd laminated and almost completely tiller delaminated completely - the backing broke in the process but the ipe belly wood is unscathed and I've backed it again with bamboo today. There were a number of contributing actors bue mainly I'd prepared the ipe glue surface with a finishing sander that someone gave me - it doesn't work! merely polishes the wood. Can't beat a good oldfashioned scarper and hand held sanding block for getting a good surface. Hope your osage glue line sticks, I hear osage can be an oily beggar to glue too.
Stan
JustAim:
Looking Good Bob! That bow is coming along real nice! Awesome Job.
bobnewboy:
Hi Guys,
Thanks for the comments.
Today I got a little time to get some more work done on the bow. I cant remember who on here coined the phrase, but it is so true - a little osage makes for a lotta bow. I have been scraping like its going out of fashion! :o It is obvious how much has been removed from the limbs when you see the handle area picture below.
Anyway, after what has seemed like a lifetime of scraping, the bow is now up to the full drawlength and just a little over weight - currently 56lb @ 28". Final sanding and shooting in should ensure that it drops to the 50lb @28" I was looking for. Physically, the bow is much lighter in the hand, and I havent narrowed the handle area nor the limb tips yet. The tips are still wide and quite thick when compared to the rest of the limbs, and so I feel that I should be able trim them down a bit narrower, which should help keep any hand shock down and tip speed up.
The glue line between the main belly piece and the handle thickening piece is a little disappointing, but hey, I need the practice. Purple glue on yellow osage is kinda obvious, but this contrast should reduce in time as the osage darkens. Also of course a handle wrap will help disguise that line...... :-[
I forgot to mention before, but this is the shortest bow I've made so far - 63" from limb tip to limb tip when unstrung. And boy is it ever bending at 28" draw. :o
Pics to follow below...
bobnewboy:
One of the limb tips at tillering - no overlay as yet. I'll maybe use a creamy coloured horn slice...Note the grain orientation, and the tiny knot cut through here at this end.
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bobnewboy:
Side profile of the bow now
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