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Thats not a clean workshop Graydon, thats a clean piece of paper over the top of all the crap .

No the leaf is a little out of line Simon. Yeah I've been loging on every day to see how I'm going too and can't wait to see it finished myself.

Rob.

Yeah you got it Simon, the sweat is cheaper then band saw blades.

Rob.

Thanks Blue Dog, I'm pretty happy with how it's coming up too :D. Here's the prep for the underlays and knock tips in clamps. SDC11308.JPG SDC11309.JPG The blocks I use to clamp the underlays are radiused to match the curve of the limb precisly,have a layer of rubber and a coating of packing tape. S...

Here's the prep for the underlays and the knock tips in clamps. SDC11308.JPG SDC11309.JPG The blocks I use to clamp the underlays are radiused to match the curve of the limb precisly,have a layer of rubber and a coating of packing tape. SDC11310.JPG Now onto the riser, I've already added the blood (...

Sorry for upsetting your sleeping paten Bob, I'm having the same problem, found myself cleaning the glue off my hands at 1.30 am last night ( I'm sure there's a fold in the space/ time continuum in my shed :lol: :lol: ), but due to that things are starting to come together. Here's a good reason to m...

I found myself cleaning the glue off my hands at 1.30 am last night ( I'm sure there's a fold in the space/ time continuum in my shed :lol: :lol: ), but due to that things are starting to come together. Here's a good reason to make such flash overlays,, this is the sort of thing I'm covering up. The...

Welcome Sambar.

Rob.

Jeez, Ya reckon you're toey .
Thanks, Rob.

No Hazard, it's just the three timbers we gathered on our timber hunting trip and a bit of Silver Ash, it's just how you mix them. How'd that bottle of turkey go Paul, still feeling happy :| :( 8) :lol: . Thanks KellyG, Memo, Sambar, I'm having a ball doing the thread so you're welcome :wink: . Here...

Here are the results of my big glue. The blanks for the string groove overlays (which were cut from the glued block). These are stacked together, taped and cut into shape at the same time. Then tapered quite steeply on the wide end to blend them into the limb but still maintain enough thickness to b...

Thanks again fella's, Good to see you poke your head in Paul, the glue arrived so I can get onto your limbs after I clear a space on the bench :lol: . OK, this is it folks, right over the top , here's my limb bolt overlay up-grade. Very fiddly bit of work being so small, but this is how I would norm...

OK, this is it folks, right over the top , here's my limb bolt overlay up-grade. Very fiddly bit of work being so small, but this is how I would normally do this kind of laminating, in a staged, layer build up. Sometimes it's difficult to keep the whole thing in your head so you have to really think...

I'm still at it slowly, the days are big at work lately so not as much time to put into the bows as I'd like. I'm up-grading the limb bolt overlays for my bow cause I'm sick of never having the best bow I've made. Everytime I make myself a bow, the very next bow I make for someone else trumps it,,,,...

I'm still at it slowly, the days are big at work lately so not as much time to put into the bows as I'd like. I'm up-grading the limb bolt overlays for my bow cause I'm sick of never having the best bow I've made. Everytime I make myself a bow, the very next bow I make for someone else trumps it,,,,...

hazard wrote:ttt

What does "ttt" mean?,,,,and while I'm at it what does BUMP mean? My kids have resently left home otherwise I'd ask them.
Saw your drawings on another thread Hazard .jeez your not short on talent your self, excellent work .

Rob.

Yep I'd be into that, I reckon if it gets below 25 it's way too cold. but you'd wanna make sure you're facing downhill .

Hey Hazard, I am making two bows and if it wasn't for Paul I wouldn't have about half a cube of Conkerberry, and the concept of these bows was a dream shared by both of us. Paul said on the phone the other night after seeing the thread that he wouldn't think about selling his unless someone offered ...

I am making two bows and if it wasn't for Paul I wouldn't have about half a cube of Concleberry, and the concept of these bows was a dream shared by both of us. Paul said on the phone the other night after seeing the thread that he wouldn't think about selling his unless someone offered him 30 grand...

Well I figure why stop now :wink: :lol: . May as well get carried away with the limb bolt overlays too and while I'm at it start making the handle blocks for the three knives and a steel Paul is making me in return for the bow. Don't really feel like typing and like they say a picture paints a thous...

Well I figure why stop now :wink: :lol: . May as well get carried away with the limb bolt overlays too and while I'm at it start making the handle blocks for the three knives and a steel Paul is making me in return for the bow. Don't really feel like typing and like they say a picture paints a thous...

Thanks Bob, I don't know if all bowyers go to this much trouble, and ya gota remember these bows are a long way from being "standard" bows, I'm putting a lot of extras into them simply because I doubt very much that I'll ever get timber like this again, so they're special. But then, the st...

I don't know if all bowyers go to this much trouble, and ya gota remember these bows are a long way from being "standard" bows, I'm putting a lot of extras into them simply because I doubt very much that I'll ever get timber like this again, so they're special. But then, the structure, mec...

Thanks BK, and thanks for the question, you don't really know something until you have to answer questions about it or teach it to some one. I originally started using thinner glass on the back because most of the research I did in the beginning showed it was the done thing, couldn't find any docume...

I originally started using thinner glass on the back because most of the research I did in the beginning showed it was the done thing, couldn't find any documentation that stated why though. In my humble opinion I think it's a mater of simple physics, like it's a lot harder to break something by pul...

It's a romantic notion. 30 years ago, my parents bought into some land with a number of other permaculture enthusiasts. It didn't work out. Nothing nasty, but they just didn't seem to be able to agree on how to move forward and eventually lost their momentum. The main guy, then moved to Crystal Wat...

Thanks Jeff, never even noticed that was there, dar .

Rob.

Thanks Hazard, it's like I said before I'm trying to do the build-along I wanted when I was looking, particularly when it comes to take downs, they seem pretty thin on the ground :( . Well,,,, actually Craig that was also my ulterior motive, I figured if people could see what goes into it then they ...

OK back to it, This is when you also check for limb twist. After stringing the bow I put the back face of the riser on the ground and put my foot on the belly to hold it there, then draw the bow several times (don't be afraid to work the bow, it will help release residual tensions in the limbs) and ...

Hey! who's a happy bowyer? :| :) :D :lol: :lol: 8) , I am :D . How's this for ass, I wasn't having a very good day at work so I bailed at lunch time (one of the few advantages of being self employed) and came home to do a bit on the bow. Got a string on it and at the first weigh-in it's come out at ...

Hey! who's a happy bowyer? :| :) :D :lol: :lol: 8) , I am :D . How's this for ass, I wasn't having a very good day at work so I bailed at lunch time (one of the few advantages of being self employed) and came home to do a bit on the bow. Got a string on it and at the first weigh-in it's come out at ...