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Offline leehongyi

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BBI EWB building program in China
« on: April 13, 2014, 05:55:29 am »
Good afternoon, everyone. I am a amateur bowyer in China. I have learned a lot from this forum. At past i mainly built asian type bow. But now i am trying to build a EWB. Aim to achieve a 80#30" bow. The IPE board is 190 cm long and 3 cm wide, and bamboo has been sun-treated. All works are by hands because i am studying 1500km away from my home for a surgical course. You can see all the tools i use for this bow.
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Offline leehongyi

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Re: BBI EWB building program in China
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2014, 06:01:43 am »
more pics. I have spent 2 hours to shape it but not finished yet. the dark and bright colors of the shaving are really beautiful.
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Offline Crogacht

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Re: BBI EWB building program in China
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2014, 06:08:35 am »
Welcome, looks great so far :)
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: BBI EWB building program in China
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2014, 11:03:31 am »
Looks good! I don't know how I would do that without my rasp. I may have to give a plane a try. My past experiences with hand planes have not been too successful, I always got tear out.
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 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: BBI EWB building program in China
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2014, 11:10:02 am »
Use your imagination and you will find ways to work out solutions in spite of a lack of tools, I have confidence in you, 

So far, as others have said, it looks good.  It appears you have a good tight glue line from what I can tell!  Keep posting pictures, we'd love to see how you progress!
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Offline Dan K

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Re: BBI EWB building program in China
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2014, 11:34:53 am »
You are going to love this bow!  I'm excited to watch your progress and see the end results. Good luck!
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: BBI EWB building program in China
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2014, 01:32:03 pm »
Yeah, bamboo and ipe are a nice combo, :).
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline Del the cat

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Re: BBI EWB building program in China
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2014, 02:56:34 pm »
Looking good. 80# @ 30" is a nice weight (even this cat can pull it :laugh: )
Good luck from the home of the EWB :)
Del
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Offline leehongyi

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Re: BBI EWB building program in China
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2014, 09:48:30 am »
OK, i'll show today's work. before the pics, i want to know whether i have used the right word. the title"BBI EWB building program" is all right or "progress" is better? sorry for my poor english expression. Today i left hospital earlier than usual and spent 2 hrs on my bow. I mainly shaved the thickness and rounded the edge. But i think it's a bit heavier than my expectation. i tapered it from 3.2cm to 1.5cm just 10cm from the center to the end, is that right?or guys can you show me some successful cases?
 
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: BBI EWB building program in China
« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2014, 09:53:51 pm »
Well I think your english is very good. Not in any way poor at all. I think being multilingual is a very big achievement to being with, and your english is really excellent. And it doesn't take much ipe sometimes to make a heavy bow. It is very dense and hard, so it can take less material to make the same weight as other woods. I would need to convert the metric to inches to tell you if your dimensions are good, as I am used to inches and am not very good at converting the two, but I go around 1 1/8" inch wide at center, 13/16" to 7/8" inch thick at center, 1/2" inch tips, and around 75" nock to nock length. I leave it the same width about 8" or so in the center before tapering to 1/2" tips.
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline leehongyi

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Re: BBI EWB building program in China
« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2014, 12:01:38 am »
Your nick name is very meaningful. maybe it comes from your bowwood? i have read a lot of your excellent bow works which are so amazing! thanks for your dimension that fits my stave well. is that a 80lbs or so weight dimension?1" equals 2.54cm.
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: BBI EWB building program in China
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2014, 12:31:36 am »
Quote from: leehongyi on April 15, 2014, 12:01:38 am
Your nick name is very meaningful. maybe it comes from your bowwood? i have read a lot of your excellent bow works which are so amazing! thanks for your dimension that fits my stave well. is that a 80lbs or so weight dimension?1" equals 2.54cm.

Haha, thank you. My name is just something I made up at random when registering on another forum, after working some wood with lots of knots. Those dimensions should give you roughly an 80lb bow, could be anywhere from 80 - 100, so it might require some reducing in weight.
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline leehongyi

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Re: BBI EWB building program in China
« Reply #12 on: April 15, 2014, 12:03:43 pm »
today‘s work. really thank you toomanyknots!i made a twisted string for my bow.

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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: BBI EWB building program in China
« Reply #13 on: April 15, 2014, 03:52:19 pm »
Looking good to me!
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline AndiE

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Re: BBI EWB building program in China
« Reply #14 on: April 15, 2014, 03:55:43 pm »
Hello leehongyi

Nice work! I think you will be around 160-180# at the moment. :)

Kind regards
Andi
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