This is my first attempt at a footed riser and I am pleased so far with the way this is going. Birds eye maple and black walnut. I want to stay with woods that are not too hard to work with for the first try.   :D  

Any who...it will no doubt take a long time for me to finish this up..I will post more as it moves along.


 

and here is the result.

Cool jig,looks like it worked great. My bandsaw is so sloppy,don't know if I could do that,but I may have to try. Do you do any sanding before glue? What type of blade are you usin?  

That kicks arse. Who showed you how to make that jig?

Thanks..I don't take credit for the jig I got it from someone here who has done this before. Don't remember who now. I used a 1/4 inch 4 teeth per inch blade. I tried a little finer (5 teeh per inch) one and it did not work as well.

I will put some very thin white bow tuff, a little than the saw blade, between the sections. I don't plan on doing much sanding just a litlle, you don't really want it to smooth anyway. I have glued up rasiers before, but not one like this.

Ray

That is slick...and something I will be using in the future, thanks for posting it!

I was looking at the pattern for the riser that comes with the Bingham TD kit. I realy don't like it very much, a large shelf and a high grip. I guess that may be a good place to start if you did not know what you want because it leaves a lot of wood on the riser, but it is no where near what I like.

I was wondering if anyone had a pattern for a riser they would be willing to share?

What do you like in a riser? I like a radius shelf no more than 2.5 inches, a wide throat directly under the shelf, an a grip the swells into my hand. Pretty much a Fedora    


Ray


Ray

Ray,

That jig looks really cool.  I am new to bow-building and woodworking in general and have thus far only put together some relatively boring risers.  I think your jig and others similar could help me change that.

I sat down last night to see if I could figure out how to make one and I think I have it figured, but I have a question.  How far from the 'pivot point' do you cut the curve? I think I could figure out a good spot with some trial and error, but thought I would see if you would enlighten me before I needlessly sacrifice some miscellaneous MDF scraps.

THANKS for sharing your very neat idea.

Ted

Ted,

I had the same question when I was making the jig. I will measure the radius for you tonight.
I think the radius I used should be a little larger.

Ray

Thanks Ray - I appreciate the help.


Ted

Cool.  Where did you get that red clamp?  I've never seen one like it.  Slick.  Chad

The radius is 19 inches, but I think it should be just a little more maybe 19 + 1/4 or + 1/8.

I had problems finding the clamp also. I got it at a local wood working store. You can get them on ebay. They are called toggle clamps and come in all kinds of shapes and sizes. Not too expenses about 5 to 8 dollars and they work great.

Again this is not my design got it from someone else.

Ray

The clamps are made by DeStaCo  ( Detroit something Company, I can't remember the middle).  They are available from Rockler Hardware.  http://www.rockler.com/ecom7/product_details.cfm?&offerings_id=10397&SearchHandle=DADBDADBDADADDDGDEDCDCGEGFDFDGDFCNDHDJDHDHCNDEDIGDDJCNDIGGDCDGCNDCGEDEGFGEDBDJDHGCDAGDDDDADADADBDA DADADADGGDGMGBGNHAHDDADADADEDADADADADADADADBDFDADADADBDADADADADADADADADADADADADBDADADADADGGDGMGBGNHAHDDADADADBDB&filter=clamps

Woodcraft handles the clamps also. You have a good looking start on the riser. I made a jig just like that one but havnt had the best of luck with it. I usally cut close to the line and use a robo sander and jig. I am trying to convert my jigs over to be used on a router table with a large pattern bit.

I was very pleased with the way the jig worked. I can't cut a thing free hand worth a darn and I don't know when to stop with the drum sander. I am just a hack at this, but I enjoy it. Waiting for some riser accents to get here so I can glue the riser up.

Thanks for the info and the picture.  Creativity isn't one of my assets.  I'd not have thought of that.  Chad

Got the riser glued up this morning

Looks like that went well. Curve or longbow?

It will be a recurve. Man it is hot working in the garage here today. Working on a jig to cut the angle for the limbs. This is my first TD.

I thought I would update my progress. Here is a pic of a jig with the riser setting
in it. The jig is used on a table saw for cutting the riser butt ends.
Worked out well. By-the-way joiners do not like bow tuff