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Offline ken75

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Re: simple ipe
« Reply #15 on: May 26, 2010, 05:50:47 pm »
thanks rich , u know you have helped a lot . and i sure like being able to hunt with one in a couple hours
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Re: simple ipe
« Reply #16 on: May 26, 2010, 07:17:00 pm »
i like the tiller. and its simplicity
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Re: simple ipe
« Reply #17 on: May 26, 2010, 07:53:14 pm »
Nice looking bow. Good for you saving good wood from a slow painful death as a pallet. Kind of wide for Ipe, how thick are the limbs?
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Offline ken75

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Re: simple ipe
« Reply #18 on: May 26, 2010, 11:15:56 pm »
justin bout 3/8ths i went with a pyramid like profile only 1 3/4 wide at fade , i took it out to shoot a few after the original post and was truly amazed at the speed. no crono but it is a very quick straight bow !! justin the boards a found most have been big crates their 1 by 4s ten foot long.thanks all for looking and commenting !
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Re: simple ipe
« Reply #19 on: May 26, 2010, 11:22:07 pm »
outstanding bow Ken, I have a soft spot for unbacked Ipe.  Don't see many of them.
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: simple ipe
« Reply #20 on: May 26, 2010, 11:36:45 pm »
Quote from: ken75 on May 26, 2010, 11:15:56 pm
justin bout 3/8ths i went with a pyramid like profile only 1 3/4 wide at fade , i took it out to shoot a few after the original post and was truly amazed at the speed. no crono but it is a very quick straight bow !! justin the boards a found most have been big crates their 1 by 4s ten foot long.thanks all for looking and commenting !
I like the profile, and for a pyramid you have to have a little width at the fades. Ipe like all woods has different densities. I have tillered and had less than 1/4" left at 60# but I have also had about 3/8" that is why I ask. Regardless of the density, I haven't seen bad Ipe. Nice bow for sure.
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Re: simple ipe
« Reply #21 on: May 27, 2010, 02:05:12 am »
Bow looks real good Ken. You scored big time on the wood and I hope you make many bows  from it.  The performance of these "board bows" ;) is what got me to write about this wood many years ago, and because there aren't a whole lot of Ipe trees in our hemisphere.  There is one large one nearby, and it's the "only" tree to make me drool uncontrollably.
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Offline ken75

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Re: simple ipe
« Reply #22 on: May 27, 2010, 12:09:21 pm »
thanks all , rich i would like to read what you wrote , where can i find it ?
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Re: simple ipe
« Reply #23 on: May 27, 2010, 01:29:23 pm »
A nice entry for May Self BOM. Any splinters lifting off?
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Rich Saffold

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« Reply #24 on: May 27, 2010, 02:09:37 pm »
Ken, Both in PA mag. First is "lumber Yard Gem" Vol 7 Issue 2 I think.  Ipe revisited Aug 2008 or something like that. Also the first article I wrote was " In the Palm of my hand" about making my first bow from Senegal Date Palm.

I've made several IBI and one OBO lately, and have a finished article somewhere that I should send in when I find it ???

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Offline ken75

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Re: simple ipe
« Reply #25 on: May 27, 2010, 06:36:32 pm »
old bow no splinters other than the ones in my hands the back seems sound , rich thanks for the info, just for the record i blew up a cherry today
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Re: simple ipe
« Reply #26 on: May 27, 2010, 06:43:18 pm »
...so you "popped a cherry"?   >:D  O:)  ;D

I always get the worst splinters working with Ipe...
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Offline ken75

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Re: simple ipe
« Reply #27 on: May 27, 2010, 06:45:49 pm »
yes ! dont happen often anymore but it did today , got ballsy and tried unbacked , i knew better had the backin layin right there oh well
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Re: simple ipe
« Reply #28 on: May 28, 2010, 03:25:33 pm »
thanks scott
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Re: simple ipe( finished pics add snakeskin)
« Reply #29 on: May 30, 2010, 01:25:08 pm »
this has quickly become my favorite bow, so i thought i would spruce it up a bit .glued on a 70 inch oak snake ( grey rat snake for the purist !)and used the left over one inch strips for the handle wrap

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