Oh Happy Day! (I got to work on a bow!) Finished pics, fixed image size

[rossfactor]

Its been a year.  I got a job, bought a house, my wife had our first baby, finished my masters thesis (almost) and.... well, I've have been a little busy.

But life is not the same when you're not whittling on a stave, and I finally found a window of opportunity. So.. today I went out to the stash, and found a nice piece of plum (what else?).  Just got her roughed out.  Man I love plum.  This stave feels like a huge stick of butter, the draw knife just lifts soft curls of wood of the belly Ahhhh it feels so good.

Tomorrow I'll be pulling my hair-out with tillering tree, but tonight was good.

Pics of the roughed out stave to follow.

Gabe
 

[JW_Halverson]

Good to see your mug in here again, Gabe!  Now post some pics of this infamous bow of yours.

[rossfactor]

Thanks JW. Home is only a mouse click away, with PA. 

Heres some pics of the roughed out stave.  Some minor prop twist to adress, and string alignment.  A little natural reflex to work with also, which is always nice. The stave seems to lend itself towards an elliptical limb profile, so I'm gonna just go with it.  I tend to build more of a pyramid profile normally, but gotta listen to the wood.

Gabe

[PEARL DRUMS]

Nice! Its been a while Gabe. It will be good to see some work from you. Good luck on the build!

[blackhawk]

Congrats on some big lifetime achievments Gabe.....now get back to that wood youve been neglecting     i cant imagine going that long without whittling,i think id end up in the psych ward

Cant wait to see her all dolled up n bent over,keep posting your progress,cus we all love seeing a bow come to life

[Del the cat]

Iknow how you've been feeling.
I'm refurbishing my central heating no now bow makin' for Del
It's also mid June in Merrie England... yup cold and wet grrrr ftzzzz.
I'd better get back to my plumbing...tell me if you see any leaks over there...
Del

[George Tsoukalas]

I am glad you got to work on a bow, rossfactor. Jawge

[rossfactor]

Thats funny you mentioned it Del.  Just yesterday afternoon I found a big puddle in the front yard. And it hasn't rained in a week.  I guess Gabe will be digging holes today instead of tillering this plumb.  Oh well, I will finish this bow.

Gabe

[rossfactor]

Well, this is what happens when you have a new baby. It takes forever to finish a bow! But, I finally got her done. The tiller was 'confusing' at times, but we worked out our differences. Especially after multiple heat treating sessions. I though I'd name the bow "imperfections" because this build reminded me how many I have  and how many little things can make or break (literally) a bow build.  Any way enough gabbing, here are the stats: purple leaf plum, 64" ntn, 50# at 29 inches. Honey Locust overlays and inlaid arrow shelf. Handle is braided fishing line, built up shelf is layers of thick leather.  Shoots a 500 grain arrow awful fast. Now if I could only tighten up my groups... but thats another story.

Enjoy the pics.

Gabe

[rossfactor]

Hmm, those weren't so small on Photobucket.  Let me see what I can do...

Gabe

[rossfactor]

Checking image size... sorry

[rossfactor]

Okay, got it fixed (i hope)

Gabe

[Weylin]

That's really nice! You make sweet looking bows. 

[Pat B]

Very nice bow. Well done! 

[H Rhodes]

Beautiful work. Fine looking bow.