Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Josh on February 21, 2011, 11:01:21 pm
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This is all I got so far. Gonna put the finish on it and then post it. Just really proud of this one so far had to show the tips off. :)
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Tease!
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Was this from a board or a stave? Steam, boil or direct heat?
That's a nice recurve tip, I hope I can make some like that in the future!
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Josh, thats a nice looking curve
cant wait to see the rest of her
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Thanks guys. It is from a board and I steamed the wood for around 45 minutes before I bent them. I bent the limbs over a year ago finally decided to splice them together this weekend and finish it up. Almost done with it now. ;D ;D
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lookin good ...i blew a recurve up today , hope this one comes out better than mine
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Thanks guys. It is from a board and I steamed the wood for around 45 minutes before I bent them. I bent the limbs over a year ago finally decided to splice them together this weekend and finish it up. Almost done with it now. ;D ;D
I hope I don't annoy you with my questions, but did you bend it when it was 3/4" thick (assuming this came from a 1x board) or did you thin the board down to near finished thickness? I do most of my work with RO board bows and I'm just starting to experiment with bending, so to see how successful you've been with this gives me lots of encouragement!
Can't wait to see the finished bow.
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That sucks Ken keeping my fingers crossed with mine! ;)
Matt, I think I took the tips down to half an inch thick before I steamed them. Then I used a piece of tin on the belly while bending to keep splinters to a minimum but it still had a few. they came out while tillering. I didn't use a 1x2 it was actually a 1x4 and I cut the board to 2" wide. The finished bow is around 1 7/8ths wide at the fades. Hope this helps. :) Good luck with yours!
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That sucks Ken keeping my fingers crossed with mine! ;)
Matt, I think I took the tips down to half an inch thick before I steamed them. Then I used a piece of tin on the belly while bending to keep splinters to a minimum but it still had a few. they came out while tillering. I didn't use a 1x2 it was actually a 1x4 and I cut the board to 2" wide. The finished bow is around 1 7/8ths wide at the fades. Hope this helps. :) Good luck with yours!
Yes, that helps a lot. Thanks! :)
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that is sweet! cant wait to see more pics
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Looking good Josh!
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man, you got me thinking about building another asian style bow out of red oak
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Nice looking curves Josh. Looking forward to seeing the rest.
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Those are some serious recurves! Come to think of it, I have a very plain red oak d bow that could be spruced up...
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Whats up with these "sneak peeks" kinda like taken a tea break? ??? Come on Bring it already! ;)
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That's a beauty! Fine work Josh. I think I'll try to steam bend something on the next one...never done it before.
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Thanks everyone. I cut this bow in half before steaming so that I could get both limbs over the pot at the same time so I wouldn't have to wait as long LOL. ;D Then I just spliced it back together after I got the curves bent in. Seems to have worked pretty well to me. :)
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Great looking recurves! Will you put a cloth backing on it? Looking forward to seeing this one, Josh.
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Thanks parnell. The grain on this one is ok so I think I will leave it air-backed unless something changes. I have shot around 50 arrows through it and pulled it to 28 a million times on the tree so far and it seems to be holding up just fine and the tiller is stable on it so I think it is good to go. :)
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looks good Josh. did you have any alignment issues? can't wait to see more
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Nope. none whatsoever. This bow just kinda all came together and fell into place all on its own. It even tillered itself too. I put it on the long string ONE time after floor tillering it and decided it was ready to brace. After brace it was pulling about perfect just needed to move some of the bend out away from the fades on the top limb. It surprised me how fast it was ready to shoot in. It just wanted to be a bow I guess... ???
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Can't wait to see more pics.
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lookin good Josh nice curves on that thing,can't wait to see final product.I've had that a time or two-you string it up and it seems ready to go-Hammertime
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That is going to be sweet Josh,you got to love the curves.Very nice job so far.Can't wait to see
it all finished up. :)
Pappy