Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: ken75 on June 29, 2010, 05:43:50 pm
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i blew a r/d last week , sent the pics to a master bowyer to do an autopsy and got good feedback as to what the prob was. so here is the second attempt with changed limb design and better fades. hickory backed black walnut 62 inchs tip to tip, 44lbs at 28inchs , 1 3/4 at fades to 1/4 inch tips (funky lookin tips!). have to give my son some credit for this he helped with the glue up yesterday.hope ya'll like
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Jeese Ken,
Them bows just hidin in your garage and come out on demand or what? The profile on the r/d is way sweet
Rich
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rich started both yesterday, im determind i guess, thanks rich
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Ken, that full draw pic says it all! 8)
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thanks pat, i was happy with it being the first tri lam r/d , think i'll build another form and do a highly reflex deflex just to compare them. tillering is interesting on these
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Have you seen Dean Torges' "Hunting the Bamboo Backed Bow" Lots of good info lam bows with simple forms and useful techniques.
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You nailed the tiller on that one. Good job!
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Very nice,beautiful bow in all aspects. :)
Pappy
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pat i havent seen the video but would like to, just recently got all the tbb series , gordon thanks coming from you thats a great compliment, thanks pappy glad you like it !
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Nice curves, gotta like that one.
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Nice job on that one, the tiller looks great.
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thanks gmc , you use a lot of hickory too dont you
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Sweet, Ken! You need to get some sleep, son. :)
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thanks eddie ! ,i'll sleep sometime its off to work right now
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Nice bow Ken! Yeah those trilam R/D bows are a little tricky to tiller aren't they? Seems like when you finally got an area bending like you want it you start to run outta belly wood, floor tillering lies to you and the truth comes out once you got it braced and see it is TOTALLY not bending like it was on floor tillering/long string. You gotta do as much side tillering as you do belly scraping (at least i had to with mine ;) ) I made my first one last month and I know where you are coming from.... It is definitely a totally different sack of apples compared to a long bow. You did a great job on yours the woods contrast very nicely together and the tiller looks awesome. Keep em coming bro! :)
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thanks josh their tough but i love em
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very nice bow, great job.
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Nice job,looks like a sure -nuff shooter. God Bless
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thanks rover , thanks pete glad ya'll like it
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great lookin' bow - lotsa "flow"
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thanks postman , im pround of this one , and it shoots great
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Yeah, I sort of picked Hickory to learn with not having much access to anything else for a long time. Built a bunch of bows with it, now that I've used more woods I still think Hickory is one of the better bow woods out there, but I'm still finding more woods to experiment with. ;D
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gmc , me too i got a sparkleberry (blue berry family) today had to cut a 22in hickory tree and it took out a sparkleberry tree bout 10inch diameter, so i got 16 hickory stave 4 sparkleberry and mabe more when i move the hickory top, and a 14 foot log to have sawn into quarter sawn boards . im gonna be busy
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That might last you a week or so. ;D
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lol, possibly