Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: mikaluger (Mick Kay) on April 20, 2014, 05:57:15 am
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I have made this for a fellow bowyer. We are doing a trade. One for one!!
Pacific yew belly, hickory core, Natural Bamboo back. Glued up with approx 4" Reflex.
66" NtN, 90mm fades, 1 1/4" at fades to mid limb, 3/8" at tips. Sambar rest and tips. Currently 62lb @ 28", will shoot it in, in the next week, and add a grip!
Beautiful Yew to work with!!!!! thanks Carson :)
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and of course.....
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Nice clean look!
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Nice bow, Mick. That should be a good lam bow combo. I see you pegged your riser. Does this bow bend in the handle or is it just for insurance.
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Pegged or not, I think if it bends in the handle, it'll pop off. Doesn't look like it's bending in the handle to me. Nice bow! Clean lines, and nice tiller with the reflexed limbs. Not a big fan of bamboo, but I bet that's a good combo, making a fast bow. Well done!
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Awesome.
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Didn't notice it the first time, but I like the way you used the antler crown as your arrow pass. Nice touch!
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Nice looking bow +1 on antler crown like it.
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Nice bow, Mick. That should be a good lam bow combo. I see you pegged your riser. Does this bow bend in the handle or is it just for insurance.
Just for insurance Pat, the bow has a static riser. I was having problems with my risers popping off in the fades, so I now make laminated risers and peg em. No more problems so far!
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Very nice bow,he should love that,overlays a little scary for me,easy to knock off but they look cool just the same. Nice job,bet it's fast. :)
Pappy
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Nice combo!! :)
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Bow looks very cool. Just my 2 cents worth, but looks a bit stiff in the outer 3rd. Had a few handles pop becasue they were bending mostly in the fade right out of the gate.
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Very nice work Mick. Looks nice and looks fast.
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Bow looks very cool. Just my 2 cents worth, but looks a bit stiff in the outer 3rd. Had a few handles pop becasue they were bending mostly in the fade right out of the gate.
Remember the limbs are reflexed. I think his tiller is fine.
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Bow looks very cool. Just my 2 cents worth, but looks a bit stiff in the outer 3rd. Had a few handles pop becasue they were bending mostly in the fade right out of the gate.
Remember the limbs are reflexed. I think his tiller is fine.
True enough, the reflex is subtle just quickly looking at it did not notice. ???
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Did the grip today. Off to SA on Monday.
Sad to see it go, very quick smooth shooter...............luckily I have another blank!!!!! :biggrin:
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Nice bow but forget the pins. They are doing nothing. Wether a riser pops off or not is due to the thickness of the belly lam. Another way to fix this problem is to add a powerlam.
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Hi Mike,
I have to respectfully disagree with you about the pins.
If they were inserted at 90degrees with the belly they would be, as you say, "doing nothing".
The bamboo pins are inserted at an angle to the belly or "skewed" if you like, back towards the centre of the bow in to the belly wood thru the main lamination of the riser. Having them on this angle, increases resistance on that main lamination of lift, and in my opinion, makes the lamination glue line stronger.
Since I have been doing this, I have not had one riser pop or fail.
Along with longer fades, careful gluing, multi laminated risers and careful tillering with a rigid or static riser in mind, you can get away with having a thinner belly wood.
I have not included a power lam in my builds before, I take it they make the riser section more rigid? If that is the case, they have some merit and will have to consider including them to my builds, especially as I don't have the luxury of having thick belly woods all the time.
Mick.
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Killer combo, that's one fine piece of bow sir. +1 on the antler rest
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that is very nice. love the contrasts with the different woods. on some of my bamboo backed yew bows that I made I had the bamboo too thick and it overpowered the yew the result was frets in the yew, this happened over a long period with lots of arrows through them, curious how your combo wil work out. very nicely done.
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That handle turned out very nice. Always enjoy seeing new handle wraps. And interesting use of Pins. It makes sense to put them at an angle.