Hey Rusty,

Bulletwood is Massuraduba.  

Massaranduba
Manilkara Elata
General Characteristics: heartwood is
dark brown and sapwood a light yellowish
brown, grain straight, luster moderate,
fine texture. Density: heavy density wood,
with 13% humidity = 1,010 Kg/m3

Now that thats cleared up get back to tillerin.

Mike

thank ya for the info....is bulletwood expensive?  

rusty

Mike,
Is dat the wood ya gimmie at MoJam this passt year. I had forgotten the name you said when ya said " go pick ya a piece out Sparky". It looks like Ipe..and I had a piece of Ipe and da tow together kinda lok the same...  

Nice thread guys...Mike I gotta come visit some time and see da new shop...

Sparky

well da bow has turned out plumb dandy.  I put it thru the speed trap and post some pics.  got good speed for a flat bow. fun to shoot  

rusty

Sparky,

That was Supaparia.  It is another really good bow wood.  I have three bamboo backed bows right now that Connie Jason and I am shooting.

Mike

if bows could be compared to vehicles then a nice shooting r/d would be a family type car.....well these little bows are the ragtop jeeps.  The rides are comparable to shooting too  

rusty

and come to thank of it I guess the uses are comparable too

rusty

Rusty don't let this thread die,Im still waitin for some finished pics please.Ray from NY.

thanks for the interest Ray.

I didn't build up the grip area with learther or cork but didn't wrap a longer than necessary area with leather.  the leather grip comes about 2" higher than the area pass.

http://stavestobows.homestead.com/files/aboglass1.jpg

i like a string keeper a lot so I can carry the bow in a bow case hooked to my quiver

rusty

this is the bow at full draw.  as ya can see I missed my tiller a bit.  bottom limb is on the left.  i intended it a bit sitffer and I wanted to leave the last four inches of both limbs stiff.  tiller could have used some more work but the little bow is shooting sweet now so I am reluctant to mess with it anyhmore.

http://stavestobows.homestead.com/files/aboglass2.jpg

rusty

Looks great Rusty, whatcha think? how's it shoot? Sorry I posted on top of ya. Tiller looks good for a short bow.

this is the true and honest arrow speed with no attempt to fudge the results.  arrow was 10 grs per pound.

http://stavestobows.homestead.com/files/aboglass3.jpg

as the bow is tiller it is 49#@26"

it might have picked up the speed a bit if i had nailed the tiller

rusty

this is an average 12 yd group.  now this little bow does shoot like a 4# heavy riser recurve.  it has the mammers of exactly what it is.  I good shooting bendy handle abo style bow

http://stavestobows.homestead.com/files/aboglass4.jpg

Yep, she's a shooter.  

i left the tips 5/8" wide as to save the abo look.  had the tips been taken down to 1/2" we would have gotten a little sweeter shooter and I bet a few more fps.

it was a fun project and i like the results.  I'm gonna take it javie hunting in Jan and hog hunting in March.  I'm gonna beuld phase two after the hunts.  

rusty

thanks  Dano as ya can see the bottom limb needs some work.  top limb (imo) lookes pretty good.  

for bendy wide handle abot style the little bow is shooting nicley.  i like it.  we just gotta see haw it holds up.  

the Jaap processe was a great deal of fun and the glue line is prefect  

rusty

Man, if your happy with the glue line that speaks alot. I need to make a bendy handled bow to see what your talkin about. I bet that bow holds up real good.

Dang Rusty...skuff up dat glass and pile on some sinew. Ought to be a fire breather...  

Nice bow, I like that circular tiller and stiff tips. I think it makes a dead in da hand bow. Specially with a stiff riser.

Sparky

LOL that is true Sparky or ya could just keep bendy the bow over your knee and driving in the wedges.  I was tring to build a gold standard here.  not too much reflex to see how the single glass backing would hold up.  pahase two will see if we can get one cranking  

rusty

I took the bow out to the cottontail rambles this morning.  All I manage was to throw a bit of dirt on a couple  that were in high gear.  Bow was right at home and a natural hunter  

rusty