Thats very nice Kirk. 

Lots of great color going on Kirk, I love where the top limb meets the end of the radius and you get all the materials at once

Great looking bows. Kirk, what wood is that red colored I beam?

Very nice Kirk!!

Quote from: Buemaker on September 01, 2023, 08:08:43 AM
Great looking bows. Kirk, what wood is that red colored I beam?

Thanks....

Bloodwood.... Very dense hardwood. Makes great wedges and I beams. I've never used it as a riser body before because it doesn't have much grain pattern to it. And I wouldn't recommend it for core lamination because of the mass weight.

Kirk

Quote from: Kirkll on September 01, 2023, 10:50:02 AM

Quote from: Buemaker on September 01, 2023, 08:08:43 AM
Great looking bows. Kirk, what wood is that red colored I beam?

Thanks....

Bloodwood.... Very dense hardwood. Makes great wedges and I beams. I've never used it as a riser body before because it doesn't have much grain pattern to it. And I wouldn't recommend it for core lamination because of the mass weight.

Kirk

Good for showing off your wedges too

Sawed another one in two .60in. 43@28 kingwood and tulipwood veneers. I found this textutred paint at Autozone for the grip.

Wow!!! What a looker! Kingwood is one of my favourites. The grip looks good too. What a great idea.
Dave.

Stic that is a fine looking bow! I'm gonna have to build the jigs and go down this road.

WOW   I like it

i've always hated cutting a perfectly good bow in half......   

Great wood combo Stic!  that tulip wood is great veneer material.   

What?   Did you run out of lime green and hot pink material?

Kirk

Gave the deer/elk opener a 1/2 day close to home.  Nothing seen or heard.   Lots of week enders camped.  Was still a pleasant morning in the mountains.

Made myself some 45/45° Carbon.
My carpenter let me use the Veneer Press to cure some Prepreg.
That will Last about 30 Bows or Sets of Limbs with big hooks, that will need the torsional stability, the 45/45° delivers.

That's cool nice work

Yep
nice work

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Planned some LVL's for a couple new forms, got a drill jig made pretty happy about that and a bow I'm working on. I would sooner go hunting right now our elk seasons on the back just isnt good enough yet. 🏹

A little preview of a current project....

https://photos.app.goo.gl/hudwsH1bcutHdz4A9

Putting a leather wrap on this grip.  Looking just ok so far.  Forming to any locator style is tricky.

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Time for a little food for the soul...  Click on the photos to start video clips.

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I was contacted by a friend recently that was clearing out a back room in his barn in order to make space for some new equipment.  There were stacks of wood he had milled over the past decades as he cleared more land. Most was Fir, Larch and Hemlock, but some nicely spalted Birch looked good, and a small stack of 1 1/4" thick Western Yew. It had been laying for almost 40 years, and had been home to some ants for a while, and as it had never been sealed on the ends it had some very large checks.  But - it's YEW!  And from a large tree!  Don't need more for laminations but I would never pass it up. Bit of a Wood Hoarder I suppose.
My daughter had commented once she would like a larger Charcuterie Board, for bigger groups I guess.  Like 36" long. Perfect!
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