Chittamwood Done "Lumpy" pics and Shooting Video

[coaster500]

Well here’s “Lumpy” #5 all dressed up and ready to do something? 64” 54@27. This was an experience for me to work a stave that was not so perfect and deal with it’s problems and the one I created getting to aggressive with the grip and having to do a glued up handle using the almost black Poplar I used on the tips. I also used a piece of it on the riser for a rest and left the riser with out a wrap. I stained it with sample packs of Espresso Stain from Home Depot and sprayed it with Spar. I steel wooled it with OOO to take the shine off. The bow shoots very smooth with very little stack for its weight and I pull it to the 27” mark. It’s almost as fast as my Hackberry but much smoother drawing at almost the same weight.

Anyway fire away if you see something that needs to be done different….  Thank you for the help and encouragement in the process… 

Finished #5

Old posts about this Stave

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,29417.0.html
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,29521.0.html
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,29619.0.html











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Shooter videos….   The money shot ….  Click on the pick for the Video

[coaster500]

Thanks again EVERYONE for making me feel welcome here on PA....  and for all the great advise and encouragement


MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE !!!

[dragonman]

cool bow, I  like the tiller....well made

[ken75]

dude you nailed that one , really like the video you can see the limb timing is perfect. your quick becoming the bow MACHINE !

[blackhawk]

Its always fun watching a budding bowyer grow and make leaps and bounds in front of your eyes. Your doing great ....keep up the good work

[criveraville]

Great bow! Congrats on #5!

Cipriano

[Keenan]

Congratulations. Very nice bow and tiller looks great.

[coaster500]

Thank you all...  it means allot

dragonman, it was a challenge for me but the knots made the top limb the stiffer of the two and it worked out. The wood in the bottom limb was almost perfect so it can work it's @$$ off

Ken as far as "MACHINE"s" go... when I can crank out bows as fast as you and make them as short as you that don't turn into Boomerangs when unstrung well, U sir are a machine... Don't know how the timing worked but it does shoots and draw very nice?

blackhawk, budding beats the heck out of decomposing and with all the talent and help around here even a hack like me has to get a little better

criveraville, I really liked that Boo bow you posted a while back....  That was a cool bow!!

Keenan, you give us all something to shoot for...  someday maybe, maybe I'll have a little bit of your talent...

[PEARL DRUMS]

Looks good! Nice finish work and recovery on the handle area.

[coaster500]

Thanks Chris, almost lost this one at the handle. I thought about backing it before I finished it. I checked for any splinters or cracking around the knots after shooting it a bunch and both limbs seemed really sound. I hope it holds up!!

[Ifrit617]

Nice One! Looks like she's fast!

Jon

[coaster500]

Jon Thank you, it's plenty fast for me but more than that it has a very smooth draw and it hits where I look

[BakhSA]

Great bow.
MERRY CHRISTMAS COASTER !!!

[George Tsoukalas]

Welcome! That is one fine bow! Great tiller. Jawge

[coaster500]

BakhSA....Спасибо и с Рождеством Христовым Вас

Professor George your website has been visited many times... You have answered a "Bunch" of questions without knowing it  

Thank you...