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first R/d bow how does this tiller look?
Rich Saffold:
That bow is sweet! I can't believe I missed this thread! For your first r/d bow your tiller looks great! On these bows I go a lot by feel as well as how the tiller "looks".. A small bench sander with a 40 grit belt is my favorite too to get the limbs bending on these bows, and then I use a scraper and/ or a little sandpaper on the last bit of tillering..
What makes these bows "special" is how well they keep their profile, and speed..Rick Tatum shot my 5 year old 60#r/d ipe boo through the chrono recently with a 630 gr. arrow at 195fps. your bow is shooting fast, and may even go faster as the wood cures more and if the humidity drops.
It's good to see more midwest bowyers using this wood since more than a few regional "well known" bowyers were trashing the woods performance capabilities since they don't sell the wood, don't like anything competing with their fabled "osage". Heck I like osage, but I also like unbiased objectivity ;D.. Having wrote the original article about Ipe in PA, I naturally have heard a bit more of this kind of talk...
Ipe burnished is quite waterproof on its own, but often on hunting bows all it use is mineral oil rubbed in..Bamboo skin is pretty water tight too, so just the sides of the boo are succeptable for moisture..sometimes over this I like glossy waterbased polyurethane applied with a sponge brush with a light sanding between coats..Take the pretty picture, then rub it with steel wool a touch and use a good wax..then you can take the bow swimming with you..
Again congratulations on a great job, and if you ever make more of these bows, you might like using black bamboo..very camoflauged.
Rich Vol 7 issue 2 "lumberyard Gem"
Jesse:
Thanks. for the comments. I am impressed with ipe. I don't know how accurate that crono thing was the guy said the batteries were almost dead. heh heh I guess it doesn't matter much what the machine says anyway. Its fast and I am very happy. Ive been showing off this bow to anyone who will look at it.
Rich Saffold:
Ya chrono shooting can be like flight shooting where a quick release gets you another 10 fps..and I don't place too much into it having owned a chrono for years, the only numbers I mention are when someone like Rick or Steve shoot my bow with appropriate arrows, and there are plenty of folks watching..and speed is nothing if the accuracy isn't there..
I'm sure your bow will impress a few folks ;D I love its lines!
Rich
Badger:
Richard, I believe that the 195 was a bad reading or a lighter arrow. I shot several shots through it and didnt approach that kind of speed. The bow was good but that would be supernatural. Steve
Rich Saffold:
Rick Tatum shot it at the last pasadena gathering, with a 630gr. and 30" drawlength..I know last year on several arrows you shot through 187 was the top speed. The bow had been in much lower humidity this time around as well..and the tips are a hair lighter since I changed the overlays and trimmed them down a bit. Perhaps the readings were off, you got 185 out of the guava bow in that same time frame..
Rich
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