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Here's a flash one

#1 Post by Flatliner » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:46 pm

Just made this for a nice fella . When I asked him what timbers he wanted to use he said it was up to me but he wanted upgrades on all the overlays. So having an assortment of new timbers I recently acquired to choose from I came up with this.

Stats; Flatline MC2, 62"ntn, 56#@28"
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The timbers are :
Riser; Black Gidgee / Gutta Purcha / Silver Ash.
Grip overlays; Slv Ash /Miva mahogany / Conkerberry.
Limb veneers: back; Gutta Purcha. belly; QLD Walnut.
String groove and limb bolt overlays; Conkerberry / Hairy Oak / Slv Ash.

The bow is very heavy in the hand with the Gidgee in the riser which makes it very smooth to shoot, NOhand shock at all.
The owner picked it up this afternoon, one very happy man.

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#2 Post by Jim » Fri Jan 24, 2014 5:01 am

That is a real beauty Rob.

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#3 Post by longbow steve » Fri Jan 24, 2014 5:29 am

Another work of art. Amazing composition once again. Cheers Steve
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#4 Post by Afro » Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:46 am

Absolutely beautiful work Rob. 8)
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#5 Post by bigbob » Fri Jan 24, 2014 8:14 am

That really is a work of art Rob, very nice indeed. Can believe how heavy it would be with the gidgee, really heavy wood isn't it? Ideal in that regard for risers,.
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#6 Post by Mick Smith » Fri Jan 24, 2014 9:18 am

Wow! That bow is a mixture of art, craftsmanship, beauty and functionality. Very nice.
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#7 Post by kerry » Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:27 am

wow that is sensational ! and its a lefty !!! :mrgreen:
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#8 Post by Nephew » Fri Jan 24, 2014 11:28 am

From what I've seen, ALL Flatline bows are pretty flash, Rob, but yes, this is exceptional. Well done, mate, your skills are awe inspiring. :smile:
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#9 Post by Flatliner » Fri Jan 24, 2014 6:30 pm

Thanks everyone, comments like that make the extra effort worthwhile.
Can't wait to see how the one I'm working on at the moment comes out, it's mostly white (Silver Ash) with Yellow Sandalwood in the center of the riser and Lacy She Oak on the back of the limbs and the grip overlays. I'm going to use some of that Orange Boxwood (which may be a variety of Desert Oak) for the string groove overlays and in the knock tips. Should be very pretty which is appropriate, it's a lady's bow.

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#10 Post by hazard » Fri Jan 24, 2014 6:36 pm

Beaudy Mate,
The colour contrast is fantastic.
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#11 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Fri Jan 24, 2014 8:29 pm

The Gidgee looks very nice as does the Hairy Oak. Some nice work as usual Rob.

I must say I don't like the look of 'I' beams in bow risers though. Have you ever made a bow without?

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#12 Post by bigbob » Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:00 am

all my deflex reflex risers have I beams as being closer to centre cut , it provides extra strength.Imagine rob would have same thoughts?
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#13 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:11 am

bigbob wrote:all my deflex reflex risers have I beams as being closer to centre cut , it provides extra strength.Imagine rob would have same thoughts?
I know why they are used Bob but there has probably been millions of recurve bows built without them and the risers haven't broken. We all like the looks of different things and I don't happen to like the look of them in a riser and wondered if Rob had ever made a riser without the 'I' beam in it is all.

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#14 Post by greybeard » Sat Jan 25, 2014 2:28 pm

Hi Rob,

First class workmanship but too much of a fruit salad mix for my taste.

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#15 Post by Flatliner » Sat Jan 25, 2014 2:54 pm

What do you mean by an I beam the phenolic strip or the Silver Ash veneers ? If the phenolic, then it's for extra lateral strength through the arrow rest area, and if it's the veneers, it's for grain stabilization.
But the answer to your question Jeff is, No I've never made a composite bow without either of these features.
You see I'm a builder with a conscience that lives in a cyclonic area so I've always gone for the structural overkill rather than regret it later, that's just the way I see things.

As far as personal taste is concerned, it's each to his own and I'm fine with that, I just love the timbers and have always liked mixing them up, I guess I associate it with looking at a forest,,, the ones with only 1 or 2 kinds of trees are a bit dull and lifeless and often man made, whereas the kind of forest that lives around me is extremely diverse and teaming with life, and so, more interesting to the eye,,, IMHO, I kind of try to emulate this in my bows.
So if someone leaves the timber choice up to me then that is what they get, but I don't have a problem using what ever the client wants to use.

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#16 Post by Gringa Bows » Sat Jan 25, 2014 4:03 pm

Nice timbers in the bow Rob,i sometimes use I beams in my bows if I want a certain pattern in my strike plate ,I know the yanks are big on them too... :biggrin:
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#17 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Sat Jan 25, 2014 6:03 pm

Thanks for the explanation Rob. I understand your reasoning for doing it. I meant the laminating back to belly that you do. This is sometimes done with a single piece of wood or Phenolic sandwiched between the outside pieces of the riser wood.

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#18 Post by UPTHETOP » Mon Jan 27, 2014 4:51 pm

Rob good to see some conkerberry still hanging around, I love your tips mate they always make the string seem to belong there. Great workman ship as usual. That's the problem living in rain forest country mate there's so much colour to go around.
Just spent the weekend up at Eungella rainforest dam red cedar everywhere.

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