Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: snedeker on May 22, 2008, 03:01:59 pm
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board backed with silk and with cherry bark as decorative finish on back. 65" long, 62# at 28", 1.5 inches wide. Brown osage tip overlays. I put in about 1.5 inch reflex with heat and it settled in at 0 deflex, 0 reflex. Leather lacing wrapped handle. four coats gloss urethane finish and a couple spray on exterior satin urethane final coats. Bark provided by Matt Simpson. Flat sawed board. Tip pic was a little fuzzy, will redo. This was one where the bow was shaped and tillerd in just a couple days. Finishes took lots longer. A new patient Snedeker.
I have noted the recent breaks. I have had my share too recently. Had a 70# hickory done for a big farm boy and decided to flip tips with my new heat gun. Broke one right off nearly.
Dave
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Looks good Dave, that cherry bark sure is purty eh.
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looks great. :) i love that cherry bark
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Great looking bow Dave. Im glad someone broke the string of bad luck not a bow. ;) Justin
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Ain't nuthin like a good eliptical tiller to make a feller all giddie inside ;D
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SWEET! All-around excellent looking bow, Dave.
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She's a beauty, Dave. Tiller looks great. I have some of that cherry bark. I may just put it on the locust board you gave me. Do you think a cloth or rawhide backing first would be necessary or will the bark be strong enough? Pat
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cherry bark looks great, tiller looks even better. beautiful bow.
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Pat, I'm told the bark has no tension strength for use as actual backing. Fabric required. I put a strip of silk/linen blend on before tillering. Cloth was white and the bark has holes in it, so I painted the silk black first. The bark was in 20" pieces so it is jointed together with very slight overlap.
A structural engineer needs to tell me why the bow doesn't break with the joints in the bark like that? The silk underneath is taking the tension.
the leather is from an old braided leather belt that was coming apart. It was pretty thick and I flattened it by running back and forth across a fine rasp.
Has horn arrow pass guard.
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Actually, cherry bark has significant strength as a backing. The fibers run horizontally around the tree and are quite strong.
The native americans in Oregon used cherry bark as lashings for halibit hooks and sturgeon spears. Cherry wood (not bark) tends to be weak in tension.
Your bow looks very nice.
Bryan
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I've used cherry bark over a hickory backing. I may try it as a backing on the locust stave.
Thanks Bryan. It is tough stuff. Hopefully I will be starting with the Hazel nut stave you sent me. I'm just waiting for the bad karma to move on! :o Pat
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The bow looks great!
I like the cherrybarkbacking and think the cherry bark has a good tension strength.
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Hey Dave,
Looks good, I like the tiller. Patience always seems to make a nice bow. :)
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Nice bow, Dave. Love the tiller. Jawge
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Very nice job. I am looking forward to trying black locust. I have some tree trimmers that are supposedly getting me some. That cherry bark looks great.I should have grabbed some from Ryan when I had the chance.
Jesse
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I had been saving this board for a long time with the intent of following a ring on it, but with the intervening vision limitations that have prevailed upon me, I decided to whip it up with some silk.
Dave
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Looks real good Dave, and I hope those vision limitations are only temporary..
Rich
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Nice, nice, nice, I like it a lot !!!
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When I think of a self longbow, that is the bow I see! Nice job!
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Sweet bow Dave as always. I like that cherry bark. I got some from Ryan O and I want to use it on the next project.
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Slick bow, that cherry bark adds a nice touch.
Sean
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Dave! What do you do with all the bows you make. This is another fine one! We'll look at it next week again.
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Thanks for the positive vibes boys. Thats high praise tpoof, and I appreciate it. Don, the bows are just piled all over.
Rich. I am permanently borderline legally blind. Try not to let it slow me down.
Dave
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Very nice Dave ,tiller looks great and love the bark backing.Cool. :)
Pappy