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Offline Prarie Bowyer

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Latest R/D bow ~ money shot added + video
« on: June 04, 2012, 11:23:58 pm »
66" tip to tip and 65# at 28".  Bambo backed Ipe with a carbonized bamboo core.  Feels like a great performer!  I'm feeling pretty comfortable with this general design.  made some changes to how I glue up.  Also rebuilt the "dust maker 9000", a 6" 50 grit sanding drum, so it goes fairly quickly as far as these things so.  I've got a better sense of thickness to precut and can quickly grind down to close to final tiller.  I get a little whiny when things don't go my way but in general I feel like I know this design.












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Offline country

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Re: Latest R/D bow
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2012, 01:47:56 am »
 :D Thats a sweet bow....
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Offline Prarie Bowyer

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Re: Latest R/D bow
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2012, 02:15:19 am »
Thanks
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Latest R/D bow
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2012, 02:33:45 am »
I like it
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Re: Latest R/D bow
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2012, 03:48:28 am »
Full draw shot!
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Offline soy

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Re: Latest R/D bow
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2012, 06:38:37 am »
That is nice looking and i bet ot is faster than a cheetah with its tail on fire.....but you have been here long enough to know that one cant go on about there day without seeing the money shot ...dont hold back lets see ot >:D
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Re: Latest R/D bow
« Reply #6 on: June 05, 2012, 06:57:22 am »
Beautiful bow,very nice work. :)
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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: Latest R/D bow
« Reply #7 on: June 05, 2012, 08:04:54 am »
Awesome!! Gotta love anything with a bamboo back on it. Keep up the good work.

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Offline DarkSoul

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Re: Latest R/D bow
« Reply #8 on: June 05, 2012, 09:13:55 am »
I like that handle 8) Nice glue lines also. Or...what glue lines?  :P
But where's the full draw shot?!

I think there is some excess weight in the tips. How wide are the last few inches of the limbs? You might be able to gain a little extra speed if you reduce them a bit.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Latest R/D bow
« Reply #9 on: June 05, 2012, 09:15:51 am »
Hey, that's looking really cool & slick.
Nice photos.
If I'm going to be really picky, I'd say you could round off the very tip on the belly side from string groove out to the tip to look more elegant. It is atually getting thicker at the moment... just aesthetics really. Hope you don't mind the suggestion.
BTW. I've just run the figures through the catputer and it says the reduction in tip mass will give you an extra 0.76 fps O:)

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Offline lesken2011

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Re: Latest R/D bow
« Reply #10 on: June 05, 2012, 09:19:16 am »
Good job, Scott. You are definitely gettin the hang of it!  ;D
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Re: Latest R/D bow
« Reply #11 on: June 05, 2012, 10:10:46 am »
How about a braced or full draw shot? We never get to see those for some reason.
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: Latest R/D bow
« Reply #12 on: June 05, 2012, 01:54:23 pm »
beautiful bow, looks like a screamer for sure.
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Offline Prarie Bowyer

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Re: Latest R/D bow
« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2012, 09:27:54 pm »
Braced and full draw shots.  you are absolutely right.  Photos of full draw are a pain for a few reasons.  I have  a video coming of my shooting it. I think. . . If I have video editing software on this computer.


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Offline Prarie Bowyer

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Re: Latest R/D bow
« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2012, 09:32:45 pm »
I did some shooting and it's pretty screaming I think.  Aesthetics are important also.  If II wanted to squeze every possible foot per inch out of it I'd make compound bows.  O:)

thanks guys.  the video camera went dead so when it recharges I'll try to ge the disk finalized  and video uploaded.
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