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Offline snedeker

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Laminated Bow - BBO Double Curve, Inset Handle
« on: July 30, 2008, 06:01:48 pm »
62" ntn, 55# at 27", 1&3/16 wide at fade, 7/16 tips with brown sage inlays.  Ipe power lam 13" long, walnut and hickory built up handle. This is poor osage with thick early growth I cut.  Dry heated ub the curves.  Based on a combination of the concepts of Ryan's plains bow and Frank's bows, both double curved, from back in the winter.  Sort of northern plains meets s. asia.  Its a nice design for this wood.  Good cast and smooth.

Dave

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Offline david w.

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Re: Laminated Bow - BBO Double Curve, Inset Handle
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2008, 06:04:35 pm »
That is awesome!  I love it! :)   Great bow :)
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Re: Laminated Bow - BBO Double Curve, Inset Handle
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2008, 06:05:28 pm »
Nice job Dave, beautiful bow.  Steve
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Offline wytetale

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Re: Laminated Bow - BBO Double Curve, Inset Handle
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2008, 06:59:40 pm »
I really like the profile, sweet bow
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Offline The Burnt Hill Archer

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Re: Laminated Bow - BBO Double Curve, Inset Handle
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2008, 07:08:25 pm »
That is just about gorgeous! i love the unbraced profile. good job!

Phil
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Offline jwillis

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Re: Laminated Bow - BBO Double Curve, Inset Handle
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2008, 07:21:36 pm »
That looks really good.  Jim
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Re: Laminated Bow - BBO Double Curve, Inset Handle
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2008, 08:06:46 pm »
Really nice Dave!! ;D
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« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2008, 08:10:01 pm »
yessir that is one fine weapon, amigo
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: Laminated Bow - BBO Double Curve, Inset Handle
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2008, 08:43:38 pm »

FANTASTIC !!!

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Offline knightd

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Re: Laminated Bow - BBO Double Curve, Inset Handle
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2008, 08:44:03 pm »
Good looking bow.. I like that design..

 David
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Offline snedeker

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Re: Laminated Bow - BBO Double Curve, Inset Handle
« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2008, 09:07:28 pm »
Thanks.  I lost a leeetle too much of the curve on the end of the top limb in the draw.  The lower limb looks like its bending a touch more but I think there a little more deflexed bend mid limb there, producing that effect.  I have three sister slats I plan compare other designs on with the same specs.

Dave
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Re: Laminated Bow - BBO Double Curve, Inset Handle
« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2008, 09:08:19 pm »
I want to make one like that...could you give me some pointers, please?  Do you have pictures of the process so you could do a buildalong?  I would really appreciate that....What a cool design!

Scott
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Re: Laminated Bow - BBO Double Curve, Inset Handle
« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2008, 09:40:57 pm »
Hey Dave that's a sweet looking bow there buddy.
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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: Laminated Bow - BBO Double Curve, Inset Handle
« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2008, 12:54:01 am »
Sweet looking bow Dave.  Justin
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Re: Laminated Bow - BBO Double Curve, Inset Handle
« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2008, 01:16:51 am »
WELL.....(&(*(&*&(#$&^!!!!!!

I liked it so much I went out to the shop and glued up a couple laminations into a good copy.  I used 2 f-clamps to hold down the center (4 inches from outside to outside of the clamps).  Then I placed a 1.5" block 6.5 " out from each of those clamps, to reflex the limbs.  I placed 4" blocks under the tips, and 6.5" in from the tips I used f-clamps to create recurves...brought the limbs down so that they were 2.25" from the benchtop. 

I used TB2.  The laminations are of edge-grained white ash.

The bottle says clamp time 30 minutes.  I went out for an hour, came back, undid the thing and POP!  the lams came apart.  Usually I wait overnight, but I wanted to leave the shop clean for my buddy (whose shop it really is)...now they're no good.  Have to start again....G'dammit!
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