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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: bubby on February 03, 2013, 07:06:18 pm

Title: ash & osage
Post by: bubby on February 03, 2013, 07:06:18 pm

just a light weight little bow for a kid or my wife deflexed out of the handle, right now I gotta get more bend mid limb it's bending to much in the middle Bub(http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt320/bubncheryl/103_4082_zpsd258bba5.jpg)
(http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt320/bubncheryl/103_4094_zps92a683de.jpg)
(http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt320/bubncheryl/103_4093_zpse2b80476.jpg)

Title: Re: ash & osage
Post by: Jodocus on February 03, 2013, 07:09:03 pm

Wow, is this bending in the splice? Sweet curve, interesting looking little bow.

Title: Re: ash & osage
Post by: Arrowind on February 03, 2013, 07:14:11 pm

Sweeeeeeeet.   Nice job.  good work on the splicing. 

Title: Re: ash & osage
Post by: bow101 on February 03, 2013, 07:19:03 pm

Very clever.. 8)

Title: Re: ash & osage
Post by: Ifrit617 on February 03, 2013, 07:21:50 pm

Nice looking bow Bub. Curious choice with the Osage at the tips. I thought the whole point with George's Osage and cedar experiment was to make the tips of a super light wood? Awesome looking combo though!

Jon

Title: Re: ash & osage
Post by: bubby on February 03, 2013, 07:46:15 pm

jon I have some short 'sage I got in a trade, really used it for the color, this was just a quicky little bow to mess with while sinew drys, Bub

Title: Re: ash & osage
Post by: Badly Bent on February 04, 2013, 12:45:49 am

I like that bow bub . Update this post with some more pics of finish and full draw when your done, I'd like to see more.
Greg

Title: Re: ash & osage
Post by: Hrothgar on February 04, 2013, 11:12:26 am

Nice job! Really intriguing the way a second wood can be spliced in.

Title: Re: ash & osage
Post by: Ozzy on February 04, 2013, 12:24:31 pm

Really liking this one

Title: Re: ash & osage
Post by: coaster500 on February 04, 2013, 01:22:23 pm

I don't think I've ever seen a splice in the working part of a limb before.....  Pretty cool Bubby :)

Sweet little curve!!!

Title: Re: ash & osage
Post by: simson on February 04, 2013, 02:24:49 pm

nice curves here and very clean joints you made here
don't shure if I have understand it right: do you plan to sinew it?

Title: Re: ash & osage
Post by: bubby on February 04, 2013, 02:49:51 pm

no, no sinew, i'm waiting on my ishi bow, that's the one with sinew, I may have to add a belly lam on this one as it's just bending to much in the middle

Title: Re: ash & osage
Post by: RyanY on February 04, 2013, 02:54:26 pm

Very cool. Osage bends so easily that this would be a good idea for woods that aren't as compliant. I'd need to work on the cleanliness of my splices before attempting that. Thanks for sharing!

Title: Re: ash & osage
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on February 04, 2013, 03:07:30 pm

Quote from: bubby on February 04, 2013, 02:49:51 pm

no, no sinew, i'm waiting on my ishi bow, that's the one with sinew, I may have to add a belly lam on this one as it's just bending to much in the middle

Heck yah bub, use osage so it matches your spliced in tips.

Title: Re: ash & osage
Post by: darwin on February 04, 2013, 03:20:49 pm

its really cool, but i got to ask whats to keep it from blowing right at the glue line?

Title: Re: ash & osage
Post by: 4est Trekker on February 04, 2013, 03:36:40 pm

Nice work, bubby!  Looking forward to seeing how this one shapes up.

Darwin:  a properly glued joint (i.e. proper glue selection/preparation, surface preparation, and total surface area) will result in a glue joint that is stronger than the wood around it.  If done correctly, the wood around the joint will break before the joint itself.  There looks to be a good 6"-8" linear inches of glued surface in each splice...that equate to one strong bond.

Title: Re: ash & osage
Post by: darwin on February 04, 2013, 04:03:37 pm

Even if the bow was say 60#?

Title: Re: ash & osage
Post by: bubby on February 04, 2013, 04:41:35 pm

Darwin check out gstoneberg's mesquite & osage bow

Title: Re: ash & osage
Post by: bubby on February 04, 2013, 04:44:59 pm

thank's 4est for explain'n it better than I would
o.k. pearlie, back to the tablesaw it is
kip as far as the splice in the working part of the limb, i'm not smart enough to think it wont work :laugh: