Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: silent sniper on February 24, 2019, 05:26:05 pm
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Good Day everyone,
I am showing off my latest build, a Bamboo backed Black Locust American Semi Longbow.
This bow started out as a pair of black locust billets that were tapered with a jointer and connected together with a tapered finger splice. The bamboo backing was glued on and 1-1/4 of reflex was added at the same time. A 15 power lam was added at the same time to further strengthen the center of the bow. A 12 long block of black cherry was glued on the belly to serve as the handle.
After tillering the bow I cut it in half and used fiberglass mesh and epoxy to make it into a takedown bow. The takedown system works well and is completely solid when put together.
This was my first asymmetrical bow build. I found the tillering to be slightly more difficult then a symmetrical bow since the limbs do not bend at the same radius from the difference in lengths. The bow is very stable in the hand throughout the entire draw. I cant say if the asymmetrical design or just good tillering that is the cause for the stable draw.
The bamboo back was stained with a cordovan leather dye and the bow was finished with 6 coats of water-based spar. A chocolate leather grip and arrow rest was added with artificial sinew stitching to finish it off.
The final stats are as follows;
66 Ό long NTN, 51# @ 27. Asymmetrical design with a 2 longer top limb. 1-1/4 wide limb with a slightly willow leaf design tapering to Ό tips.
The bow ended up with Ύ string follow. The bow is a quick shooter for a string follow design and averages right at 170 fps with 10GPP arrows.
I built this bow with the idea of a simple and dependable hunting bow. I believe it will suit me well on my adventures to come.
Enjoy, Taylor.
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You did a great job on that one...congratulations on your new hunting bow. The tiller looks spot on. :OK
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That looks awesome. Congrats! :OK
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Nice take down bow. I like the way you made it a 2 piece with mesh and fiberglass. Good speed also.
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Nice bow!
I've made a T/D but the wood was still too wet, so they got loose in the sleeves.
Please post some pics of the handle, I've never seen a sleeve made of mesh and fg - maybe I can fix mine that way, somehow.
Congrats ,
B2W
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Nice display of Craftsmanship. It all came together beautifully for you. The take down feature puts it a cut above for me.....Sweet Bow!
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Beautiful bow, very nice in all aspects. :)
Pappy
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Excellent. Great job on the takedown system you used. Definitely a little risky to saw a bow in half but you took an already nice bow to a different level. Well done.
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I like it, good job.
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Love it! Looks like a good combo and sounds like it performs well.
Kyle
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Always enjoy looking at your bows ,you do some fine work.
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Great looking bow and excellent craftsmanship.
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great bow
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Congrats,,.thanks for posting performance stats,,,very beautiful ,,,I like straight tip bows
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Really pretty bow! I dig you finish work! Also curious about the takedown thing, does it have any strengthening on the male part?
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Really nice bow. Good job.
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Well done Taylor. You seem to like BL
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Thanks everyone for the kind words. This bow came out pretty nice and is what I had hoped it would be.
For anyone interested in the takedown system, there is an 8 part series on youtube by Big Jims bow company showing how it is done. A search of "how to build a take down longbow" will bring up the videos. I simply followed his instructions and the takedown worked like a charm.
A quick note: Waxing the tendon with toilet ring wax will fix any noises that the sleeve might make during the draw/shot release. I waxed mine and it is dead quiet.
Marc, black locust has been treating me well so far. It is a nice workable wood that has stood up to the designs I have built with it so far.
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That is one to definetly show off... great work