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Title: My first working recurve.....
Post by: mikaluger (Mick Kay) on March 30, 2015, 08:01:20 am: Hi guys,
I hope everyone is well, sorry I have not posted a bow in while, I have had a lot on.........
Here is a project I have been working on, a good friend of mine purchased this Pacific yew ELB from a bowyer in Canada. He was not happy with it. ( see Pics) and asked me if I could make some thing of it.

I was supposed to be a longbow with 45lb of draw at 28" and was lucky it pulled 35lb........it had a silly amount of set and one limb had a wicked twist.
But is Yew and it is a full length stave.
Not to be wasted.

From this..........
Title: Re: My first working recurve.....
Post by: mikaluger (Mick Kay) on March 30, 2015, 08:06:56 am: To this......
cut the rubbish nocks off, flattened the back made up a hickory core and power lam and backed the whole lot with pole bamboo.
Nice little recurve, quite thin but with thickish limbs....nice and quick!
66" NtN 48lb @ 28".
Title: Re: My first working recurve.....
Post by: mikaluger (Mick Kay) on March 30, 2015, 08:08:28 am: Last couple...
Title: Re: My first working recurve.....
Post by: Pat B on March 30, 2015, 08:40:31 am: Nice recovery. I'm amazed that some folks will misrepresent themselves just to make a buck. Good for you for totally eliminating the original maker in your makeover. Well done...and welcome back!
Title: Re: My first working recurve.....
Post by: PatM on March 30, 2015, 09:10:53 am: Did the workmanship of one of our Canadian members just get bashed? lol
Looks good now.
Title: Re: My first working recurve.....
Post by: half eye on March 30, 2015, 09:39:07 am: Well there you have it.....it's for sure a fine bow NOW....very nice work, sir!!!!
rich
Title: Re: My first working recurve.....
Post by: bubbles on March 30, 2015, 10:56:36 am: Wow, great job. Nice save. In the original pic, that seems like an awful lot of set for a 35# yew elb. Looks like it was only bending in the handle.
Title: Re: My first working recurve.....
Post by: Drewster on March 30, 2015, 11:39:30 am: Vast improvement......nice salvage job for sure. Congrats on a fine bow.
Title: Re: My first working recurve.....
Post by: paco664 on March 30, 2015, 12:30:05 pm: Wow. .. that is a great improvement. .. very clever/cool transformation
Title: Re: My first working recurve.....
Post by: blackhawk on March 30, 2015, 12:35:53 pm: Thats quite the make over...no one wood ever know if ya didn't mention what it was before.
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Post by: Aaron H on March 30, 2015, 12:59:19 pm: Nice turn around
Title: Re: My first working recurve.....
Post by: Del the cat on March 30, 2015, 01:06:04 pm: Woo, Yup, your version is much better.
I hope you kept those nocks, you could enter them in the "Ugly Nock" contest >:D
Nice save.
Del
Title: Re: My first working recurve.....
Post by: bushboy on March 30, 2015, 06:18:52 pm: Looks very nice!beauty save eh!just 4 the. Record it wasn't me!lol!
Title: Re: My first working recurve.....
Post by: wizardgoat on March 30, 2015, 06:30:03 pm: Nice stave on that bow, looks much better than the original. And ya I'm with bushboy, wasn't me either! Haha
Title: Re: My first working recurve.....
Post by: mikaluger (Mick Kay) on March 30, 2015, 07:37:12 pm: Thanks Fella's,

I could not believe that bow stave when I saw it......How you could take someones money and send THAT is beyond me. Ridiculous. To much Hassle to send it all the way back to Canada from Australia, let alone argue the toss. To much distance.
Expensive piece of yew, that one!!!!
He is a happy camper now tho.............lol

Cheers,
Mick.
Title: Re: My first working recurve.....
Post by: bubbles on March 30, 2015, 07:44:02 pm: I've never put a tool to a piece of yew, so not me either! :). How much did that bow set him back?
Title: Re: My first working recurve.....
Post by: wizardgoat on March 30, 2015, 07:52:38 pm: Was the original bow all heartwood?
Title: Re: My first working recurve.....
Post by: mikaluger (Mick Kay) on March 30, 2015, 08:20:02 pm: Yes, it was......

Dont really want to talk about the crappy stave here guy's, lets just stay away from that.......

Thanks.
Title: Re: My first working recurve.....
Post by: Arrowind on March 31, 2015, 01:10:59 am: Good save!
Title: Re: My first working recurve.....
Post by: Stixnstones on March 31, 2015, 10:49:17 am: what a great save. u really gave that thing a second life, fine work!
Title: Re: My first working recurve.....
Post by: okie64 on March 31, 2015, 06:26:27 pm: Nice makeover! I like your version much better, especially the tips.
Title: Re: My first working recurve.....
Post by: Carson (CMB) on April 01, 2015, 12:12:00 am: Nice rework! Turned out great.
Title: Re: My first working recurve.....
Post by: PAHunter on April 01, 2015, 02:06:14 am: Looks like it turned out great! Nice job!