Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: ken75 on October 24, 2010, 12:57:43 pm
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finished this one today ,its hickory backing ipe belly , and i put a strip of hickory on the belly that stops midlimb. 64inches tip to tip 43#s at 28 . 1 1/4 wide at fades to 3/8th tips.hope this one is better thatn the last. think im going back to simple bows after the next one since its glued up already .thanks for lookin
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That's different. Nice!
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Cool looking bow and very nice tiller. The color combination is very pleasing. I'm curious to see how well the hickory strip on the belly holds up to the compression stresses.
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Tiller looks nice! ;D Curious about how the hickory belly will do too since the big advantage of Ipe is it's compressive strength. Like the profile though and the color combo sure is attractive!
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thanks guys for the nice comments , as far as the hickory belly time will tell . wont be the first one a screwed up trying something different. more than anything i wanted the stiffer center after the last one and the color contrast was enticing.
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Man that bend is beautifull, bud. Everything about it is great especially the full draw profile.....wow
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thanks Rich wasnt a bad finsh job on a bow after working all night .
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I like this bow. I appreciate the out of the box thinking with the hickory belly strips. Granted I don't know a whole lot about the physics of bending characteristics of different wood combination, but a hickory self bow has a hickory back and a hickory belly. So my first thought is this bow should do fine.
Now newby type question: What's the trick for glueing the handle onto a curved section of the bow?
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Not sure how Ken did his but if you cut your handle lams thin enough they can bend to the shape of the bow with a clamp. If using a thicker riser block and not multiple lams you have to cut out the shape of the deflex and fit the block to the bow. I always do multiple thin lams and just clamp them to the bend. Perfect fit everytime that way ;D
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Love the colors,tiller looks great also.Nice. :)
Pappy
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thanks hedge nates right thin strips that form to the deflex
thanks pappy
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That is a smart looking bow. I dig that hickory mid-belly. Very nice, Ken.
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like how that belly fades out,great tiller, let us know how that belly holds up.
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thanks Parnell
thanks ohma, i think it will be fine its a thin veneer and i think the ipe will hold enough compression that the hickory will be along just for the ride
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NTD and Ken, thanks. When you're talking thin strips are you talking 1/8, 1/4, 3/8...? Now you have me wanting to build a r/d bow. Of course tillering that beast could be an interesting challenge. :)
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hedge usually 1/8 to 3/16 strips you want them to be flexable enough to not pull your deflex out when gluing and clamping.
give some a try , you can glue up several at a time with a couple blocks to form your bends. that way if you mess up ya got another handy. i usually glue the lams then glue the handle and give it 24 hours before i cut it out. three lams in the limb will hold their shape after tillering better than two. and i use titebond 2 for all my glue ups. lookin forward to seeing your post
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Thanks Ken
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no prob anything to help
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I think that bow will hold up ok the way it is. The ipe is basicaly just a core in the working portion. Keep us posted. I have been tempted to glue 1/2 lams on before but never have tried it. Steve
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thanks Steve i dont mind posting my blow ups , been shooting this one and even though its great im going to take it down four inches and see if i can stress the hickory with more weight . ill let yall know how it works
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Looks nice, I have never tried anything like that.
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thanks lombard give it a shot it makes an easy tiller bow
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This type of belly lam seems like an easy way to manipulate the limb thickness like power lams and tip wedges, except it is on the outside where you can fine tune it by scraping during tillering. Jim
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your exactly right , try it