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Offline Gaur

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James Parker's scrap pile
« on: September 03, 2015, 06:10:43 pm »
I visited James two Decembers ago and did some hunting with him for a few days.  We didn't build much in the way of bows as it was hunting season but I did manage to get two bows out of his scrap pile.  A trilam with a crack in some paduak in the riser and  a bamboo recurve with some twist in it.  I filled the paduak on the trilam with some loctite and then set it aside for over a year.  I had always thought maybe the best way to fix it was to cut it in half and glue in some new wood and make it a take down.


Well I finally got to doing that this last week.  Ended up cutting a "V" out of the riser and epoxying in some new material.  Not the prettiest glue lines but I was hoping it would still be a good shooter.  I brought the bow with to Haiti this last week and worked on getting the take down sleeves on and got the bow braced while there.  Man it was a strong bow to brace so I didn't leave it braced long and yesterday after getting home was able to tiller it some more and get the weight down more into a manageable range.  I am bringing this bow with to Congo DR this next week to give to a friend I am helping there.  He just turned 60 and is a hunter who grew up in Congo.  Lots of great stories and experiences.   


lots of reflex (no its not strung backwards that is grout lines on the floor).


Lost some of the reflex after bracing


Ugly glue lines of spliced in riser section. 


Bamboo backing, Ipe core and purple heart belly


Today got it shooting.  Hits very hard but I was really impressed how accurate it was.  These two arrows were from 25 paces.


tiller seems pretty good.  Going to narrow the tips a bit and maybe get the mid lower limb to bend a tad bit more to match the top limb






"...He made me a polished arrow and hid me in His quiver." Is 49:2

Offline Gaur

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Re: James Parker's scrap pile
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2015, 06:11:29 pm »
So even the scraps from James shop are pretty sweet treats.

Forgot it's 55# at 28" right now 64" NTN
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"...He made me a polished arrow and hid me in His quiver." Is 49:2

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Re: James Parker's scrap pile
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2015, 07:33:28 pm »
That's a heck of a bow from the Scrap Pile. I've got a bamboo back/belly, osage from the scrap pile I've been piddling with, too.
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Re: James Parker's scrap pile
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2015, 08:19:20 pm »
great save!
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Re: James Parker's scrap pile
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2015, 10:54:29 pm »
Nice scraps...and the assembly ain't too shabby either. Well done.  8)
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Re: James Parker's scrap pile
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2015, 11:39:27 pm »
Hoping to get it finished and once a grip is covering the stainless maybe it won't look so Ghetto  :o
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« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2015, 01:12:24 am »
That's a heck of a bow from the Scrap Pile. I've got a bamboo back/belly, osage from the scrap pile I've been piddling with, too.

Eddie did you get that one from James too?
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Re: James Parker's scrap pile
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2015, 01:54:38 am »
Nice!  Wish my scrap bows looked that good.  Heck, I wish my finished bows looked that good. ;)
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« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2015, 02:19:49 am »
V slick :)
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Re: James Parker's scrap pile
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2015, 03:51:48 am »
Very nice, one mans junk another man's treasure. :)
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« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2015, 08:45:09 am »
Very nice, Randy.  Cool to see some pictures. 
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Re: James Parker's scrap pile
« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2015, 11:35:54 am »
Nice save, that really turned out good

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Re: James Parker's scrap pile
« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2015, 10:49:08 pm »
Guar, yes, It came from James' burn pile.
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