Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: NTD on January 15, 2011, 05:22:46 pm
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Finally got this bow finished up. It took me forever to glue it up and then forever to start tillering. It came out a bit too light for me (that early weight really fooled me this time) but I think it came out nice nonetheless. It is a Bamboo backed osage with a bubinga midlam and bubinga powerlam. Bubinga and cocobolo riser. Gopher snake skins on the back, Not oxblood ;) Bubinga and cow horn nock overlays. It is 64" total length 1 1/4" wide until near midlimb and the tapers to 3/8" nocks. It is 47# @28" and pretty darn quick and smooth. Hope ya like it. The FD pic is before I put the tung oil on it.
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Dang, Nate, that is pretty. You nailed that tiller,too.
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Very nice,thats a good looking bow.
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Nice job! The bow and skins look great. Scott
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Good job, they don't get much better than that . Steve
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great looking bow tillers spot on.
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Well done Nate, she's a beaut!!
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That thing is crazy nice. Way to go.
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That sure is a beaut just love every inch, tiller,snake, and it all flows so nice very cool-Hammertime
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Nate that bow is spectacular. You have made some very nice bows lately but this one is your best in my opinion. Great lines, color combinations and the tiller is perfect. Congratulations
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WOW
that sure is a sweet looking bow
tiller looks spot on too
to light for you
thats my prefered draw weight ;D
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Thanks Guys!
I want to send Kudos out to Scott (Oneeye) He sent me the lams for this bow and the horn. He is a top notch trader with excellent quality wood.
Keenan, I think you are right about that, I kind of shake my head in amusement when I look back on earlier bows that I "thought" were nice bows ::) ;D Looking forward to looking back at this one and thinking the same thing ;)
Tim, I Will trade for a GSP pup ;D
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real nice! I love it how do make the power lam so nice??? could you show us please??? JEFFW
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That is a beautiful bow ,nice tiller.
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Thanks Jeff and Swamp.
The power lams...practice....LOL I hate making them. I use a belt sander clamped upside down in my vice to rough it out to the lines and then use a sanding block to finish them up. You really have to sand the edges to nothing to get a nice fit. I test fit them regularly during sanding. This one looks particularly nice because it's sandwiched next to a middle lam of the same type of wood.
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congrats Nate on Jan. backed bow of the month. well deserved win !!!
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LOL Ken you're hilarious, have you seen the bows posted this month, Not a chance for me. And that's okay, It's time for me to try for self BOM ;D
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third times a charm !! self bom is usually swamped . dang guys with four or more bows !! whats it coming to
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Beautiful bow.
I really like the cross-directional grain of the cocobolo over the bubinga - very pretty!
Lee
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Nice work!!! I think I might try a tri-lam next. There I go again, add another bow to the to-do list. That darn list just won't stop growing.
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Nate
I remember when you 1st started posting. At the start you could see that you had it in you...ie the art, and the BUG...
Holy cow man this thing sure is purdy! :o Don't kid yourself, that is a BOM contender for sure. Keep it up!
I would tell you tiller, colors and wood choices, nocks, and everything else is great, but I would just be repeating what has already been said...BTW tiller, color and wood choices, nocks, and everything else looks great! ;D
Also....Man it does my heart good to see a saguaro in the background. Kinda makes ya not feel so alone here in AZ, or the south west for that matter!!
Beautiful job Nate!
Ron
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Really nice tiller on that bow, really nice bow over all; the bull snakes look nice!
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yeah great bow, the glue lines realy look good from here.
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Another nice bow Nate. You have the tiller down to a science.
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Beautiful work man. Danny
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Thanks everyone!
Lee, I really like the cocobolo and thinks it's and otustanding wood next to osage. I will be doing that combo again. For anyone that is interested, on the cocobolo I did find that the finisih did NOT want to dry, I rarely have a problem with that in my warm dry climate but cocobolo is OILY! To fix that I put a few coats of super glue on the cocobolo and buffed it to a nice finish first, Once it was built up with super glue it took the tung oil nicely.
Thanks Ron, You should come down sometime and we can hunt some bunnies in the backyard.
Ohma, Glue lines are perfect on this one, ie, noneexistant. First time I've had them this good!
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That's a beaut NTD. You've got those R/D tillers down pat. good job.
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Whoo Hooo! :o That is beautiful! You have definitely got it down now! 8)
As for the glue lines, I am having trouble seeing them, so could you send it down here, so I could take a closer look, at it, and test that pull, since I have a 28 inch draw, and that weight is just about perfect. ;) I could check out the glue lines, and sort of test drive it for you, 8) and eventually, I would send it back to you......eventually.....maybe..... ::)
Wayne
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Thanks Eric and Wayne.
Wayne, you're such a nut man ;D While I'm prone to giving bows away I'm being a bit greedy with this one ;)
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Dang, it's sailordad isn't it! He has already sweet talked you out of it. Don't do it, hold out! I don't blame you, I would be hanging on to that one! It's a good thing I didn't grow up out there, those poor ol saguaro's would have been full of arrows!..... ;D Still......even now it would be tempting........ Just something about a cactus with arms........ ::)
Wayne
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That is a beauty Nate, I especially like the nocks. Real nice!
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Nice bow Nathen! Love everything about it.
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Thanks Parnell, Scott, and Jeff!
Yeah had to show it off over there too Scott, Since I'm doing the bow swap I wanted let them know I can actually build a bow ;)
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Very nice bow Nathen! you are turning into quite the artist now! All your bows are just beautiful I really enjoy seeing what you will come up with next. Got it bookmarked for January BOM contest too. :)
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Dang Nate, you're really trickin' your bows out nowadays. I haven't been keeping up on here for a while, but your really building some fine bows.
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Another great bow. It is just outstanding craftsmanship.
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Thanks Josh, Okie, and Cooper!
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Nate
Huntin bunnies?!?
There are so many of em..........I thought they were long eared rats!............ ;)
anyway...would like to meet up with a hell-of-a bow maker some day.
Might be workin in the Tucson area now and then...maybe see ya then......
God Bless
Ron
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Tried to catch you on tradgang...maybe I have better luck here;-)
That is the most beautyfull brace profile I have ever seen! perfect tiller too...I want one:-)
Tell me...how much reflex did you start out with...and how much is left now?
Cheers
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Nate
Huntin bunnies?!?
There are so many of em..........I thought they were long eared rats!............ ;)
anyway...would like to meet up with a hell-of-a bow maker some day.
Might be workin in the Tucson area now and then...maybe see ya then......
God Bless
Ron
Ron, Bunnies we can hunt year round, and while I don't eat desert bunnies I have snakes that will ;) I'll send ya a pm with my phone number, give me a call if your ever in town.
Holten,
Thanks again for the compliments. I did answer about the reflex and such, must have missed it ;)
I used 4" blocks for the tips and a 1" block for the deflex. Off the form the tips were 3" behind the handle. After tillering the tips are 1 1/2" behind the handle.
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Thanks NTD
I prepared my lams last night and ill go for those numbers when I glue em up:-)
Ps: I can stare at that brace picture forever....some bows just have that effect on me, gives me gooses bumps-)
cheers
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No problem! That braced profile is mostly about getting the outer limbs to open up just right for you. Good luck, can't wait to see your work.