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Offline Pat B

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Re: 68" hickory backed Lemonwood ALB(with pics)
« Reply #45 on: January 19, 2014, 06:17:31 pm »
I got a little more done this weekend. After a bit of scraping and exercising I got her braced. This isn't the first low brace but is not full brace height...


I marked the string track at the tips...


...and added tip overlays. I went with osage on the bottom and lemonwood on top, glued them with TBIII and rubberband clamps...


After the glue dried I shaped the tips...




Here she is. Not finished yet. I still have to reduce the weight some. I figured she's about 70#@26" now. My next session I'll have her down to 50#-55#@26" where I want her to be.  The rubberbands are holding the leather arrow rest on til the glue dries. I'll then shape it to fit my hand.

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Re: 68" hickory backed Lemonwood ALB(with pics)
« Reply #46 on: January 19, 2014, 06:21:09 pm »
  Looking good Pat.... 8)
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Re: 68" hickory backed Lemonwood ALB(with pics)
« Reply #47 on: January 19, 2014, 07:11:08 pm »
Sweet work so far Pat.
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Re: 68" hickory backed Lemonwood ALB(with pics)
« Reply #48 on: January 19, 2014, 07:32:46 pm »
slick looking tips! 8)!
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Re: 68" hickory backed Lemonwood ALB(with pics)
« Reply #49 on: January 19, 2014, 07:50:32 pm »
Hey Pat,

Them tips are right sexy!  Nice looking bow...:)

Rand
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Re: 68" hickory backed Lemonwood ALB(with pics)
« Reply #50 on: January 19, 2014, 09:28:04 pm »
Looking good Pat, I like it
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Re: 68" hickory backed Lemonwood ALB(with pics)
« Reply #51 on: January 19, 2014, 09:40:11 pm »
Looking good, reminds me of sapwood backed osage,  :).
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Re: 68" hickory backed Lemonwood ALB(with pics)
« Reply #52 on: January 19, 2014, 09:58:26 pm »
Looking great Pat.
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Re: 68" hickory backed Lemonwood ALB(with pics)
« Reply #53 on: January 19, 2014, 10:07:35 pm »
Look'n goooood.  Thanks for doing this. 
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Re: 68" hickory backed Lemonwood ALB(with pics)
« Reply #54 on: January 19, 2014, 11:14:56 pm »
Thanks guys. I' looking forward to putting a few arrows through her to see how she performs. I'll have to get the weight down some first.
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Re: 68" hickory backed Lemonwood ALB(with pics)
« Reply #55 on: January 20, 2014, 10:08:19 am »
lookin good pat.
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Offline Josh B

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Re: 68" hickory backed Lemonwood ALB(with pics)
« Reply #56 on: January 20, 2014, 11:09:11 am »
That's shaping up quite nicely Pat!  I can certainly appreciate you using the classic design with this combination.  I really like that!  Josh
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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: 68" hickory backed Lemonwood ALB(with pics)
« Reply #57 on: January 20, 2014, 05:56:50 pm »
Look'n fine.........can't wait for more....
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Offline Pat B

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Re: 68" hickory backed Lemonwood ALB(with pics)
« Reply #58 on: January 21, 2014, 03:58:24 pm »
I had a chance to do a bit more work lately. I shaped the arrow rest and added a leather overlay to fill out the back of the handle...




  I've reduced the weight to 55#@25" for now. I'll try to sweat off a pound or two by leaving her braced(5", full brace is around 6.5")for a few hours, check the weight and adjust as necessary. Here she is at 5" brace height...
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Re: 68" hickory backed Lemonwood ALB(with pics)
« Reply #59 on: January 21, 2014, 04:19:11 pm »
Lookin good Pat!
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