Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Marc St Louis on September 17, 2008, 11:55:39 am
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I picked up some Satinwood a few months ago but only got to make a bow with a couple weeks ago. It is a nice wood to work with. Here's some pictures of the finished bow
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/Marc-St-Louis/Composite%20Bows/Satinwood/Bamboo%20backed%20RD/BellyandBack.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/Marc-St-Louis/Composite%20Bows/Satinwood/Bamboo%20backed%20RD/Side.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/Marc-St-Louis/Composite%20Bows/Satinwood/Bamboo%20backed%20RD/Handle.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/Marc-St-Louis/Composite%20Bows/Satinwood/Bamboo%20backed%20RD/TopLimb.jpg)
The bow is 63" long overall with limbs 1 1/8" wide tapering to 3/8" nocks. It came off the form with about 2" of glued in reflex and it kept nearly 1" of that tillering the bow out. I tillered the bow out to just under 60# @ 28". I used some tropical hardwoods I picked up in Ottawa for the handle and overlays but I'm not sure what they are. They do have some pretty attractive grain. I may use this bow for hunting as it wil do for just about anything we have up here and I know there's a Moose hanging out behind my house :).
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Yellow heart looks a lot like osage. Very nice bow, Marc. Looking forward to seeing you and a dead moose! Pat
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Very nice bow. I like the look of Yellow Heart. My 1 and only FG bow is Yellow Heart.
John
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Beautiful wood,and bow.Love the contrast of the woods.Nice job as usually. :)
Pappy
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Nice wood,
good to see bows still being made whilst the hunting is going on.
Can we see a full draw? PLEASE ;)
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Really nice Mark. Did the wood bother your breathing at all? I worked with satinwood a few years ago but found I was really sensitive to it, it irritated my eyes and sinuses quite a bit. The yellow heart which is similar seemed a lot friendlier. Steve
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I wrote this earlier but somehow it vanished...probably user error. That is a sweet bow and worthy of emulation. I have got to give this wood a try. Is it easy to work Marc? Gonna be hard to beat this one for backed BOM.
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What is the difference between Satinwood and Yellowheart?
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Marc's R/D style bows are always a pleasure to look at. A full draw image would really complete this thread. :P
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Thanks guys
Pat. It does look like Osage in color but this wood is not ring porous.
Steve. Satinwood is listed as Yellowheart. I know there are several different species listed as Yellowheart and I'm not quite sure which one this is. I know it is quite heavy , my guess around .9 and it also has great compression strength and good elasticity. I was not bothered by the dust
The wood is fairlly easy to work.
I wasn't going to include a full draw picture because I don't want it entered in BOM. I just changed the title instead
Here is a full draw pic
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v355/Marc-St-Louis/Composite%20Bows/Satinwood/Bamboo%20backed%20RD/FullDraw.jpg)
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Beautiful bow Mark. I think that moose may be in trouble if you can ever tear yourself away from the work bench. Danny
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Good looking bow sir thanks for sharing.Ronnie
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Looks real good Marc. Satinwood is one of my favorites for all the reasons you mentioned.
Rich
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That's a good lookin' bow ! Just looks like a great performer! God Bless
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Just noticing the shelf cut into the bow, do you leave the fades straight on that limb to do that ?
Dennis
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Thanks guys.
That's not a cut in shelf Dennis, not my thing. I dish the arrow pass out then build up a shellf using leather
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Another beauty Marc. Inspiring as always.
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Marc, that's a heckuva fine looking weapon-love the profile and the overall looks of it. Should be a great hunter. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/hillbillync/Other%20Stuff/cool02.png)
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Thanks guys. Honestly I don't know why some people still mess with FG when you have these dense tropicals and Bamboo to make bow from
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Thanks guys. Honestly I don't know why some people still mess with FG when you have these dense tropicals and Bamboo to make bow from
I couldn't agree more Marc. One of my favorite combos is yellowheart purpleheart laminations backed with boo. It shoots great and looks as good as any FG bow ever did. This is a really great looking bow. Thanks for posting the full draw even if it's not for BOM. It is important that we continue to see what great tiller looks like on different styles of bow. This one has a little more R/D than some so the tiller is slightly different. Thanks again for sharing. Justin
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mark,
once again an incredible bow,just gotta love the wood combo, and the tiller and the profile, ah heck what isnt to love about that bow.
between you and manny lately im surpirsed i have enough brain power to function anymore, cause you two just keep blowing my mind
with the bows you can produce, only way to describe it would be " simply incredible".
keep it up you are an inspiration to those of us whom are talent challenged,such as my self lol
peace,
tim