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Syringa character bow (updated)
Pappy:
Brace is a big step and I have to say it looks pretty good.I have seen a lot worse at first brace.
You might just get a shooter out of that yet.I love the anticipation when working on something like that,it's like a roller coaster ride ,sometimes your up and in the next instance your are down,
and then up again,Ye Ha !!!!! ;) ;D ;D
Pappy
Keenan:
Thanks for the votes of confidence everyone, Believe me they are needed on this one.
Pappy, I agree, anticipation is a great driving force and you are so right about the roller coaster ride of great hopes and then major challenges.
JJ, I take that as a great compliment, ;D :D "that bow is so ugly it's cute" Maby we should all have an ugly bow contest sometime ??? ??? >:D Keenan
Hillbilly:
Keenan, I'm amazed that you've got that crookedy stick braced now-you da man. Very interesting build-along so far, looking forward to the next installment. We've got a couple species of Philadelphus that grow here, but ours are a lot smaller and shrubbier.
Keenan:
Thanks Hillbilly, But considering the amount of highly skilled craftsman on this site (yourself included), at times I still think of myself as a rooky with lots to learn.
Here it is braced again after taking some more wood off at mid limb on the straighter limb. Although the brace looks better and more even the limbs are still way to stiff at mid limb. This part can be tricky on the tiller because the reflex starts about the outer third of the limb and you have to keep in mind the original profile while unbraced. Though they look straight as though not bending at all, they have bent a fair aamount from the natural profile.
The third pic shows a lack of patience and relaxed judgement on my part. I was excercising the limb and trying to get a pic to show the places that are stiff and went just a hair to far and held a second to long. Splinter popped up right on the crown of the stiff side.
I think it's repairable. Just another challenge to overcome. :o :'( ::) ;D
Now that I look at the pics I'm convinced that I'm either in denile or an extream optimist,,,,,,Keenan
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Keenan:
I heated the limb fairly warm and very gently lift one side of the splinter and poured in some super glue while holding the bow vertical to get the glue all the way down in the splinter. Then clamped that side down and after it was dry I flip the bow vertically and did the same with the other side of the splinter. After allowing a little while to dry did a few wraps with sinew.
At this point I will wait and see how the rest of the tillering comes together befor trying to figure out how to blend things cosmeticaly.
The splinter lifted on the right limb right at the third grid line from the post. You can see here that after the repair the brace still looks close to the same.
And a few shots showing 12", 14" and 16" of draw. Still have alot of fine tuning to do on the tiller. Still looking stiff from mid limbs to the tips.
Last pic of the string aliagnment. Shows very well why this will be a bow for a lefty. Keenan
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