Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Badly Bent on January 26, 2013, 10:18:28 am
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Simple little bow of black walnut, mostly sapwood. Had this narrow piece of a black walnut stave around the shop a few years and a little
spare time on my hands this week. The sap wood back just under the bark had pretty grain and texture so I wanted to make something out of it. Not enough wood in it to make a hunting weight bow. Induced 3" of reflex on the caul and it ended up with 1.25" when done.
Finished at 33# @24" / 55" ntn / edges painted red on flat side and dyed brown on scalloped side / parafin wax heated in and then bees
wax finish buffed on top. Not sure on tiller, I think I may be seeing a slight hingey area bottom limb to work out.
Greg
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Heres the full draw pic, well short of full draw anyway but as far as the wife could pull it long enough for me to snap off a photo. ???
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Man you been crankin' 'em out Greg. From the pic I would say your right about the bottom limb.
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Yeah Slim I think I'll end up doing a little work on the bottom limb. The wax only finish comes in handy when you go to scrape more off the bow, it's a pain if it has been varnished.
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I like that style of bow Greg. A few scrapes on the bottom limb and you got it whipped.
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Been there. Looks like it will be sweet when finished. I've got my marathon bow I'm tryin' to finish. 24 miles behind me, and the last 2 are pure hell. I can see the finish line, both of 'em.
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Jon, should I scrape above hinge area, below or both? I often end up making a hinge area worse somehow. What would you do?
Greg
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I wpould give it a few above the hinge and get it bending more by the handle. It looks good though.
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Yeah I second that Greg. Work the handle fade area and then see what it looks like.
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Nice radiator! ;D
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just something about those scalloped bows...
nice one-and i'm sure you'll get that little hinge worked out quite readily
mostly sapwood aye?
gives me hope that maybe there are some bows in the small diameter(6-8") walnut logs i got curing right now.
heartwood in them is rather slim.
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your bows are so friggin cool!
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nice one BB, I like those scalloped bows, really like your approach to finish on your bows Bub
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Great looking bow. I realy like those those scalloped bows you seem to crank out with ease. I see the spot on the lower limb your talking about but the camera angle makes it look way thicker than the top limb so i cant decide if its truly a hinge or just an optical illusion.
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Thanks Slim, good luck with your marathon bow.
Thanks Jon & Dvs, I'll scrape her there and have it looking good. Appreciate the advise cause like I've said before my tiller eye is a
on again /off again thing.
Ya like the radiator Jodocus :)
Thanks Sadie. Black walnut sapwood is fine in my opinion, I've made 7 bows of black walnut with thick sapwood and only a thin layer
of heartwood if any at all on the belly. Sounds like some nice staves you got there.
Thanks Zion, glad you like em'.
Thanks Bubby, I know your a scallop bow fan too. ;D
Thanks turtle, this one was easy because the stave split was so small and narrow there wasn't much wood to remove, plus walnut is really easy to work.