The Surprise Bow Build-a-Long
 

While Dave's bow is hanging in the shop with yet another coat of finish drying.

I decided to go ahead and start the Surprise Bow;)

The person I am building this bow for has absolutely no idea he is going the the recipient of a Kanga Custom "Yarra":p

The riser is going to be Ash and Tiger Stripe Pecan.



As you can see I have the 2 pieces of wood spot glued together, the riser shape marked and the xed out portion is going to be the Pecan.

The limbs will be Tiger Strip Pecan edge grain for the back and Ash for the belly.



The limb butt overlays are going to be Tiger Stripe Pecan with the stripe running across the limb.



Once the spot glue has dried on the riser section I have to change out the bandsaw blade from the 3/4" blade to a 1/4" blade to cut the curve.

More to come:D

Ok Changed out the band saw blade, done the cutting and had to do a little sanding to get the 2 pieces to fit snug.

Here it is all glued up just before poping it into the heat box for the next 4 hours.

The riser is now all glued up excess ground off and in rough shape.



Hopefully I can make a start on the limbs tomorrow.

Good to see you doing another build along Russ! That new job had you busy or you just slowing down? Everyone is wanting to go hunting right now so maybe after season you will get some orders fer bows!

Rowel.

The new job is killing me, by the time I get home from work there is not much of the day left for making bows, so I gotta get a lot done over the week ends.

Doesn't that new job pay you enough to buy a light bulb?:s3:

I guess I should have given you that light I gave Kyle. I'm sure he hasn't put in in yet, why don't you go and get it.. I have plenty of wire too..