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Offline adb

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Static Laminate
« on: February 28, 2014, 07:23:58 pm »
Finally got this puppy in the bag. Took three tries, but third times the charmed. Here's the first full draw shots in the hand:

Vitals: 62" NTN, Hickory static recurves glued in with horizontal kerfs joints, backed with maple (over the glue joints to the base of the tips). 46#@26". 1 3/8" wide at the fades, tapering to 3/8" pin nocks. Maple, yew, ipe in the grip and risers. Staright grip (not bulbous like the first 2 failures). 1/2" of freshly unbraced set.

I'll do another complete post once it's all polished up. The new owner wants WDB SSs and a stitched leather grip.
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Offline bubby

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Re: Static Laminate
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2014, 07:28:21 pm »
that is a beauty of a bend, bub
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Offline bow101

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Re: Static Laminate
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2014, 07:31:36 pm »
Very sweet, like those tips.   
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Offline MWirwicki

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Re: Static Laminate
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2014, 07:37:03 pm »
Very nice.  I sure like the way the statics feel and shoot.
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: Static Laminate
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2014, 08:09:29 pm »
That looks like one worth the wait. Sweet bend for sure!!
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: Static Laminate
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2014, 01:10:59 pm »
I like it!  I love the process you used for constuction.  Very cool.  The tiller is excellent!
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Static Laminate
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2014, 01:11:34 pm »
Smooooooth bend, nicely done! :)
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Offline Cameroo

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Re: Static Laminate
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2014, 02:16:10 pm »
That's how you do it! Nice bend on that one. 

Can you post a close up of the handle/fade area so we can see what you did differently? Thanks.
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Offline bushboy

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Re: Static Laminate
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2014, 02:17:07 pm »
Cool!nice tiller!
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Re: Static Laminate
« Reply #9 on: March 01, 2014, 02:44:31 pm »
Beautiful - a work of art!
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Offline dbb

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Re: Static Laminate
« Reply #10 on: March 01, 2014, 08:43:35 pm »
If it shoots as good as it looks its a keeper for sure!
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Offline adb

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Re: Static Laminate
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2014, 11:52:47 am »
Quote from: Cameroo on March 01, 2014, 02:16:10 pm
That's how you do it! Nice bend on that one. 

Can you post a close up of the handle/fade area so we can see what you did differently? Thanks.

For this bow, I took the riser out into the fades. So, the first maple lam in the riser fades into where the bow is the widest on the back profile. The second bow broke right there, so I knew I had to strengthen that area. I hope you can see that in the picture.
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Re: Static Laminate
« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2014, 12:02:37 pm »
Beautiful bow,very nice work,  :) as you say not my cup of tea but nice just the same. ;) :) :)
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Offline Sasquatch

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Re: Static Laminate
« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2014, 12:04:58 pm »
Great bow, show more detail. So do you think you will have any trouble with the riser popping off? What is the key to preventing that? How straight was the grain on the Ipe?  Thanks for all the answers. I really respect your works!
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Offline adb

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Re: Static Laminate
« Reply #14 on: March 04, 2014, 02:28:09 pm »
I just finished the bow yesterday... sanded out, finish applied, and leather grip stitched on. When it's dry, I'll take some more pics. Finish on ipe takes forever to dry, so it'll be a day or two before it's dry.

If you have enough thickness at the riser, and you tiller the bow not to bend through the handle, it won't pop off. You can't tiller out the bow and then attach the riser. It will pop off.

Because ipe grows year round, it's often difficult to determine grain orientation.  I try to avoid big knots that I can see in the wood from the beginning, but I don't worry much about small pin knots or small grain swirls.
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