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Limbit

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Re: Bamboo Yew
« Reply #15 on: December 18, 2018, 09:14:57 pm »
Quick question for you, how do you laminate the boo on highly reflexed tips like that? I've never had much luck trying that and would like to know your process.
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Offline ravenbeak

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Re: Bamboo Yew
« Reply #16 on: December 18, 2018, 10:05:34 pm »
I really like the unbraced profile on that one.  Well done.  Do you use a jig?
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Offline DC

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Re: Bamboo Yew
« Reply #17 on: December 18, 2018, 10:27:04 pm »
Quote from: Limbit on December 18, 2018, 09:14:57 pm
Quick question for you, how do you laminate the boo on highly reflexed tips like that? I've never had much luck trying that and would like to know your process.
Very thin boo heat bent(just the last 6"or so) to roughly the shape wanted and wrapped with bike tubes. When wrapping the tubes start at the handle and work your way out. Sometimes I'll clamp a piece of pipe with the same radius to the inside of the curve. Try it all first(dry fit) and make sure your joint looks good. It doesn't work all the time, sometimes you get a thickish glue line.
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Re: Bamboo Yew
« Reply #18 on: December 18, 2018, 10:34:49 pm »
Quote from: ravenbeak on December 18, 2018, 10:05:34 pm
I really like the unbraced profile on that one.  Well done.  Do you use a jig?
Hi Jamie, yes I do but it's just a 2x4 with three uprights, one in the center and one at each tip. One clamp just outside of the middle of the limb. I glue and wrap with bike tubes and then clamp it to the form. Then I lay awake all night wondering if the boo stayed tight to the recurve as I reflexed it. ;D ;D
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Bamboo Yew
« Reply #19 on: December 19, 2018, 02:00:04 am »
Quote from: DC on December 18, 2018, 10:34:49 pm
... Then I lay awake all night wondering if the boo stayed tight to the recurve as I reflexed it. ;D ;D
Bowyer anxiety, we've all been there  ;D
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Offline JNystrom

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Re: Bamboo Yew
« Reply #20 on: December 19, 2018, 02:42:03 am »
Beautiful bow, profile, color and all!
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Bamboo Yew
« Reply #21 on: December 19, 2018, 04:39:46 am »
Sweet bow DC .
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Bamboo Yew
« Reply #22 on: December 19, 2018, 06:17:41 am »
Great work on a great combo DC. :OK
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Offline ohma2

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Re: Bamboo Yew
« Reply #23 on: December 19, 2018, 08:44:21 am »
Thats a real looker ,like it  :BB
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Offline silent sniper

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Re: Bamboo Yew
« Reply #24 on: December 19, 2018, 10:05:57 am »
Very nice work DC!
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Offline leonwood

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Re: Bamboo Yew
« Reply #25 on: December 19, 2018, 11:51:07 am »
Really nice bow and even better speed! I love these kind of profiles with bamboo backed bows!
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Offline DC

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« Reply #26 on: December 19, 2018, 11:56:51 am »
Thanks guys, your comments mean a lot to me. :) :)
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Offline DC

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Re: Bamboo Yew
« Reply #27 on: December 19, 2018, 01:39:37 pm »
Quote from: Limbit on December 18, 2018, 09:14:57 pm
Quick question for you, how do you laminate the boo on highly reflexed tips like that? I've never had much luck trying that and would like to know your process.

I thought of one other thing that Bayou Ben told me. If you make your back nice and flat and then bend in the recurves the wood will cup and your nice gluing surface isn't flat anymore. You have to flatten the gluing surface again. Bit of a pain on the inside of a tight bend but worth it.
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