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Offline Mark Smeltzer

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BBY
« on: August 27, 2018, 05:26:47 pm »
Bamboo backed Yew quad lam, Shedua riser
66" 45# @ 30"




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Offline Pat B

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Re: BBY
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2018, 06:13:27 pm »
Nice looking bow. Is that glass on the belly?
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Offline Mark Smeltzer

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Re: BBY
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2018, 06:18:13 pm »
No glass,  just Yew lams....I know better than that Pat..lol
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2018, 06:35:55 pm »
That's beautiful. Any chance we'll get to see some full profiles and an FD?  (-P
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: BBY
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2018, 06:51:34 pm »
Very nice, I'm with Upstate. Really want to see the profiles on that one. Beautiful workmanship. I'm betting it's got a sweet bend to.
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Offline Mark Smeltzer

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Re: BBY
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2018, 07:25:33 pm »
I kinda blew it on the photo op for this one. The two on the right are a BBO and this BBY (don't even look at the 3 in the middle, they have a foreign substance in them)  and few others of the same design. I'll do better with the pics on the next one and get some FD.




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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2018, 07:33:55 am »
You do exceptional work, Mark.
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Offline ohma2

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« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2018, 08:35:49 am »
You do some beautifull work, just not much of a primitive look.
i bet they are good shooting bows,detail is awesome.
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Offline Mark Smeltzer

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« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2018, 09:41:20 am »
Thank you. Yea, they definitely aren't primitive looking but they don't fit into the moderen FG category either.....they are kinda stuck in the middle. I like to  mix it up a little and build all different kinds of bows. I learn more that way and apply what I learn back and forth between the different types of bows.
Starting to pursue flight archery with selfbows again too.
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: BBY
« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2018, 10:26:29 am »
Very nice work
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Offline bjrogg

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« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2018, 10:50:29 am »
Might not look Primitive, but sure does look sweet. Darn nice looking bows in my book.
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Offline vinemaplebows

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Re: BBY
« Reply #11 on: August 28, 2018, 11:29:49 am »
Very nice work!
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Offline DC

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Re: BBY
« Reply #12 on: August 28, 2018, 11:36:37 am »
Beautiful bow! Is it one lam of boo and three of yew?
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Offline Mark Smeltzer

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Re: BBY
« Reply #13 on: August 28, 2018, 12:30:42 pm »
I glue those up with 1 .002 Taper, 2 double tapers and one parallel on the belly for tillering  and yes the bamboo on the back.  So really 4 lams and the bamboo
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Offline Mark Smeltzer

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Re: BBY
« Reply #14 on: August 28, 2018, 12:58:16 pm »
I take the "it doesn't look primitive " comment as a compliment. That was my intention with this design :)
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