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Curly BBO build along
bobnewboy:
Tick tock, tick tock. A couple of days later, I retrieve the bow from the shed. I peeled off the masking tape and cling film wraps, and the set to with my favourite scraper, a sami knife. Everything is looking OK, so I begin to taper the limb tips, but only down to around 1" wide at each end. Hopefully tip aligment will not be too much of a problem during tillering.....
A bit of flexing, or attempts to flex the bow show that it has gained a lot of draw weight. I think I will need to do some more floor tillering before any long string work. There's still plenty to do before that.
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bobnewboy:
The next job is to cut out and fit a thickening piece in the handle and flare area. I made this out of osage too. Getting a good fit takes some time, because the handle area is now curved due to the introduction of the deflex in the bow. I thin the ends of the thickening piece in the area of the flares / fades to an edge, since it is far easier to do before fitting. These edges will be blended into the belly piece during tillering, otherwise the thickening piece is likely to pop off later. Good thing the bow is now very strong ;)
The last job for now is to glue the thickening piece into the curved handle area, using the same glue type and process described earlier.
That's all for now! I hope to have another look at the bow during the weekend.
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hedgeapple:
wow! I can't wait to se how this bow turns out.
backgardenbowyer:
Nice one Bob! Looking forward to seeing this bow shoot. Don't tell me you are going to place it in Primitive Class though - something this sophisticated has to go with the other curly bows in Hunting Tackle class!
I've just glued up some ipe and hickorybut I'm not quite sure what style it will end up in.
Keep us posted!
Stan
radius:
excuse me,
when you heated in the deflex at the handle, do you mean you just propped it on that block, clamped down the ends (creating the deflex) and then just heated it and it held that shape?
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