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Title: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart (...more pics)
Post by: medicinewheel on January 29, 2008, 08:02:23 pm
hello all!  -  about a year ago i glued a riser to an already tapered slat of purpleheart and it came out off the hotbox wavy; from than on it stood in the corner of shame and hearing about purpleheart fretting so easy didn't encourage me to do something with it.
now this lady friend of mine wanted me to make her a bow and i gave it a try and backed it with hardmaple.
backing the bow with the rope and wedges method helped reducing the waves a bit but i could get rid of most of them in the tillering process.

working with the wood is no fun at all. no tool seems to work on it well and a smooth surface is really hard to reach.
but in the process i really started liking the bow and i had an idea she would come out beautiful. and she did!

the bow is 65" ntn and now pulls 36#@26"  (32 to 35# was what i went for) and for the drawweight the bow does shoot nice!
there was a curl or pinknot or something right on the edge of the lower limb with a tag on it "meant to fret" - but it didn't; the patch (rawhide wrapped w/linen) you see on the lower limb is to keep it that way  ;D

well here she is, thanks for looking,

frank

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Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart
Post by: medicinewheel on January 29, 2008, 08:06:02 pm
....some more pics



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Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart
Post by: medicinewheel on January 29, 2008, 08:09:00 pm
...some from the building process!

btw the riser is osage and wenge and i used the cut-outs of the riser for the overlays.



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Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart
Post by: medicinewheel on January 29, 2008, 08:11:41 pm
the bow was glued up with less then an inch of reflex and she even kept some of that, which i found quite surprising!

sorry for the pics from the tillerwall; i'll try to get nicerones full draw later...



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Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart
Post by: Gordon on January 29, 2008, 08:34:24 pm
That's some eye-candy for sure. Just beautiful!
Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart
Post by: Jesse on January 29, 2008, 08:35:59 pm
Beautiful bow ya got there.  I never worked with purple heart but I have heard it is challenging.
                                                                      Jesse
Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart
Post by: DanaM on January 29, 2008, 09:13:38 pm
Real purty frank I'm sure she wil be pleased, and as usual your tips are exquiste
Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart
Post by: Justin Snyder on January 29, 2008, 10:54:27 pm
It looks great Frank. I love the rich color of purpleheart.  Justin
Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart
Post by: Ryano on January 30, 2008, 12:05:39 am
Pretty bow Frank..... ;D
Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart
Post by: medicinewheel on January 30, 2008, 03:42:33 am

thanks guys! - i'll try to get some nice fulldraws today...
Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart
Post by: Badger on January 30, 2008, 04:09:35 am
Wow! that came out nice, great finish you did on that as well. I think the hard maple as a backing was a great idea for that purple heart, it sure did work well. Steve
Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart
Post by: medicinewheel on January 30, 2008, 04:32:02 am
hey steve!  -  yes, i guess maple was the right choice, and soon as i forget how bad it was to work with PH i'll go for a fifty-pounder of the same combo!
Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart
Post by: PK on January 30, 2008, 04:43:23 am
Gosh that's Pretty
Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart
Post by: leonieluna222 on January 30, 2008, 06:01:15 am
Hi Frank, hello you all!
I am the one to own this beautiful bow!  :) I think its magnificent, the colours are gorgeous and I am really really happy and looking forward to shoot it!
Thanx a lot, Frank!
Silvia
Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart
Post by: Pappy on January 30, 2008, 06:45:42 am
Beautiful bow Frank,very nice finish work and the tiller looks great. :) Nice job.
   Pappy
Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart
Post by: Woodland Roamer on January 30, 2008, 09:26:48 am
That's a real beauty Frank! Tiller looks great and those tips are a work of art.

Alan
Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart
Post by: GregB on January 30, 2008, 03:24:10 pm
That bow turned out really nice! I like the contrast in the different wood colors. Good tillering as well! ;)
Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart
Post by: uwe on January 30, 2008, 03:39:25 pm
Nice arrangement of colours, nice tiller. I agree to what the other guys said!
It`ll have a good shot in the Eifel mountains, Frank!
Regards Uwe
Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart
Post by: OldBow on January 30, 2008, 04:09:45 pm
You Rule!
                                                                   
Lucky Lady Friend!
We'll look at it tomorrow 1/31 for Laminant Bow of the Month for January
Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart
Post by: medicinewheel on January 30, 2008, 06:18:00 pm
it's Buddhist believe that the way, the process is what counts! but hey, doesn't hurt if the outcome is nice, too  ;D ;D ;D

thank you all for the nice comments!!!


well, wanted Silvia to pull the bow for the full draw, but she has to work herself up to the drawweight; sorry guys...
so here i pull the bow to 26"

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Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart
Post by: medicinewheel on January 30, 2008, 06:21:47 pm
BUT! here is Silvia LIFTING the bow into the camera; she got that handled as if it was nothing!   >:D >:D >:D

well she said the bow is the most beautiful thing that ever was given to her! - thanks Silvia, my pleasure!



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Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart
Post by: medicinewheel on January 30, 2008, 06:30:50 pm
took some more pictures outside today; the colours look even nicer with the outside light!

again, thanks all for the nice compliments!



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Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart (...more pics)
Post by: AndrewS on January 30, 2008, 07:34:32 pm
That a colourfull beauty. Congrats!
Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart (...more pics)
Post by: medicinewheel on January 31, 2008, 07:26:37 am

thanks andy!
Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart (...more pics)
Post by: Pappy on January 31, 2008, 02:23:45 pm
Man that turned out sweet,looks really good and love the color contrast. :)Nice job.
   Pappy
Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart (...more pics)
Post by: Hillbilly on January 31, 2008, 02:31:16 pm
Awesome bow, Frank, and great detail work.
Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart (...more pics)
Post by: a finnish native on January 31, 2008, 02:40:21 pm
that purpleheart really set's it off! nice job.
Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart (...more pics)
Post by: Slivershooter on January 31, 2008, 03:35:59 pm
That is one Petty bow!
Title: Re: my first bow in 2008: maple-backed purpleheart (...more pics)
Post by: medicinewheel on February 01, 2008, 04:09:43 am

again thank you all for the nice comments on this bow!!!

frank