Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: ken75 on January 22, 2011, 09:20:03 pm
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heres one i finished today . other half of the vertical belly lam that i did a while back. 55 inches tip to tip 48 lbs at 28 . hickory backin with a lil paint.
belly is maple and ipe
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last couple , sorry bout the dark ones
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What a sharp looking bow. I'm not big on painted backs but I really like what you did with that one. Very nice!
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That braced profile is about good as it gets.....just flat looks fast.
rich
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Thats purty sweet.. opens up alot of possibilities to use up some narrow leftovers i got, thanx... what kinda glue you use?....Brian
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wow...I love that color combo
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thanks Nate , it was different im not very artistic but i can do squiggly lines !lol
thanks Rich , it shoots nice , its light and quick
thanks Koan , i use titebond 2 on everything , too dang cheap to buy anything more expensive
thanks Anzi , thats what i was hoping for
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very nice!
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That's very cool Ken. Have you made many bows with the verticle lams like that? I wonder how they would stand up in the long run... gonna have to try one in the future!
Nice work, as usual!
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That is a unique looking bow. I ahve never seen a vertical lam like that before. Very nice work Ken. Danny
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thanks Matt
thanks Cam, this is the second. we'll have to see
thanks Sidewinder, couple weeks ago i posted a molle like this
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REAL NICE!!!! now I have a question,, for you and half eye. this way of lam'ing bows is different from what we read! but couldn't you take a board that is not a good choice and rip it and glue it in a 1\4 sawn lam board??? and if that is so,,,,, just about any board is a good board ,,? you got me thinking JEFFW
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Nice looking bow ,good job.
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thanks jeff , we have discussed that option but i havent gotten around to trying it . feel free to have a go at it and let me know what happens.
thanks swamp
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heres the full draw on this one
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Very nice Ken. How thick etc. was the strip of IPE
Ron
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Very cool I like it a lot.Ronnie
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Neat bow, Ken. I wonder if the strip of ipe helped the hickory from taking a lot of "set" like it usually does.
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thanks macbow , the ipe is 1/2 wide by 1/4 thinck , same with the hard maple
thanks Ronnie
thanks Eddie, i think ipe helps in any combo. its some dang good belly wood.
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Very nice bow Ken. Love what your doing with the tri lams, That full draw pic is great ;)
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thanks Keenan !
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Thats pretty.
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thanks Scott, got one of the osage cores glued up and im finishing today i hope
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great looking bow and i to like the art work on the back.
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great looking bow, I never saw a lam like that before, nice work, it looks like the ipe is doing its job but can you tell me your reasoning for doing the lam this way around???
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thanks Ohma
Dragonman, the best way i can explain it is Rich and i talk often about possabilites and theories and performance . this design has been done elsewhere but i hadnt seen it and decided to try it as i did on this one and the mollle a couple weeks ago. the idea was to pair to similar woods (strong in compression) but differing in color and use them to their best potential . the ipe being the strongest needed to be center and carry most of the workload . hard maple although great in compression was lighter than the ipe and offered some reduction in mass.from all i can tell this is a sound design and i havent seen any cons with the glue joints or bending the vertical lams. any string follow with these two bows is gone in a matter of minutes after unstringing them.hope this helps . it was just a fun expirement
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thanks Ohma
Dragonman, the best way i can explain it is Rich and i talk often about possabilites and theories and performance . this design has been done elsewhere but i hadnt seen it and decided to try it as i did on this one and the mollle a couple weeks ago. the idea was to pair to similar woods (strong in compression) but differing in color and use them to their best potential . the ipe being the strongest needed to be center and carry most of the workload . hard maple although great in compression was lighter than the ipe and offered some reduction in mass.from all i can tell this is a sound design and i havent seen any cons with the glue joints or bending the vertical lams. any string follow with these two bows is gone in a matter of minutes after unstringing them.hope this helps . it was just a fun expirement
if i was looking into this with maple being one of the woods what would you say would be a good choice for the middle strip if ipe is not an option for certain reasons. maybe walnut or oak or hickory just trying to figure out my next project.
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Great looking bow,love the paint job and the tiller looks good also.Nice work. :) :) Bet it will spit an arrow. :) :)
Pappy
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Thats a great looking bow! vertical lams had never occured to me.
Do you think a soft backing material would work on something like this? maybe rawhide or canvas?
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JT if i was going to do a similar project without ipe i would look for compression strong woods with color contrast to maple . like black cherry, beefwood, cedar ,osage and even black walnut although litghter in weight is good in compression.
thank you Pappy
native i think rawhide would be fine for a backing on this design . let me know how it turns out
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Nice tiller and interesting laminate style. Pretty long draw for the NTN length too. I like ;D
Darcy
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Nice and strange!
I think the ipe mid section would working better in a rounded belly bow with narower limbs.
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thanks Dellis,ive been known to make a full draw shorty or two
thanks Fusiz, i was going for nice and different but i guess strange will do .
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Very nice and different and strange entry for January Backed BOM Contest Ken! :P I really wanna try one of these vertical trilams one day. Beautiful contrast on the belly and cool artwork on the back.... Tiller ain't half bad either! :) :) :)
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thanks you josh lookin forward to seeing your bows again