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Offline Prarie Bowyer

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Hi guys,

I made another one.  I'll try to get the full draw photo later.  For now here is what I got.  49# at 28" can be drawn to 30ish.  Flat puts bunny blunts clean through a box at 15 yards (when you hit it :P)

I'm wondering what to name her.







Thanks,
Scott

Offline swamp yeti

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Re: R/D bamboo backed hickory with walnut pear eucalyptus and turquoise.
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2011, 02:39:43 pm »
That is real nice,good job.

Offline coaster500

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Re: R/D bamboo backed hickory with walnut pear eucalyptus and turquoise.
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2011, 02:42:10 pm »
Maybe Box Cutter :)


Nice job!!
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Re: R/D bamboo backed hickory with walnut pear eucalyptus and turquoise.
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2011, 02:47:32 pm »
Heres irony for ya, I got a piece of bamboo and two pieces of lathe hickory layin on the bench waitin to be glued into a reflex/deflex design. Was wonderin how the combo would work and if TBIII hold it all together. Guess i better wait for awhile to post mine cause Im pretty sure it wont look as good as yours does. Do you think the 2 quater inch lams will be enough to hit 55# draw weight? And how long/wide did you go?

One more thing... My names Scott also.  :laugh:

Offline juan lopez

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Re: R/D bamboo backed hickory with walnut pear eucalyptus and turquoise.
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2011, 03:09:28 pm »
Nice job, congratulations

Offline dragonman

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Re: R/D bamboo backed hickory with walnut pear eucalyptus and turquoise.
« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2011, 03:10:28 pm »
nice looking bow, have a couple of qu's for you,  wheres the tourquoise? and what glue did you stck the handle on with?  (and the boo?)
'expansion and compression'.. the secret of life is to balance these two opposing forces.......

Offline Prarie Bowyer

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Re: R/D bamboo backed hickory with walnut pear eucalyptus and turquoise.
« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2011, 03:28:48 pm »
Turquoise is in the arrow rest, and the tip overlays as well as the walnut riser.  I use it because I self harvest much of my wood and often the drying process creates small cracks that I prefer not to cut away so long as they don't affect structural integrety.  it seemed like a bit small so I created some cracks in the African Blackwood accents.

Glue is Urac 185.  I use a heat gun to slightly prebend the center  and also slightly sanded it to help.  Tip overlays and arrow rest is on with Gorilla super glue.  The Turquoise matrix is crushed, the cracks are flooded with super glue and the matrix poured in, and adjusted with a BBQ skewer.


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Re: R/D bamboo backed hickory with walnut pear eucalyptus and turquoise.
« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2011, 04:21:14 pm »
  Looks nice!  What type of bamboo is it?

Offline Prarie Bowyer

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Re: R/D bamboo backed hickory with walnut pear eucalyptus and turquoise.
« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2011, 07:40:32 pm »
I don't know?  the kind that comes 10 in a bundle with nodes on it? :laugh: 

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Re: R/D bamboo backed hickory with walnut pear eucalyptus and turquoise.
« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2011, 07:45:55 pm »
nice looking bow, im also wondering where the turquoise is?

Offline Prarie Bowyer

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Re: R/D bamboo backed hickory with walnut pear eucalyptus and turquoise.
« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2011, 09:57:24 pm »
sorry.





having lighting issues I think.  The camera won't focus on the close up.

I would like to convert this bow to other goods.