The path is at times a difficult and challangingone but it'sthe end of the journey that makes it enjoyable.

Thank you for coming along for the ride and for the kind words along the way.

Funny you mention this as most say I am charging too much for my bows, with the comment of "well it's only some wood and a couple of pieces of fiber glass".
But these same people have no problem on dropping big dollars on a hunk of Alumn. thats been through a CNC machine

Once again thank you and too all who have watched this build a long and given comments along the way.

My next build a long will be heading this way real soon and will be a 1 piece R/D bow. As too what woods will be involved I have no idea just yet

I'll be very interested to see what you come up with for the r/d bow!

Me too

I really enjoyed this build along, and the bow looks great.

I do feel that we need a picture of the lucky present receiver shooting his bow to finish it off though.

Looking forward to the next one too!

I will be sure to take plenty of pictures of Chad and the bow on his first shoot.

Want to take bets on if he let me shoot it?? LOL

Hey russ, is there anything else to use to seal oily wood other than super glue? I hate working with super glue. Just wondering.

Mark.

You can use Shelac or just about anything to seal it, the big trick is to give oily wood a good washing in Acetone to get as much of the oil out as you can.

I am thinking about using some Minwax Antique Oil Finish on the next bow to see how that works on an oily wood.

That is if I can find it in a hardware shop down here.

Tana.

He better let you shoot it

But if you put poly over oily wood, won't it seep out and discolor it over time? Kinda like that fella on here with the OL Adcock bow?

If you don't soak it in acetone it will. But it's a bit hard to let a 1 piece bow soak

Plus if it's a laminated riser then the acetone can attack the epoxy which is why I just give it a real good wash in acetone and seal it with super glue. I have also heard but never used Tru Oilfinish is good to seal oily wood.

Hi bigcountry, I'm the fella you are referring to. When dealing with Coco Bolo it takes a "Lord of the Rings" guru to figure out what path to follow, even then "s%&t happens".
When I bought the wood for the riser I was assured that the wood had been properly cured and was not fresh but very old. I had a lady I was seeing, undertake the purchase in south America do all the transactions sense she was from there. At the time I was unaware of business practices in south America and just considered it "normal".

I received the wood and it was absolutely AWESOME, however their was absolutely no way to tell if it was cured as far as I knew then (I was assured it was). So, I sent the "Chunk" to O.L. and he used it as he should have. The result is now history, the wood never was cured obviously, or not enough, therefore the complete discoloration!
Who's fault was it, MINE! O.L. went on my recommendation witch he should have and did one dam awesome job! It was not his fault that I had been lied to, the finish failed under the finish he used over time. Hell, it would have failed under any finish!
I still have large pieces of the original "chunk" in a room next to a heat duct and it appears to be the same as the day I received it.

So, what I am getting at is this, if you want to get a piece of really exotic Coco Bolo you better have a dam honest source or lots of time to let it set in the correct atmosphere, maybe 5 years or more hopefully, the more figure the more time.

Just to clear things up, Changeling.