Bamboo backed static build along

[Timo]

And the crowd goes wild!!!! Very well done J.D.! Especially liked the overlay segment!  

[trashwood]

really good stuff

Rusty

[farmerboy]

great job JD.... the bow looks awesome.  hard work has payed off, now you can rest.

[rocdoc]

Wow JD!  This is some awsome information....I really think that you could publish this in a book form and sell it!  You gotta admit it's much better instruction than you can get from most books; and by doing a static, the readers can make inferences for other types of bows.

I do hope you'll include some finishing tips....that way we'll all be able to make bows just as good as JD!  YEAH....RIGHT!

Why didn't you make Todd tuck his pants in his boots for the pic?

[Marc]

Looks really good, JD. How much tip backset did she keep?

[Dano]

Nice J.D., thanks.

[horseapple]

Marc,  it's holding 2.5" when relaxed

JD

[DCM]

I like that tip overlay.  That and the arrow rest shaping really make a difference.  Thanks.

Keep 'em coming.

Do you hang the bow to shoot clear, or wide on or what?

[wingnut]

JD

About the leather, do You skive both edges of the strip?  What grit sand paper do you use.

Man I love those overlays.  I promise I won't copy em.  LOL

Mike

[Gray Buffalo]

It's cool to watch a master at work. In my little world I calculated you have about 35 hours in that bow. No wonder a bow cost so much. @ 18.00 dollars per hour (average craft-mans wage) that's $630 not counting materials and tool maintenance. Thanks for the look in to your world.

[horseapple]

Mike, yes you taper both edges and if you've done the job right the leather strip will have a crown in the middle of the side that your sanding... I use contact cement on all surfaces and start my glueing at the rest area... do a test run like I show in the last picture, glueing your wrap at a certain spot will tell you how it will feel when you grip your bow, I like my left pointing finger to be in a groove in front... kindof like having 4 finger grooves... you can tell if you need to start your wrap at another spot because it won't feel right in the grip. I'll post another underside of the handle wrap finished.

Jerry, thanks for the kind words, I've kindof speeded the process on this bow hopefuylly without harming the results:) just kidding Dina...

JD

[horseapple]

Sorry Mike... 36 grit paper:)

JD

[Todd O.]

Rocdoc,
           I thought about tucking my pants in my boots as an ode to you. But that is a look that is best reserved for Oilfield hands & 60 year old farmers. Besides they are lace ups.  

[countrygirl]

Hi JD...the bows look GREAT!!  I knew ya were just teasing me!    

[horseapple]

Dina, I thought you'd like that:) just like staining and spraying on the finish.

David, I hold the bow in the middle of the handle and spray one limb at a time, letting it set on a 1 inch wooden block where my fingers were to dry, might get a little smudge at that point but in will never show, handle covers it up:)

JD

[horseapple]

ttt for the ones like me who get lost:)
JD
http://groups.msn.com/Horseappleswebpage/bamboobackedstaticrecurve.msnw?Page=10

[Marc]

JD
I was sort of curious. I was looking at your nocks and they seem to be a bit on the bulky side. Do you make them like that for a purpose, such as insurance? Or perhaps it's for appearance? I have found that nocks can be reduced to quite small proportions and still maintain a margin of safety. I also have found that small nocks are a source of performance with less handshock thrown in.

[AZStickman]

This has been a great build along JD... Thanks.... Terry

[horseapple]

Bulky? they might be, 1/2" wide, but I've seen my share of thin narrow tips blow up, I've learned that on a hunting bow its more safe to have tips a little wider,specially when using fastflight strings... being that the curve is smaller than most 4" helps in less non bending material lightning up the tip in the long run... good question tho and I'm not trying to be defensive but when your building them for a customer its better to have them made for the long haul    

JD

[Marc]

Well maybe bulky wasn't quite the right word to use   . That's why I said "insurance". I can't say I've ever had or seen a nock blow though and I've made them very small. Careless handling of the bow might do it though.