Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Kegan on April 15, 2011, 09:02:56 pm
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It's been a long time since I've posted a bow!
I needed a bow to sell for gas money (driving to work has me going broke), but also wanted some more practice with the fiberglass mesh and epoxy take down system. This is what I came up with.
It's hickory, 66" ntn, 47# at 28" (drawn almost to 29" in the picture). Red mahogony stain, jute wrap. It's not the fastest, but that might be because I've been putting 11.5 gpp arrows through it and have been shooting a super speedy hybrid I built. Either way, it really stacks the arrows though and is a joy to shoot. It has no set, and I tempered the belly as an added assurance. I think the way I'm tempering is just over building the designs, but that shouldn't be a bad thing in a hunting bow?
Sorry about the pics, I was rushing to get some taken after I got home from work. I forgot a width profile picture. It's 1 3/4" to mid limb, with a concave taper in the outer limbs to 5/16" nocks.
Let me know what you think. And yes... I'm very sunburned ::)
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thats a fine looking bow there.
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Kegan, very good looking bow. Did you have any trouble lining up the tips so the string is centered? It seems whenever I do a takedown I end up spending 50 % of my time trying to align the tips.
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I think you have them take downs ...down Kegan. Nice looking tiller.
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Very nice kegan
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Lol you are a true redhead not just red hair ;D
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NICE
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Kegan that sure is nice. I gotta learn the take down somehow...make buy one of yours and copy?
Lane
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Very nice looking bow, Kegan. Beautiful colour wood (yes... there's a "u" in there - it's the correct way to spell it;) )
I'm interested in the method you use for the butt-ends of the limbs - the taper etc. Have you done a build-along on PA that I could look at to see how it's done?
Also - don't you know the golden rule about covering up? I know some redheads in Ireland that get sunburnt on a rainy day!! hehehe
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Very nice. Bet its fast. ;D
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Nice job!
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Nice bow, Kegan. Good to see you building simple bows again.
Did you do a build along for the FG take down handle? I'd like to try it.
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very nice, takedowns are handy things :)
Darcy
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Looks great Kegan !
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Thanks everyone :)!
Hrothgar- This was a one piece that I cut diagonally across the handle. It's the same style of handle that MadCrow did a build along for and was in a back issue of PA. I didn't have any issues with tip alignment.
Jesse- you can say that again, my head's all the same color now... I look kinda like a kitchen match ;)
Lane- It's not hard. Madcrow's build along is really thorough. It's just... messy >:D.
HatchA- I had twelve layers of clothing on because it was cold in the morning... I didn't expect it to get so hot!
Pat- Yeah, I've got several D bows in the work. This one just stoked the fire for good, honest, simple stick bows :)
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I really like it. The design, the color, the handle, the tiller. Very good work! I'm just amazed that it has no set. Did you have any reflex at all? Excellent job man.
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Nope, no reflex. I've been using the "No Set Tillering" on my bows these days and then tempering it after that (like I said, it seems to be sorta "over building" them at that point). So far little to no real set, especially on straight bows. Using the scale to tiller is a whole lot quicker and easier than the way I was doing it ::)
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Well at the risk of sounding dim... What is "No Set Tillering?" I'm fairly new to bow building and have not been able to get below about 1.5" to 1.75" or even 2.5" of set.... I guess I need to adjust my tillering approach.
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It's a method of tillering Badger explains over in the archives. Basically what you do is tiller the bow to brace height and then 16". Check the draw weight at 16". Now let down and draw to 17". Draw to 16" again, and check the weight. If the weight is lighter now, then check for thick/stiff spots/limbs and scrape them down, or evenly remove from the entire belly if the bow is just too heavy for the design. Let down and now draw to 18" and let down. Check it at 16". Repeat the scraping process if necessary. Normally, you won't see any real scraping until about 20-22" if you got the design down.
This way you attack the problem before they become a real source of set,
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Beautiful bow. Really nice craftsmanship. Bet it is a screamer.
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Thanks Xin :)
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Dang nice bow,good job all the way around.