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[Swampman]

I am sure anyone in this trade would be very happy to get one of those bushy lever bows.  You can't go wrong building what you are good at!

[sleek]

Nice work fellows!! Im still on the fence what design to build?I could go for my standard molly/lever style or something outside my comfort zone...im isolated with not much wood for screw ups so not quite sure.thoughts?0

Well, in your case, id certainly go on the side of, especially if you are good at it!

[lebhuntfish]

Yew is complete.

59” OAL
42#@28
Bendy handle
Water buffalo tip overlays
 minimalist leather grip
D97 string

Sourced by a friend in the mountains near Salem, Oregon and seasoned 4 years.

Interesting build in that the tips curve in opposite directions. While shooting the bow before finishing I noticed it shot better “upside down” vs what I expected. When I flipped it over it became the most accurate shooting bow I’ve ever built.  My son is drawing it upside down in the pic I realize now. Very satisfying result.

https://imgur.com/gallery/2YdgOOs

There is a significant stiff section in the upper limb. I know it's a D bow but it looks like the only thing that is bending OK is the upper fade area. Pretty much a little inner limb to top is stiff.
That's why it shoots better flipped over, but when it's flipped it will put a lot more strain on the "fade" area.
I've had yew blow into a thousand pieces like that. And I wasn't even drawing it as far as you are.
Post an unbraced profile picture, right after it's unstrung.

Patrick

[hoosierf]

Agreed. It shoots better because it has positive tiller (unintended) after I flipped it.  It really hasn’t taken set. It’s stable at this point, but typical of my attempts with Yew.  About an inch after shooting 50 shots then after a few minutes it looks like the pic.

[sleek]

I went on and finished the one bow I started, just cause it was so close. It came in to narrow because of all the checks in it. 1 1/8 inches. I got it down to 35#@24. A fun target bow, or kids bow, but that's it. I do have a few others I'm working on.

[M2A]

Limbs heat treated on my maple piece. Figured its a good of time as any to add overlays. Had lots of ideas but had a small piece from fence post cut more than 80 years ago and spent many of those years in service keeping cattle in. Going to call it locust only because that is the proper local term but cant say for sure. Very dark for any locust I have seen but never worked stuff this old. Have a piece thinned down for a strike plate inlay, but gonna see how things go before I put time into that. Pieces are kinda bulky now but will work them down some this weekend and be ready to continue tillering come next weekend.
Mike
IMG_3514 by Mike Allridge, on Flickr
IMG_3515 by Mike Allridge, on Flickr   

[silent sniper]

Made some good progress on my maple/maple/osage tri-lam static recurve. It took me several weeks to get everything formed and glued together. This is  the toughest laminate bow design I have built to date.  Im not sure if this bow will end up nice enough to be my trade bow, but it is a good candidate so far. We will see how it ends up when it is tillered out.
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Outstanding glue lines! How did you get the curves to line up so well on the laminations?

I boiled and bent each lamination separately before glueing them all together. It was tough and the glue lines arent perfect but it is absolutely functional.

This is the best side, the other side has a slight gap that I will have to overcome.
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[Swampman]

I made a string alignment correction and also induced some back set while heat treating today on my plan A (HHB).  In a few days I will work on tillering some more.  I had both limbs bending evenly before the heat session (although both limbs needed more bend in the outer 3rd).  I am hoping for some uneventful tillering.

[sleek]

I'm on plan C2, which means I gave up on C then went back after plan D, and A2 didn't work out. Got another ring chased and roughing it out now.

[sleek]

Here it is roughed out

[sleek]

Here it is side profile, got it floor bending now. This bow will be done without any heat correction, i like to occasionally make them with all their character left in place. This one should be neat. I abandoned it earlier due to deep checks, but I was able to clean them out by going down a few more rings. I was surprised to see they weren't as deep as I had thought.

Here it is with my tools of choice.

[sleek]

Made some good progress on my maple/maple/osage tri-lam static recurve. It took me several weeks to get everything formed and glued together. This is  the toughest laminate bow design I have built to date.  Im not sure if this bow will end up nice enough to be my trade bow, but it is a good candidate so far. We will see how it ends up when it is tillered out.
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Outstanding glue lines! How did you get the curves to line up so well on the laminations?

I boiled and bent each lamination separately before glueing them all together. It was tough and the glue lines arent perfect but it is absolutely functional.

This is the best side, the other side has a slight gap that I will have to overcome.
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Not going to lie, thats impressive.

[hoosierf]

Mr. Sniper I think that bow is going to be a fast one. Nice

[sleek]

Whelp, I think plan B2 will work out well. Here it is final front profile all dialed in, and working on floor tiller now.

[sleek]

 Whelp, first brace ain't bad. A little whippy, but I will bring that around.