Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Marc St Louis on November 19, 2012, 08:48:43 pm
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Finished up this bow the other day. I had another just like it but a Canadian Diplomat attached to the Canadian embassy in Nigeria took a fancy to it so it's now in Nigeria. This is the 4th bow like this that I make since I wrote on how to make them in an issue of PA magazine 7 or 8 years ago. They are labour intensive to make but interesting none the less. At 65" long overall this bow is a bit longer than the last one I made but it also draws a couple inches more. It has limbs 1 3/8" wide that taper to 3/8" nocks with a final draw weight is 58# @ 28". I used Cocobolo for the tip overlays, the bolt supports and the nut lugs. The handle is a laminate of Osage, Rock Maple and BC. It shoots quite well and is pretty fast. Here's some pictures.
(https://i.imgur.com/eIG08Vs.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/xChffmR.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6r3iMKT.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/uvf2MNA.jpg)
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Whew...labor intensive indeed. Thats dedication Marc.
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Hi Marc,
That bow has some fine looking lines...sure wish you needed a nice flute or two for Christmas!! Keep up the great work and stay warm! Still looking for that cd someday. :)
Rand
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That's sweet marc..as always.... maybe one of these days ill try something like that...thanks for sharing
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I'm taking a real liking to it as well! That is stunning Marc!
Tracy
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8) too many possibilities to mess that 1 up for me to try... sure would like to shoot it though ;)
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Very nice! I like that alot. Beautiful bow.
George
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I really don't know much about laminated bows, but that looks awesome! I bet it's fast as well.
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Beautiful profile and I love the cocobola work.
AE
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Marc, are the limbs equal length? Very cool.
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Another beauty Marc!
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Nice Marc, bet it packs a punch when those limbs uncoil from that sweet bend. Very nice work.
Greg
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Marc,
Very nice! Is that bamboo backed?
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Beautiful bow.Very nice job. :)
Pappy
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Very cool! As always, well done!!
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Thank you guys. To answer some questions.
Thanks Rand, Anne-Marie has no need of another flute right now but she may change her mind. The cd is on hold for now because the recording is done in an abandoned silo, too cold right now.
The limbs are equal length. I should have heat-treated the Osage though as it was cut in Southern Ontario and it doesn't have quite as good a compression strength as some other Osage I have used.
It's a BBO (Bamboo backed Osage) Brian. The Bamboo is some that I got in trade from Robustus (James Parker). Can't say I have ever seen Bamboo with nodes that widely spaced before. Very nice stuff
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Very nice bow. Perfect tiller. :-)
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Sweet, Mark!! Nice work! :)
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A handsome bow Marc.
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My faverite type of takedown !!!
Good job !!!!!
If I was not so lazy I would do another one or two !
Thaks for sharing !
Guy
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Thank you guys.
No such thing as perfect Bowman but thanks anyways
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I love it! Just one question how did you do your bolts is it really just one bolt per limb?
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Cool bow. I like the limb bolts and profile.
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It is one brass bolt and one brass locating pin per limb.
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Beautiful bow Marc! Can't wait till Christmas when I'll get those back issues and find the how to :)
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Thank you guys.
No such thing as perfect Bowman but thanks anyways
I think that tiller is very good. :-) I'm a great admirer of your bows. I've visited your homepage a lot of times. I've read your article in "Bowyers bible vol 4" a lot of times. I've seen the flightbow in hornbeam you made for "Kviljo" Kviljo is a friend of mine. Gretings from Norway.
:-)
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Beautiful bow, Marc. Jawge
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Very nice Mark. Love the tips and attachments
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Love the quality of your bows, the thing that most stands out to me is that I need to slow down. Very inspirational!
Scott
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I love that unbraced profile.
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Thanks guys.
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Nice Bow , very good tiller on it .
You have spend lots of hours to make it :)
...but the leather work on the handle ,.... :-X
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Nice Bow , very good tiller on it .
You have spend lots of hours to make it :)
...but the leather work on the handle ,.... :-X
We all have our likes and dislikes, I know I have mine as well ;)
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Hey Marc I love this bow!! could you post the riser dementions I.E. limb pad angles lengths that is one I'd love to try! JeffW and the leather work,,,,,,,,,,,,,well next time,,,,,just kidding thanks I all ways learn a bunch when you post JEFFW
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Jeff
The overall length of the riser is 11". The length of the limb pads is 3". I don't know what the angle is in degrees. The way I do it is I measure down the front of the handle, in this case it was about 1/2". then make a mark 3" back and make a line between the 2 points. I adjust the angle on each bow in accordance with how much reflex the limbs hold after glue up so that I get some tip setback. The more reflex the limb holds the more angle I can give it, up to a point. I like to start off with at least 1" of reflex.