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Offline Lehtis

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Hickory-Cumaru-Osage ELB stylish bow
« on: November 18, 2018, 06:27:00 am »
Got to start one more bow which one I long time ago promised to make when I´ve retired from my daily work. As some of you may remember I have some bamboo backed bows under construction and two of those are lemonwood bellied in their raw shape without dedicated new owner. Unfortunately the guy doesn´t like bamboo so I got to fetch some hickory for his bow´s back. So, this stave has now 5 mm hickory on back, 4,5 mm cumaru core and osage orange as belly. Osage billets were V-glued with epoxy and the lamination done with Unibond800; curing now. The aim is to rasp out something like 50lbs@31".

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Re: Hickory-Cumaru-Osage ELB stylish bow
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2018, 09:02:40 am »
Some progress with this bow. Bandsawn excess wood away and sanded the sides. Next rounding of the back corners and then rasping and tillering.

Offline ohma2

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Re: Hickory-Cumaru-Osage ELB stylish bow
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2018, 09:09:56 am »
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Offline sieddy

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Re: Hickory-Cumaru-Osage ELB stylish bow
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2018, 09:17:27 am »
Another handsome looking stave in progress. Love the color combinations on these builds!  :)
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Re: Hickory-Cumaru-Osage ELB stylish bow
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2018, 05:42:09 am »
Ready for TruOil. After these pics the bottom limb (on right) has been slightly more sanded to bend more evenly. 51lbs@31" & 45lbs@28".

Offline Bayou Ben

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Re: Hickory-Cumaru-Osage ELB stylish bow
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2018, 07:44:30 am »
Yep, a little sanding to balance them out and that's a good looking tiller.

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Re: Hickory-Cumaru-Osage ELB stylish bow
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2018, 08:39:13 am »
Along the bamboo backed bows (in my other chain) this hickory backed is now ready to be shipped to it´s new home.

Offline Lehtis

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Re: Hickory-Cumaru-Osage ELB stylish bow
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2018, 08:41:10 am »
Some more pics with my friend bending the bow...