Main Discussion Area > Bows

Hickory Backed Cherry Longbow Follies; Episode 2

<< < (3/6) > >>

DanaM:
Mark is that BC unbacked?
Minuteman I'm getting close to doing a glue up BC with hickory backing also, but I only have 66" to work with it will most likely be 1.5" wide tapering to 1/2" nocks.
I'm not to sure how the hickory will do as it is plain sawn. I hope it goes well as I've broke the last to bows I attempted. Keep us posted ok.

DanaM

Minuteman:
DanaM, I've been waiting to do a hik backed bow for some time and was under the assumption that it was , well, bomb proof! I thought you had to be some kinda bowmakin' moron to break a hikree backed bow. I broke two before this one and both broke in the back! Both were caused by poor decisions I made. First backing had a little grain swirl in the tip of one limb, cracked there. Cut it down for a kids bow.Lesson learned ; use good hickory.
 The second I wasn't diligent enough in the prep work before I started bending it. I rasped the back down to meet the cherry width and some of the hik tore out . Just a little but it was too much to sand out and it had three little ragged bumps there in the side of the backing. Thats where the grim reaper got his fingernails and it tossed up a splinter first time on the long string.
 Lesson learned; get the back down close with a spoke shave then use a fine rasp or aggressive sand paper to dress the sides.
 Thanks for the pics, Marc.  ;D Is that  a hickory backed cherry bow or a selfbow? I can't make out a backing in the picture. Yeah this puppy is LIGHT! Feels more like an arrow than a bow. I'm wonderin' how the 2 1/8" of reflex will play out. Is it gonna make the limbs too thin for the cherry to stand?
 I'm prayin' it holds up.
 Chris

Marc St Louis:
That BC bow is backed with 1/8" lam of Ash. It had about 2" of reflex glued in. Hickory is stronger than Ash so I would round the back to make it look like it came from a small diameter tree, also the backing should not be more than 1/8" thick. This should take some of the stress from the belly.

Minuteman:
The backing right now is just a little under 1/8". Maybe 3/32". Do you think it'll over power the belly if I don't shave it down some?
   
So I should take the edges of the backing down, kinda make a crown in the backing?  I cringe at the prospect of getting it too thin at the edges.
 I feel like I' m walking on thin ice here, like any second I'm gonna go crashing through! 

NOMADIC PIRATE:
LOL Minutman,

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page