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Straight Limbed Longbow Build-Along

Started by tjdeerslayer37, January 24, 2008, 06:20:00 PM

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insttech1

Wonderfully nice job!  What are the spec's on your glass and lam thickness/tapers?

Mom's a lucky woman!
Take Care,
Marc
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tjdeerslayer37

marc, honestly i dont know. theyre whatever binghams sent. im saving up to get a drum snader so i can do my own lams. im pretty sure its .050 glass. but thats about all i know.
save a tree... shoot a buck.

insttech1

OK thanks!

I must say that you have done a fine job on that level of project, especially with the multiple lam's and overlays!

Did you tell Binghams you were shortening the riser before they sent the lam's?

Take Care,
Marc
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tjdeerslayer37

i told them i was making the bow 62" and it had a 16" riser and they figured it all out for me.
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Mike Burch


Trad Man 25

Awsome,,, one day ill try some thing like that,, after reading that build along,, i hope its soon,,, i got itchy feet already,,, to get started

Great Work,,

Thanks for sharing

James

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LEOPARD

That's an excellant job TJ! Bow turned out really nice! I bet your mom will love it! Thanks for sharing!    :bigsmyl:    :thumbsup:
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Grizzzly

Nice job !! Any more pics - full draw, etc. What did the bow specs end up to be ? Again nice job. John

BowHuntingFool

Wow, pretty cool! Turned out a very nice bow! Your mom is lucky!
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Big River Longbow 66" 52# @ 28"
Big River Longbow 66" 47# @ 28"
Big River Longbow 62" 52# @ 28"
Big River Recurve 60" 48# @ 28"
NewWood Longbow 58" 45# @ 28"

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TroyH

While I haven't made a bow this way before, I've always had a question:  Where does the formica strip  come into the bowmaking process?
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tjdeerslayer37

thanks.

it came out 45#@28 and about 35-37 at her draw.

heres mom at full draw, this was before she had shot it and fixed a bunch of form issues lol.



the formica strip helps get rid of the little imperfections on the form so the back of your bow doesnt get those imperfections glued into it. ie bumps and dents. it also helps keep glue off the form and such.
save a tree... shoot a buck.

onemississipp

what where thickness of your lams and glass?

Bow looks great!
Dustin
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SteveD


pseman

Great looking bow! Nice buildalong, very informative.
Mark Thornton

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