Ozbow

G'day, its been a while. Been wanting to build some new bows but for many reasons I never seem to get started. Well today I broke the drought. With a bow cooking in the oven at the moment. Had to revise my notes to remember a few things. The plan is to make a light weight one peice to get the hang of it again before making a couple of take downs. Steve was kind enough to give me some timbers to try while I was in Victoria early this year. Have made some Silver Wattle veneers and a Riser block and will hopefully glue it up on the weekend.

Pictures to follow.

Is good to hear Muz, sometimes life can get away from us and different journeys to be had but old journeys are worth remembering for shore. Look forward to the pics.

Cheers Wayno

Totally agree Wayno.

Up early as usual and took the bow out of the oven for an inspection before heading of to work. So far so good. Worked on the bow for just under 2 hours this arvo. Marked out limbs with template and reduced on sander. Added limb tips and roughly shaped them, inspected veneers and glue lines and tillered. At the moment its 38#@28", (46#@31"). So fa so good Although the Jarrah veneers came out way darker than I wanted. The Riser is spotted Jarrah and Blackbutt. Cheers Muz

Beautiful Muz! Looking forward to seeing some of the vic timbers in action. Have my eye out for some different ones for next year as well

G'day Steve, I'm looking forward to seeing them in a bow also. I don't think I'm going to be able to get over to Vic next year (spewing). Will have to be 2019.

Spent a few more hours on the bow this arvo and managed to get it finished with its first coat on. Looking forward to shooting it

love it mate

Muz1970 wrote:G'day Steve, I'm looking forward to seeing them in a bow also. I don't think I'm going to be able to get over to Vic next year (spewing). Will have to be 2019.

Ahh well, you can't win all the time. Will give me a bit more time to try and get some other timbers for you

Would particularly like to get hold of some more of that native cherry - not only is it a beautiful timber it has an affinity for the sambar as a preferred rub tree.

Don't worry I'd rather be heading your way and get back up into the mountains chasing those cagey deer than go overseas for a bloody wedding. I get it pretty good so can't complain to much. Maybe the next trip might have to be 4 weeks instead of 3.

The bow finished up at 35#@28" and is quiet fun to shoot. Its 43# at 31 and I'm enjoying shooting it bare fingers. Bit of a change from the heavier bows. Although I could do with some 500 spine arrows as the lightest I have are 400's.

Have glued up the next bow this arvo and is cooking at the moment. This one should be just over 50# at my draw. Its another one piece as I want to see how the veneers turn out. I was disappointed with the Jarrah veneers turning out so dark as it high lights all the flaws in the clear fiberglass. This bow has a Blue Gum veneer on the back and Marri veneers on the belly. The riser is a bit of everything. Some of Steves ornamental Cherry, plus Marri, with Tuart and Jarrah accents plus Sheoak and Mallabie. Haven't used the Marri before so looking forward to having a look tomorrow after I've shaped the limbs.
Cheers Muz

Had a good run today, got the bow out of the oven this morning and got stuck into it.(Oven had been off since 10pm last night)
Marked the limbs out prior to gluing up and took extra care while wet in the form. Reduced them on the big boy sander and perfect.
I've only just discovered random orbital sanders and boy does it make life easy. Out of the oven and first coat on in five hours. That included a quick shoot like always, and it spits them out too. Veneers turned out good, prefer the Marri over the Blue Gum. Ornamental Cherry looks great thanks Steve.
Came in spot at 53#@31"(46#@28") and is 62" NTN as was the first one.
Will take some photos of the two bows when finished coating them. Cheers Muz

Beautiful Muz! Cherry has been used in furniture for ages and from what I remember it has a nice straight grain too. Looking forward to seeing the next iteration

Nice work!

Jeff

great work on both bows! like 'em!

Cheers, just need to finish the coats off. Wasn't real motivated after work but did manage to cut up a slab of Marri, reducing it for veneers. Got a bit side tracked as I had to keep checking on the temp on my beer fridge.

They are some nice looking bows.

Eddie

Lovely.

top work Mate, look forward to the range and hunting report's

regards Perry

Bows with a couple of coats on, will probably rub them both back and put the VHT on when it turns up. Will take some better photos when finished. Cheers Muz

Since remodelling the end of my shed (building man cave / bar) I've moved some of my gear around. Well yesterday I reconstructed my tiller board and accurately plotted the weight of the small bow. Here's the results, will get around to the 2nd bow in the near future.