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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: bubbles on January 23, 2016, 04:47:16 pm

Title: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: bubbles on January 23, 2016, 04:47:16 pm

Hi everyone, havent been as active building bows for the last while. Been busy having a pretty dismal deer season.  Just got this one finished up.  64"  ntn,  58#@26.  A set of nice elm billets from PatM.  I was originally shooting it at 63# and after it broke a bunch of my arrows since I didn't have anything with a stiff enough spine, I realized I didn't want a bow that heavy. Haha.  Hoping it settles around 55#.  Both the billets started out with some reflex, the bottom one more so.  Also heat treated the limbs.
(http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo19/mikemeusel/Elm%20Takedown/20160123_160609_zps4ni17c2x.jpg) (http://s357.photobucket.com/user/mikemeusel/media/Elm%20Takedown/20160123_160609_zps4ni17c2x.jpg.html)
(http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo19/mikemeusel/Elm%20Takedown/20160123_160655_zpsfthzihm1.jpg) (http://s357.photobucket.com/user/mikemeusel/media/Elm%20Takedown/20160123_160655_zpsfthzihm1.jpg.html)
(http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo19/mikemeusel/Elm%20Takedown/20160123_160417_zpsy8upihvx.jpg) (http://s357.photobucket.com/user/mikemeusel/media/Elm%20Takedown/20160123_160417_zpsy8upihvx.jpg.html)
(http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo19/mikemeusel/Elm%20Takedown/20160123_160343_zps8a7kaxes.jpg) (http://s357.photobucket.com/user/mikemeusel/media/Elm%20Takedown/20160123_160343_zps8a7kaxes.jpg.html)(http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo19/mikemeusel/Elm%20Takedown/Screenshot_2016-01-23-16-08-44-1_zpsjlhtuawv.png) (http://s357.photobucket.com/user/mikemeusel/media/Elm%20Takedown/Screenshot_2016-01-23-16-08-44-1_zpsjlhtuawv.png.html)
(http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo19/mikemeusel/Elm%20Takedown/Screenshot_2016-01-16-14-01-20-1_zpsqocti0mn.png) (http://s357.photobucket.com/user/mikemeusel/media/Elm%20Takedown/Screenshot_2016-01-16-14-01-20-1_zpsqocti0mn.png.html)
(http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo19/mikemeusel/Elm%20Takedown/20160123_160541_zpsqcxiekla.jpg) (http://s357.photobucket.com/user/mikemeusel/media/Elm%20Takedown/20160123_160541_zpsqcxiekla.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: PlanB on January 23, 2016, 04:55:23 pm

Nice!!!!

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: Stixnstones on January 23, 2016, 05:38:28 pm

Like everything about it, great work😄

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: Pat B on January 23, 2016, 05:41:31 pm

That's a keeper, bubbes.   8)

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: ajooter on January 23, 2016, 05:53:30 pm

Nice stick and finish to boot...a deer slayer for sure!

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: JonW on January 23, 2016, 06:10:27 pm

Man I dig that! Super job.

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: Rob W. on January 23, 2016, 06:48:49 pm

I really like that! Perfect weight too.

Great job.

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: Steve Milbocker on January 23, 2016, 06:52:23 pm

Beautiful bow!

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: Jim Davis on January 23, 2016, 06:55:31 pm

How wide are the limbs and what inside diameter is the handle tube?

Really nice bow.

Jim

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: rps3 on January 23, 2016, 07:00:18 pm

I like it.

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: RyanR on January 23, 2016, 07:09:48 pm

Looks really nice.

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: bubbles on January 23, 2016, 07:19:10 pm

Thanks for the kind words everyone. 
Asharrow, the limbs are around 2" wide,  maybe creeping up on 2.25 around the fades.  Not sure what the inside diameter of the tube is, but it's the smaller diameter takedown tube from 3 rivers. Its around 1.25" wide on the outside. 

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: bow101 on January 23, 2016, 07:19:27 pm

A 2 piece with character, looks cool.   :)

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: Badger on January 23, 2016, 07:42:08 pm

 Beautiful job on that one, looks like a serious shooter.

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: Accipiter on January 23, 2016, 07:49:31 pm

Beautiful! I really like that unstrung profile

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: bubbles on January 23, 2016, 10:25:58 pm

I think some of the character you're seeing may be the fact that the bottom, more reflexed limb took very little set when combined with the heat treatment, where the less reflexed top limb took some set despite the heat treatment.

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: wizardgoat on January 23, 2016, 10:40:31 pm

Nice work bubbles!

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: loon on January 23, 2016, 11:35:01 pm

Awesomee

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: Badly Bent on January 23, 2016, 11:57:13 pm

Real nice looking bow and your tiller looks right on.

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: BowEd on January 24, 2016, 06:59:13 am

I like it.

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: Chief RID on January 24, 2016, 07:12:19 am

It looks like a comfortable shooter with the string angle at full draw. The bow itself looks like a deer slayer to me. Great work on that elm wood.

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: blackhawk on January 24, 2016, 07:40:13 am

Nice job!!! :)

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: dragonman on January 24, 2016, 08:24:42 am

beautiful bow!

any chance of a close up of how you make the limbs fit together.?

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: bubbles on January 24, 2016, 12:17:12 pm

Thanks guys!

 Dragon man,  I just used those metal takedown tubes you can get at 3 rivers, then just did a leather wrap to cover the metal.

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: bushboy on January 24, 2016, 01:25:03 pm

Very nicely done man! 8)!on a side note did you pick your username from the TPB's?

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: bubbles on January 24, 2016, 07:50:36 pm

Haha bushboy, I didn't,  for some reason this has been my username I've been using since the I've started signing up for Internet chatrooms/forums, which was many years before TPB.

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: PatM on January 24, 2016, 08:55:15 pm

Been waiting for this one. Nicely done.

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: simson on January 25, 2016, 02:38:21 am

Very nice bow man. I like the front profile and you finish work.
May I suggest to use the t/d sleeves in the opposite way you do: Long sleeve on the lower and short sleeve on the upper limb.

But really cool bow buddy!

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: Del the cat on January 25, 2016, 04:30:35 am

Great bow, very clean and tidy....
I gotta make a takedown that doesn't explode 6 months later >:(
Del

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: Pappy on January 25, 2016, 05:26:18 am

Very nice stick, well done. :)
 Pappy

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: bubbles on January 25, 2016, 12:36:42 pm

Interesting point Simon.  I actually recycled these takedown sleeves from a hickory backed cherry I was unhappy with. But I oriented the sleeves as you suggested on that one.  I noticed that the sleeves would work themselves apart slowly. Not sure if it was from hanging the bow up or from shooting the bow.  I havnt noticed that yet with the sleeves set this way. 

Title: Re: Elm Takedown 58@26"
Post by: Lumberman on January 25, 2016, 05:15:38 pm

That bow is sick man, sorry about the season's frustrations, makes next year's success that much sweeter, but I think I'd trade a successful season to be able to make bows like that!