Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Rich Saffold on November 18, 2009, 10:31:50 pm
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Here is my latest longbow. 70"ntn 62#@29" Full draw photo coming. This bow was the belly from another bbi which the bamboo had a bad spot, and I had been meaning to try this. Really happy with it so far.
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Nice looking bow:)
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I like it a lot Rich. I've been meaning to try an ipe selfbow myself.
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Wow very nice. I can't find the glue line ;D I'd Love to see full draw.
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nice one!!! I love the braced profile, cant wait to see it drawn back! -josh :)
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those pics took forever on my" superslow internet connection" but nice looking bow, a good developement for the trad. longbow I'd love to try it out. I'm english but only just got to shoot a decent longbow a few weeks ago, I was impressed with its stability and smoothness
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Good looking bow, Rich. I've got the sister board to the self bow that Justin made. I need to get off my butt and make a self longbow. Did you stain that or is that Ipe that dark?
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Good looking bow! Looks like one solid piece of wood.
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Nice bow Rich. Ill bet that is one fast shooting beast. Is that a black saddle I see on that cheetah did you? It would be nice to see the full draw.
Good looking bow, Rich. I've got the sister board to the self bow that Justin made. I need to get off my butt and make a self longbow. Did you stain that or is that Ipe that dark?
No, you should just send it to me. ;D
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Eddie, It's coated with mineral oil which is a personal favorite of mine. It's that dark..It's also a laminated bow and the back comprises about 45% of the limb thickness.
"Cheetah" I like that ;D
Thanks for the kind words, and I hope you guys try this style as its a pretty easy build.
Rich-FD coming
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It's all brown, baby.
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Good to see another one of your bows Rich where ya been? :) Is that ipe backed ipe? looks lean and mean. I remember you saying something about a dacron string on an ipe bow was like putting a saddle on a cheetah ;D
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Rich, that Full-Draw looks like you are holding a stick! That tiller looks great.
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those pics took forever on my" superslow internet connection" but nice looking bow, a good developement for the trad. longbow I'd love to try it out. I'm english but only just got to shoot a decent longbow a few weeks ago, I was impressed with its stability and smoothness
Actually, this was a huge file- 1.3 mb and would defeat nearly anybody. I resized it, thusly:
Bookmarked, too, for Nov Laminate BOM fun.
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Hi Jesse, I been busy chasing kids and building a couple real low and fast 3-wheeled bikes.(Tadpole style recumbent trike/velomobile).I'm putting a streamlined body on one now..Most fun work-out you can imagine, and probably one of the best work-outs for anyone not young anymore. Low impact, and you can put your beer in the cupholder ;).
Actually I made the upper nock so it can handle a timber hitch in case I wanted to get that skinny Spectra string down to about 6 twists..I'm probably at 27" on the full draw photo, and was a little stiff to hold at 29-30" since I had a minute to get the photo taken..
It's Ipe on the back, actually its more like a laminated bow since its such a high percentage of the limb cross section. I got some real nice osage slats from Timo in a trade and am going make one with an osage back and Ipe belly next..
All you gots to do is rip the slat sideways so the back is a bit thinner than the belly, sand off any saw marks, cut out the bow profile and floor tiller the belly a bit, then glue it up..you guys know the routine..Hope you all try it since I'm betting it becomes a favorite..
Thanks Eddie! ya It's close to 7/8" wide ;D The "brown" and how quiet this bow is will make a favorite for those wishing to hunt unseen and not heard..
Rich-so many bows to try
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Sweet looking bow.. ;)
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Very nice bow,love the color.Sweet. :)
Pappy
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Nice bow Richard.
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RICH THTA A COOL BOW HOW MUCH R / D DID YOU PUT IN IT ? BROCK
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Brock, I glued it up with about a 3/4" of an inch of net reflex past the grip section which was an inch in front of the mid limbs as I clamped it up. So the tips sat about 1 3/4" in front of the mid-limb when clamped up. I lost about an inch from where it came out of the form which I think is pretty good considering the belly was from a bow that had been shot hundreds of times so I was anticipating a bit more set from it, but probably being 70" helped as well.
Thanks for the comments guys, and I think this style will work well on the shorter modern style hunting bows that I see you all making here. The color and how quiet this bow shoots will make it very appealing to getting glass bow shooters to take the next step..
Rich
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rich i relley do like it reason i asked the r/d demnsions is it s got me thinkin maybe ill give that a try thinkin im gonna pull one these yew staves out and have a go on somthing like it haha i sawed a bunch of flat grained osage out so thinkin maybe even a glue up with osage / yew cant wait to see ur full draw pic s of it brock
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Brock, I added the full draw photo to my first post its the bottom photo now.
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Great job, as usual Rich.