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A few new bows we built
jpitts:
Beautiful work on the bows Bill. I gotta try some of the IPE... I live near I20 west of Atlanta...close I guess.... ;D
Rich Saffold:
Those are some nice bows and good chrono numbers for being experienced at this stuff, for being new at it like mentioned is rather impressive!
Great thread, I too am kinda fond of those woods ;)
Rich
medicinewheel:
--- Quote from: Sabanim on July 22, 2007, 10:32:55 am ---Hey Frank
The Bamboo backed Ipe bow is 1-1/4" wide at the handle and tapers down to 3/8" tips in about the last 12" of the limb. The handle
is a combination of Ipe (core) and Tiger Striped Maple and Black Walnut and it has a 1/2" wide arrow shelf cut into the pistol style grip.
I use a reflex deflex glue up form like the Rudder Bows website shows. That's where I buy alot of my supplies and they've been really helpful with tips about glue up and tillering. I use West marine two part epoxy (#105 & #205) to glue up all my bows. I really like the stuff.
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hey bill, thanks for the info! - one more question: the handle riser looks straight, or is that with a deflex allready??
frank
Sabanim:
Hey Frank
The Handle is straight. I leave it (handle area) about 1" thick and cut (taper) the rest of the core down to around 3/8" thick. Then I glue the core and bamboo together and clamp it into the form. The core is pretty weak (maybe 10 or 15 pounds) until you glue the bamboo on. Once it's all dried it's MUCH stiffer...probably 80 or 90 lbs...depending on how good a job I did thinning down the bamboo ;D
Once the glue is all dried, I take some thinner strips of wood and built up the handle area to shape it. I tried the method of reflex / deflexing the limbs and then glueing on a curved handle riser but I could never get the two curves to match up very well. Guess I'm just not that good at it or something.
Sabanim:
--- Quote from: jpitts on July 24, 2007, 01:29:47 am ---Beautiful work on the bows Bill. I gotta try some of the IPE... I live near I20 west of Atlanta...close I guess.... ;D
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Thanks
I've only used the IPE a couple times but I really like it. It's amazing stuff!!
Bill
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