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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Markus on January 27, 2015, 05:50:59 pm

Title: ELB trippel laminate.I
Post by: Markus on January 27, 2015, 05:50:59 pm

I finished this ELB a few days ago. 71" NTN, 41lbs at 28". Hickory, Padauk and Lemonwood. Buffalo horn nocks and strike plate. I`m posting a few pics. Markus.
(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b506/timian46/image.jpg7_zpsxd4e5afy.jpg) (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/timian46/media/image.jpg7_zpsxd4e5afy.jpg.html).

Title: Re: ELB trippel laminate.I
Post by: Markus on January 27, 2015, 05:53:10 pm

Drawn to 28
(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b506/timian46/image.jpg8_zpsvz7rz2ko.jpg) (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/timian46/media/image.jpg8_zpsvz7rz2ko.jpg.html)

Title: Re: ELB trippel laminate.I
Post by: Markus on January 27, 2015, 05:55:52 pm

Upper nock front
(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b506/timian46/image.jpg1_zpsitnw2tsc.jpg) (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/timian46/media/image.jpg1_zpsitnw2tsc.jpg.html)

Title: Re: ELB trippel laminate.I
Post by: Markus on January 27, 2015, 05:58:02 pm

Upper nock side view
(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b506/timian46/image.jpg11_zpsi4bgctmu.jpg) (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/timian46/media/image.jpg11_zpsi4bgctmu.jpg.html)

Title: Re: ELB trippel laminate.I
Post by: Markus on January 27, 2015, 06:00:23 pm

Lower nock front
(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b506/timian46/image.jpg2_zpsxnafpgrz.jpg) (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/timian46/media/image.jpg2_zpsxnafpgrz.jpg.html)

Title: Re: ELB trippel laminate.I
Post by: Markus on January 27, 2015, 06:02:19 pm

Lower nock side
(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b506/timian46/image.jpg3_zpsvsyimmcl.jpg) (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/timian46/media/image.jpg3_zpsvsyimmcl.jpg.html)

Title: Re: ELB trippel laminate.I
Post by: Markus on January 27, 2015, 06:04:04 pm

(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b506/timian46/image.jpg9_zpsxcmiy396.jpg) (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/timian46/media/image.jpg9_zpsxcmiy396.jpg.html)

Title: Re: ELB trippel laminate.I
Post by: Markus on January 27, 2015, 06:05:40 pm

(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b506/timian46/image.jpg6_zpsxfyxncbg.jpg) (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/timian46/media/image.jpg6_zpsxfyxncbg.jpg.html)

Title: Re: ELB trippel laminate.I
Post by: Markus on January 27, 2015, 06:07:18 pm

(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b506/timian46/image.jpg5_zpslqmfo1uc.jpg) (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/timian46/media/image.jpg5_zpslqmfo1uc.jpg.html)

Title: Re: ELB trippel laminate.I
Post by: Markus on January 27, 2015, 06:14:17 pm

Lemonwood belly.
(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b506/timian46/image.jpg10_zpsm6b2z3cl.jpg) (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/timian46/media/image.jpg10_zpsm6b2z3cl.jpg.html)

Title: Re: ELB trippel laminate.I
Post by: Markus on January 27, 2015, 06:16:52 pm

This is the last one.
(http://i1289.photobucket.com/albums/b506/timian46/image.jpg4_zpsupayaa6c.jpg) (http://s1289.photobucket.com/user/timian46/media/image.jpg4_zpsupayaa6c.jpg.html)

Title: Re: ELB trippel laminate.I
Post by: sieddy on January 27, 2015, 06:25:27 pm

Oh man that is truely stunning!
Great job!   :D

Title: Re: ELB trippel laminate.I
Post by: Accipiter on January 27, 2015, 08:10:41 pm

Dang, thats a skinny bow! Looks like it shoots great.

Title: Re: ELB trippel laminate.I
Post by: Hamish on January 28, 2015, 03:38:26 am

A fine bow indeed.

Title: Re: ELB trippel laminate.I
Post by: Del the cat on January 28, 2015, 03:44:18 am

Beautiful bow.
If I can make a tiny suggestion...?
Flare the edges of the string grooves at their belly end to allow for the arc of string movement.
If you zoom in on the full draw pic, top nock, you will see the string being forced to bend in its groove.
This is just one of my pet hates... :-[
Del
PS Illustration on this post from my blog:-
http://bowyersdiary.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/reworking-bow.html (http://bowyersdiary.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/reworking-bow.html)

Title: Re: ELB trippel laminate.I
Post by: huisme on January 28, 2015, 03:45:52 am

Del +1

Strings get worn out like that on mass produced bows.

Title: Re: ELB trippel laminate.I
Post by: Markus on January 28, 2015, 09:16:12 am

Del the cat and others, thank you. I always take praise, criticism and advice with a smile.
Del thanks for the advice on your preferred way of shaping string groves (I already know it), but it also depends of what you are after. If you look at the ELBs made in the eighteenth and nineteenth century when many laminated ELBs were made, most of them had string groves very similar to what I showed on the bow I posted and not like you prefer. So it depends on how true you want to be to the origonals. I can mention a few of them old time bowyers. Waring(elder) of London, Wrigley of Manchester, Waring(younger), Edward Madle of London, James Buchanan of London and since this is an American forum I will mention E.I Horsman of NewYork and Conroy, Bisset and Malleson of New York. Besides in my 28 years of making various kinds of bows and arrows I never had a string break for this reason so I do not thing that is so critical as long as there is no sharp edges. All the best. Markus. :)

Title: Re: ELB trippel laminate.I
Post by: IdahoMatt on January 28, 2015, 09:57:36 am

That's a beautiful bow there.  Nice work

Title: Re: ELB trippel laminate.I
Post by: blackhawk on January 28, 2015, 09:59:32 am

Nice job!!! :)