Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: toomanyknots on July 05, 2013, 11:43:57 pm
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Here's a bow I got done recently. It came out pretty nice I think. I glued in maybe 2" reflex, and it kept about 1 1/2" right after unstringing. I think it was 2" I glued in, might of been 2 1/2", I never measured it actually. It's a bamboo yellow heart ipe trilam, 71" from nock to nock, 67# @ 28", 85# @ 32". I'm liking bamboo on an elb, it seems to work pretty nice and hold good perry reflex. Here's some pics:
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb392/toomany7/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2214.jpg) (http://s1203.photobucket.com/user/toomany7/media/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2214.jpg.html)
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb392/toomany7/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2226.jpg) (http://s1203.photobucket.com/user/toomany7/media/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2226.jpg.html)
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb392/toomany7/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2228.jpg) (http://s1203.photobucket.com/user/toomany7/media/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2228.jpg.html)
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb392/toomany7/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2234.jpg) (http://s1203.photobucket.com/user/toomany7/media/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2234.jpg.html)
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb392/toomany7/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2245.jpg) (http://s1203.photobucket.com/user/toomany7/media/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2245.jpg.html)
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb392/toomany7/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2247.jpg) (http://s1203.photobucket.com/user/toomany7/media/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2247.jpg.html)
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb392/toomany7/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2248.jpg) (http://s1203.photobucket.com/user/toomany7/media/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2248.jpg.html)
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb392/toomany7/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2221.jpg) (http://s1203.photobucket.com/user/toomany7/media/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2221.jpg.html)
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb392/toomany7/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2240.jpg) (http://s1203.photobucket.com/user/toomany7/media/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2240.jpg.html)
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb392/toomany7/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2253.jpg) (http://s1203.photobucket.com/user/toomany7/media/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2253.jpg.html)
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb392/toomany7/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2279.jpg) (http://s1203.photobucket.com/user/toomany7/media/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2279.jpg.html)
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb392/toomany7/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2285.jpg) (http://s1203.photobucket.com/user/toomany7/media/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/DSCN2285.jpg.html)
(At 32-ish)...
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb392/toomany7/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/BYHI85at32fulldraw.jpg) (http://s1203.photobucket.com/user/toomany7/media/BYHI%20ELB%2067%20at%2028%2085%20at%2032/BYHI85at32fulldraw.jpg.html)
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Well done! Your part of a circle tiller looks good and the finish work on the horn tips is very nice too. I've done a few horn nocks and they suck!. ;D
You've been busy lately. 8)
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Well done! Your part of a circle tiller looks good and the finish work on the horn tips is very nice too. I've done a few horn nocks and they suck!. ;D
You've been busy lately. 8)
What I do to make the nocks all shiny is take one of those burnishing wheels and stick it in my hand drill and use it on the nocks with some burnishing cream. I do that on my horn overlays too anymore. Thank you by the way!
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Once again, incredible. I want to build a bamboo backed ipe bow so bad but dont have bamboo or ipe lol
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That is nothing but super cool. I want one and I want one now >:(
My theory about the cat is reinforced here--once again the cat disappears when the bow gets strung. ::)
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That is nothing but super cool. I want one and I want one now >:(
My theory about the cat is reinforced here--once again the cat disappears when the bow gets strung. ::)
Haha, your right! We got some smart kittys we do. ;D Now if it was del the cat, and you strung a bow up... he would probably show right up...
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Youre really cranking them out,
sweet bow super tiller and superb gluelines.
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Great full compass tiller :)
That what I love to see.
Del
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looking good Daniel.
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Another sweet one, 2many!!
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very nice bow. Great finishing work too.
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That's a beauty!
Pat - I don't mind doing horn nocks. Just gotta get mating edges close before gluing on, then I switch to a single edge razor blade to scrape them down. I protect the wood with tape until I'm almost there, then most of my blending is done with foam nail buffer boards. By your own. Don't steal from the wife!
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Very nice bow hairless wonder! I must have missed it while I was on vaca and away from PC's.
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Very nice job,85lbs,man that is a beast. :)
Pappy
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That's a beauty!
Pat - I don't mind doing horn nocks. Just gotta get mating edges close before gluing on, then I switch to a single edge razor blade to scrape them down. I protect the wood with tape until I'm almost there, then most of my blending is done with foam nail buffer boards. By your own. Don't steal from the wife!
Thanks yall! ;D The part that gets me is the drilling. I have a good drill bit, but it is easy for some reason for me to screw up the drilling part. I use a hand drill, maybe if I used a drill press it would be better I think? I want to get one anyway to use with a sanding drum... I tried to drill out like 10 at once the other day, and screwed a bunch of em up... I have to go slow and concentrate when I do it to get it right. I have been using a round file my wife got me at a antique store to blend em, it works great. It has a pointed tip on the end, which really gets in there without scratching the edges. I use it for all kinds of things, I love it. It is probably my second favorite file, after my farriers rasp.
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Very nice job,85lbs,man that is a beast. :)
Pappy
Haha, I'm sure I only got it to like 29" in the fulldraw pic, my arrows are only 30", :).
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Very nice bow hairless wonder! I must have missed it while I was on vaca and away from PC's.
;D Thank ya pearl drums!
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Very nice tri-lam ELB... my favourite type of bow. Excellent tiller. When making tri-lams, I usually try and keep the backing lam and the core lam the same thickness (about 1/4") to give me more belly wood to work with, especially at the tips.
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Sweet TMK. You been crankin' 'em out lately. All nice.
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Very nice tri-lam ELB... my favourite type of bow. Excellent tiller. When making tri-lams, I usually try and keep the backing lam and the core lam the same thickness (about 1/4") to give me more belly wood to work with, especially at the tips.
Thank you! :). Believe it or not, I just measured and the yellow heart core on this one, and it is only 3/16", might be 7/32" in some places. I think I might of just removed alot off the tips. It seems the more I reflex the stave, the thinner the tips will be in the end, plus it's ipe. I know it seems the ipe is really thin at the tips. Maybe I should consider tapering my cores? Although part of me doesn't have a problem with minimal ipe at the tips, it does make better sense to have equal parts consistently.
Sweet TMK. You been crankin' 'em out lately. All nice.
Thank ya!
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shoulda never looked..got me 2 trees down an ain't never gonna look like that........ you do awesome work..well done!
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Nice bow dude.
If you want to avoid those bits where you sand throught the edge of the nock use a smaller drill bit for drillinjg the horn. For ipe and other dense woods I start off with a 12mm flat wood bit then grind the edges off to give the triangle. Your edges are disappearing because the wood bit you use is a little too big. I use 1/2 inch ones when using less dense wood.