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Bows / Re: ECHO II
« Last post by simk on Today at 01:41:25 pm »...
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I got that call from a customer - he needed a new bow for hunting bear in alaska he said. He went on and specified 60" long max and 67# at 28", takedown. Ok I said.
The next days I wasn't sure on how exactly to tackle this. Then I remembered ECHO - the bow made by our honorable member Simson - must have been 2018 or so. But anyways, I remember being deeply impressed by this bow. It's was kinda dream, top edge - unatteinable. But I knew, once when I grew up, I wanna try something like that.
These days I also remembered that osage stave with that deflex in the center - lying around in our archery clubhouse for years - an ugly belly split who nobody has been interested for years. It turned out as a fantastic piece - NOT A SINGLE PINKNOT.
So I had a plan: This will be my ECHO II.
Of course you cannot copy Simson - but I'm glad I tried. Max. width 38 mm.
Cheers
The next days I wasn't sure on how exactly to tackle this. Then I remembered ECHO - the bow made by our honorable member Simson - must have been 2018 or so. But anyways, I remember being deeply impressed by this bow. It's was kinda dream, top edge - unatteinable. But I knew, once when I grew up, I wanna try something like that.
These days I also remembered that osage stave with that deflex in the center - lying around in our archery clubhouse for years - an ugly belly split who nobody has been interested for years. It turned out as a fantastic piece - NOT A SINGLE PINKNOT.
So I had a plan: This will be my ECHO II.
Of course you cannot copy Simson - but I'm glad I tried. Max. width 38 mm.
Cheers
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Bows / Re: An experimental leaf-spring lever bow
« Last post by simk on Today at 12:53:08 pm »That bow looks like a lots of fun Nic! And great execution! My hat's off 
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Bows / Re: First go with Black Locust
« Last post by jameswoodmot on Today at 12:27:16 pm »I ended up under weight as usual but I don’t think I could get much more from this piece of wood, it’s taken about 2” of set. I’m pretty sure it started at 3 1/2” and is now at about 1 1/2” of reflex.
38lbs at 26”
I glued on some temporary tip overlays so I could shoot it without he inappropriate string popping off. Shot like an absolute dog I have to take that spare weight out of the tips.
I’ve got no idea how narrow I can take the tips with this stuff and they’re slightly thinner than I had hoped. It’s not a heavy bow so I think I can still take some more width off them.
After some handle sculpting and tip narrowing it’s not too bad. Amazing what tip weight will do to a bow.
Hopefully you can see in that last photo the little bit of a wobble in the limb inside the flip, caused me some confusion that did!
I’ll get a full draw photo in a bit. Let me know where I could improve on my tiller!
38lbs at 26”
I glued on some temporary tip overlays so I could shoot it without he inappropriate string popping off. Shot like an absolute dog I have to take that spare weight out of the tips.
I’ve got no idea how narrow I can take the tips with this stuff and they’re slightly thinner than I had hoped. It’s not a heavy bow so I think I can still take some more width off them.
After some handle sculpting and tip narrowing it’s not too bad. Amazing what tip weight will do to a bow.
Hopefully you can see in that last photo the little bit of a wobble in the limb inside the flip, caused me some confusion that did!
I’ll get a full draw photo in a bit. Let me know where I could improve on my tiller!
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Bows / Re: First go with Black Locust
« Last post by jameswoodmot on Today at 12:17:43 pm »A bit further down the road of going back and fourth I definitely found this one tricky to tiller. I think I didn’t give enough heat when taking the twists out of the limbs and some of its crept back in.
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Bows / Re: First go with Black Locust
« Last post by jameswoodmot on Today at 12:14:18 pm »It lost about 6% of its weight on the radiators (it
Was already seasoned, just atmospheric moisture) and lost a gram over night so I called it good.
Put it back on the long string for a bit to drop the weight down as it was already taking set
Was already seasoned, just atmospheric moisture) and lost a gram over night so I called it good.
Put it back on the long string for a bit to drop the weight down as it was already taking set
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Bows / Re: First go with Black Locust
« Last post by jameswoodmot on Today at 12:05:01 pm »Nah it’s all good, just pale heart wood I think, here’s a picture of the other stave I’ve gotIt had most of the sapwood sawn off, some checks in one end and a point on the other.
It seems to me that you have an all sapwood stave.
All the black locusts I've seen had dark heartwood and very pale sapwood with a clear separation.
I've made 2 bows all sapwood with a very tiny strip of heartwood (fading to none at tips) that shoot well.
Probably a full sapwood bow would work well too
Nice bow outline you got there.
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Bows / Re: What shall I do with this tiny yew stave?
« Last post by Doug509 on Today at 11:58:15 am »Nice woood grain color. English Yew? My only other thought is back the first stave with bamboo after removing sapwood. Might not work with the high crown.
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Bows / Re: Birch bark backing
« Last post by Doug509 on Today at 11:51:35 am »A couple final photos of the birch bark after cleaning up the edges and 3 coats tru oil. Bow gained 20 grams in weight and has held up to shooting couple dozen arrows without damage to the bark.