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Offline bubby

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maple backed gonco alves with a red oak belly fix( full draw added)
« on: September 02, 2011, 07:15:15 pm »
this is a light # bow that I made in about5 hrs total working time,maple backed gonco alves with glued on recurves/ walnut tips. it was bending to much at the fades so i took some belly cuts off of a red oak bow steamed them and bent to match the fades and glued them on. It's 25# @ 25", just a good starter bow for a kid or woman to get into shooting, 66" ttt and 1 1/4" at the fades





not counting the glue dry time this bow build went fast, tell me what ya think, Bub
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Offline half eye

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Re: maple backed gonco alves with a red oak belly fix
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2011, 07:52:38 pm »
Bubby, Really like the color contrast, and looks to have the classic longbow profile. Your finish work is top drawer, as usuall. what is there to NOT like?
rich
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Re: maple backed gonco alves with a red oak belly fix
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2011, 08:51:31 pm »
Man,

I'm liking the looks of this bow a lot.
Like the way you built up the Bit-O-Recurve there.

-gus
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Re: maple backed gonco alves with a red oak belly fix
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2011, 09:52:59 pm »
5 hrs wow thats movin. i can barley get one roughed out and shaped in that time ,good job nice lookin bow.
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Re: maple backed gonco alves with a red oak belly fix
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2011, 11:15:24 pm »
Cool little bow! the finish looks nice on that! Well done as usuall!

Josh
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: maple backed gonco alves with a red oak belly fix
« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2011, 11:27:37 pm »
Excellent save bubby. finish work as Rich said is very nice.
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Offline bryan irwin

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Re: maple backed gonco alves with a red oak belly fix
« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2011, 11:37:09 pm »
cool bow looks good.
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Re: maple backed gonco alves with a red oak belly fix( full draw added)
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2011, 04:36:37 pm »
finally got time for a money shot, this wood seems to make a nice bow but i was thinking it would be simallar to epe, and it's not, works real nice but it's a little soft, i think it has to have tip overlays to be safe, but it does work nice, Bub
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