68 in. Kennym bow !,64 in.,60in.,58 in. & mods & builds FHLB & R/D !

[Forwardhandle]

I finally got some time to work on the 64 in forward handle bow form, it looks pretty radical design when you see it in real time , Im taking my time making sure every thing is symetrical square with that much reflex ![attachment=1]

[kennym]

You going topless with this form ? 

[Forwardhandle]

Yep topless  I could do a 66 in. If this one works out it's 68 in. End to end might have to try your stable core for that one !

[BLOB]

I finally got some time to work on the 64 in forward handle bow form, it looks pretty radical design when you see it in real time , Im taking my time making sure every thing is symetrical square with that much reflex ![attachment=1,msg2804425]

That looks pretty similar to the profile of a Thunderchild...I like it!

[Forwardhandle]

Will see Im pretty motivated to get it done just not much time with construction in full bloom here , I dont know if the 60 in. could be perfeted but will see !

[Forwardhandle]

Well got the 64'' forward handle form done these topless forms are quick to build, I like them ,moving on to the riser next  [attachment=1]

[Forwardhandle]

Here is some thing I over looked on this forward handle form when I made it  ,my other form I just drew a center line on my template material and traced the contours but with the pegs on this one couldn't do it ,there in the way so have to trace it on card board and then to the template material ,If I had to do it again I would have traced it before the pegs, I'm just posting in case some body else over looks it on the deep curves of Kenny's form ,Played with some footing lay out but going to thin the maple in the morning the bottom wood is green future wood but always looks blue when you take a pic of it I'm replacing the osage with yellow action wood ![attachment=1,msg2807058][attachment=2,msg2807058][attachment=3,msg2807058][attachment=4,msg2807058]

[Forwardhandle]

Got my pattern sanding template made for the 64 '' forward handle bow , nice beautiful cool day in Chicago land really enjoying it for a change, my yellow action wood should get here next week and can get the footed riser blank glued up , so far this build is a much easier build then I thought it would be and is going fast with only couple hours here and there ![attachment=1,msg2807133]

[kennym]

Make sure you check the riser with the actual form Ritchie, do a dry run...

[C. Johnson]

You have a bow oven built into your house, congrats. I think we Texans and Southerners could probably make a cheap solar oven to cure epoxy in summers, I've tried it and it got up to 145 degrees in the spring.

I have no doubt that's true.  I spent a year in Houston because of my (ex) wife's job.  I made friends with another plumber who would bring me on as needed for replumb jobs.  A lot of the houses there have galvanized trunk lines run through the attic and branches dropping through the walls to the fixtures.

Anyway, I have no doubt the temp in one of those attics could easily reach 150f.

[Forwardhandle]

Yep I made it off the form fits like a puzzle but it's pretty darn close to the drawing too , I'm leaving it slightly proud for custom fit to form/lams like I did the other one every thing smooth sailing so far  I ment the template is dead on leaving the riser proud for fit !

[Forwardhandle]

Got my yellow action wood today from Kenny this stuff is awsome looking ![attachment=1]

[ty_in_ND]

That is pretty sweet! Looks a lot like yellow heart/satinwood at a quick glance.

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[Forwardhandle]

Im posting as I go as I have a friend interested in making one of these , I got the front part of the riser ruffed to the form for the 64 '' foward handle , waiting for more time to joint the lams and custom flash light fit the riser to them before doing the ramps ![attachment=1,msg2811609][attachment=2,msg2811609]

[fujimo]

looks awesome- am following this with my 31.5" draw!

[Forwardhandle]

Wayne even the 60 '' version of this bow would draw 31.5 '' I have a tendency to over draw when shooting threw the chrono my normal draw is 31 '' the more I
learn about this design the more interesting it is ,this design has a lot of similarities with the Egyptian composite bows and they where designed for long war arrows !  If I can get up and running Im hopping to poke a dear with this one this fall !

[kennym]

The 60" went to 32"without stack before I ran out of arrow and was a constant 3# per inch. Had I had an assistant handy  I would have seen total draw before stacking....

[fujimo]

Thanks Ritch and Kenny. i have the template from kenny and plan to be building one for my bow season this year.
going on a twoo week wilderness, boat only access hunt.
so will be taking it and some old  bow i got from an old fart in Pa.

i still cant believe the speeds you got with your 64" bow and now the 60"

i got 170fps with 535gr arrows out of my kenny m 64.
i did use yew lams- what did you use in your 64?

i wonder how much speed a person may lose with incorrectly spined arrows- the day i tested the 64 the shafts i was using were a bit under spined, but only 3 of 4" fletches , shield cut, not very tall.

cant wait to get started on the 60"- this thread has been inspirational.
thanks

[Forwardhandle]

Good luck with your hunt ,on the R/D if I remember right its 90% maple and one walnut lam in the middle, the 60 '' is all maple , I agree on arrow spine making a difference I have done a fair amount of testing with natural material bows & got a increase of 9 fps with proper spine bare shaft so it probably applies with glass too, Im not recomending this but I modified the front view profile views on both bows , aka(side tiller)  narrowing it can be touchy but I believe it helps with Mass/speed with out losing much draw weight , Im not trying to increase speed with the 64 '' Im trying for heavy arrow/speed combo , just my thoughts but I think maple makes quick bows ! But the efficient design is 90 % of it !

[fujimo]

thanks for the info,
what do you mean by side tiller?
trapping the back?