Well I made my first flemish twist string on Saturday and that was the highlight of the weekend it turned out a lot better than I thought it would

Sunday I decided to make my first long bow.

I did learn a lot from the mess I made of it like dont use so much epoxy that stuff is a bear to get off even with a spindle sander it took an hour to get the excess glue off.[]

Anyway the big problem was when I put pressure into the air hose the lams shifted and I did not see it untill the bow had been baked for 6 hours[:@]

I was so disgusted with myself I was going to chop the bow up and throw it in the trash.

Well I decided against that and just finish the bow just for the practice.

So this morning when I got home from work I marked out the limbs cut and sanded them filed some string grooves and strung it up.

This bow is not going to be one I will shoot too much the last thing I need is for it to blow up in my face altho some namely Greg would say it would be an improvement

The tiller came out a lot better than I thought it would it looks to me like it is pulling even and there is no limb twist when looking from the groove ends down to the riser.

I still have some work to do on the sight window and shelf and of course the grip. I might even put some tip overlays on it just for the practice.

It was sposed to be a 68" 50lb @28" but I had to cut it back to 66" and it feels like about 65lb, I almost blew a poofer valve pulling it back the first time

So what ya'll think of it so far.

Looks pretty good.

Why would you think it will blow up?

I'd finish it as is or try to reduce some of the weight if you like and finish it.


BTW 65 is just right for me....LOL

looks good from what i can see. you'll have to let us know how it shoots

If it does smack you in the face I'm gonna laugh sooooo hard!Good work so far Russ. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product. I'll check on that tape right now, and I'll be looking for more hardwoods today as well.

I have never put together a lam before. But surprised it looks so stiff about 12-15" past fades. Seems like the majority of the bending is right after the fades.

Thanks Greg.

BTW dont laugh too hard your bow is the next one I make

How do you shoot a bow thats longer than you are tall Russ?You'll get all the bugs worked out on this one...Rome wasn't built in a day...and figure out what your doing.Post pictures of your first arrow from your custom bow.

You should know you do it all the time even with the Black Ice I sold you.

I will just have to get a bigger stool to stand on

That just might be the only arrow shot through it

OK, I'll behave now!

Well maybe first arrow from second bow then...just to be safe!Prototypes are always just for looks and to work out problems.I only have to stand on a phone book to shoot the blackice![8D]