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Resurection bow

#1 Post by BenBow » Fri Nov 04, 2011 11:58 am

Had a request from a friend to build a set of longbow limbs for an old recurve riser he had. It has been a tough challenge to get everything to fit when working with a completed riser. He wanted it to be 60" n2n and 50# at 29" draw. I spent a lot of time working with this limb design using Supertiller (thanks Alan!) before I started building the limbs.
Here's what the riser looked like when I got it. Thankfully I was able to resurrect it.
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Here's how it turned out. I had to narrow the limb pads from 1 3/4" to 1 1/8" but it didn't seem to ruin the line of the riser.
It ended up at 50# @ 29" and 60" n2n. This project helped keep me motivated during the cancer treatments and has meant a lot to me.
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#2 Post by BenBow » Fri Nov 04, 2011 12:00 pm

The veneer is ash olive burl. Here's a pic of the sheet that I got from the http://www.theveneerstore.com/
The sheet was rough and had to be sanded down then glued to a thin lam of actionboo so the face side could be sanded smooth. These veneers are sheared off a large block of wood so they aren't smooth like what you get from Kenny McKensie. Wild looking wood though.
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#3 Post by blu-dog » Fri Nov 04, 2011 4:54 pm

simply...BEAUTIFUL!

I hope all is going well with your treatments!
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#4 Post by hazard » Fri Nov 04, 2011 5:08 pm

Brilliant effort mate :biggrin: That looks really nice, and now a 3 piece longbow well done!

Hows it shoot?

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#5 Post by bigbob » Fri Nov 04, 2011 6:34 pm

Terrific work and no mean feat to come on on specs with what you were working with.Love those veneers too.
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#6 Post by Chase N. Nocks » Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:41 pm

Damn fine work there BenBow. You have given it some lovely lines and it just looks very well balanced to the eye.

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#7 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:26 pm

Beautiful work their Ben!!! :biggrin:

It's still looks like a recurve to me. 8)

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#8 Post by greybeard » Sat Nov 05, 2011 7:16 pm

Very nice work Ben.

The restored riser looks like new and it blends in with the limbs.

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#9 Post by rodlonq » Sun Nov 06, 2011 7:24 am

Great result for such a challenging task Ben, your friend must be elated.

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#10 Post by memo » Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:42 pm

Ben,
That is one beautiful bow. Superb effort mate - I wish I could do that. Credit to you,
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#11 Post by excelpoint » Sun Nov 06, 2011 7:15 pm

That would have to be one of the nicest bows I have seen in quite a while. Well done.

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#12 Post by Night Wing » Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:18 pm

That's a real nice looking bow. Thanks for the report and all of the photos you took and posted.
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#13 Post by slvrslngr » Sat Nov 12, 2011 1:15 pm

Unreal mate! Some very fine work to bring that bow back to life, the owner must be quite chuffed. I hope your treatments are going well and I wish you all the best for the future.

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#14 Post by jwillis » Sat Nov 26, 2011 4:39 am

That looks really nice! Great job. Jim
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