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Offline snedeker

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new hickory/ipe/yew trilam flatbow
« on: September 24, 2007, 01:23:44 pm »
Got some gorgeous yew lumber from Brian Melton almost 2 years ago and finally got around to finishing something with some of it.  hickory backing, ipe core, yew belly.  63" ntn, 52# at 28".  Went for sort of a gentlemans target effect.   1/8" ipe strip with additional 14" thin power lam of ipe in middle. has 2" reflex.  1.5" wide out to taper 14" from tip. Had 5/16" yew strips ripped, used the end cutoffs for the handle.  Brown osage tip overlays and underlays, and arrowpass gaurd.  Glued up with flat sawn hickory initially, and a splinter arose late in tillering mid limb.  I took the labor intensive route of hand sanding the strip to 1/16 with a block and 24 grit paper.  then I belt sanded a vertical hickory strip to near 1/16" and put it on over top. Nice shooting bow.

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Re: new hickory/ipe/yew trilam flatbow
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2007, 01:31:48 pm »
A couple more pics.  The detail shot of the handle side showing the arrowpass side guard came out as a blur - I'll have to get another becuase such a feature is pretty fancy for me.     

the ipe was a real waste scrap, a piece with a lot of vertical checking cut off the outside of a 4x4.  Worked fine for this though.

Had a bit of a challenge after second backing cause of eyed up thickness of sanded strip.had to retiller a bit.

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Re: new hickory/ipe/yew trilam flatbow
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2007, 02:16:10 pm »
very nice. how much perry reflex did you glue in at the first place?
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Re: new hickory/ipe/yew trilam flatbow
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2007, 03:55:15 pm »
Wow.  I have to say thats freakin' sweet!
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Re: new hickory/ipe/yew trilam flatbow
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2007, 04:00:38 pm »
Very nice. Should be fun to shoot on the range or in the woods :).
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Re: new hickory/ipe/yew trilam flatbow
« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2007, 04:08:51 pm »
thanks.  Came out pretty well.  Are my pics a little blurry?  Hard for me to tell.

To Finnish Dude:  Glued up with 3" reflex

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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: new hickory/ipe/yew trilam flatbow
« Reply #6 on: September 24, 2007, 05:42:02 pm »
The pictures look fine Dave.  I think once you see the beauty of the bow in person, the pictures never can look right.  ;) It is a beautiful bow.  Any chance of getting a close up of the side of the limb.  What is the total thickness of the limb.  I'm still thinking on these Ipe laminated bows.  Justin
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Offline david w.

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Re: new hickory/ipe/yew trilam flatbow
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2007, 06:39:09 pm »
cool bow thats awesome
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Re: new hickory/ipe/yew trilam flatbow
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2007, 07:42:24 am »
Sweet looking bow Dave,great job.
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Offline Wulamoc

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Re: new hickory/ipe/yew trilam flatbow
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2007, 12:59:51 pm »
great work!
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Re: new hickory/ipe/yew trilam flatbow
« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2007, 01:08:00 pm »
Whoo whoo! A real contender for Sept Backed Bow of the Month.  Thanks, Dave!
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Offline snedeker

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Re: new hickory/ipe/yew trilam flatbow
« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2007, 01:37:01 pm »
Justin, the specs are 9/16 at the fades, 7/16 mid limb, and 5/16" thick just in front of the tip overlay area.  Couple detail pics.  Limb side detail is lower half of liimb

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Re: new hickory/ipe/yew trilam flatbow
« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2007, 06:53:58 pm »
Thanks Dave, that is exactly what I wanted to know.  Justin
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Re: new hickory/ipe/yew trilam flatbow
« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2007, 08:53:51 pm »
Ya it looks pretty fast Dave ;D Three of my favorite woods ;)

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Offline venisonburger

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Re: new hickory/ipe/yew trilam flatbow
« Reply #14 on: September 25, 2007, 09:52:31 pm »
That yew is some pretty wood, looks like a nice bow. I think I'm about due to do a lam bow. anyway good job
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