The first step in any build is to find good raw material. I choose premium hickory sapwood and a bamboo backing 1/8 inch thick. The riser would be cherry and the tip overlays would be Jatoba.
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Since this is going to be a laminated bow I would need a good glue.I choose Urac 185. I was not disiappointed.The glue was applied to both surfaces and clamped with various clamps.
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Heres a couple of pics after the glue dried and the clamps removed.
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Next the jotoba was shaped and glue on.
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Next I marked out the whole bow in 2 inch incremits.The bow would have a 4 inch handle with 2 inch handle fade outs.It would be 1 inch wide.Next the handle was shaped to rough dimensions The overall length was 70 inches.
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Next the bow was floor tillered. I won't go into to much detail here because everything went smooth and routine.
The handle and tips where shaped next. I cut the nocks in and did a quick sanding.
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Now came the hard part: tillering. this was done mainly with a scaper and a razor blade.I was shooting for 50 #at 26 ". The bow Actually tiller very well and went pretty smoothly back to 25"
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At 25 I ran into a problem. the bow was pulling 47# and the tiller looked good, but I noticed the bamboo back was starting to lift a splinter. I soaked the area in super glue and wrapped the area with a linen patch.I would wrap the area in artificial sinew and add one to the lower limb for the sake of appearance.
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After the bow was patched I didn't have any problems with the area. The bow tillered out at 52 @ 26". I figured the bow would loose a couple pounds in sanding and shooting in.
Heres the bow at brace.The grip wrap is tanned fox squirrel skin.
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The finish is mini wax wipe on poly. Heres the bow at full draw. ( sorry about the Beard LOL)
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The bow shot fast and accurate. I even managed a Robin Hood shot on my 4 th arrow. The finished weight was 49 lbs.Sorry some of the pics are fuzzy and the build was not very informative, but I hate typing!!!!I hope this helps someone out there.
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