Here is a website that may give you all you will need to know about bow building. Go to Laminated bows once you are there.

http://www.stickbow.com/

You may be more informed than what they can offer.

Be well.

eightwgt, I wish I had a digital camera so I could post pics of my bow and show you what that bocote will look like in a year's time. It ages beautifully and turns a deep, dark honey color. I love bocote and that's a gorgeous hunk of it you put into that bow!

Arthur


Thats why I chose it - after seeing a lot of pictures of custom bows, that was all it took....... I got my tips and limbs sanded out tonight... have to make a real minor string groove adjustment, but Im almost ready to spray it up..... I cant wait to see it done - I am ready to shoot it. I shot it in the dark tonight.... about 6 shots... I was standing on my porch with the light on and only shot about 20 feet...... man it was nice - Its gonna be a shooter........ I got a recurve design down.... looks real good. Im going to build it in a month or so - FIRST I gotta finish this one....... Im really liking this traditional thing...... I never though it could be so much fun to build a bow, and then shoot it.

Ill keep ya posted

Tom

Eightwtg
That bow of yours is a nice looking bow. Congradulations.
Now you'll never want to shoot a stick bow built by anybody else! There will be a lot of gradification in hunting and harvesting something with a bow you built yourself.
My homemade bows are not as fast as some custom made bows. But I'm a patient man, I can wait a half-second longer for my arrow to hit home!
As far as shooting somebody elses bow, today I'm getting the recurve I shot before I built my own, a Bill Stewart Custom Takedown, ready for ebay. I won't be shooting it again.
I did get a digital camera and the other day while waiting to ambush a whitetail I snapped a picture of a nocked arrow on my homemade longbow. The limbs (which won't be visible) are reflex/deflex in desert camo under clear glass. The riser is zebra wood with a strip of walnut sandwiched between maple laminates. I've been shooting a flemish fast flight string. I will try to attach that photo here. This bow has yet to take a whitetail, but its still trying.
Will you get to hunt with yours this season or are they closed?
Dan

Dan

I cseem to see thje photo...... Anyway - I hope I can hunt this year with it - Hogs anyway........ I want to become more consistant first as its been a while since I shot instinctive..... I still have to finish it - all I need to do is spray it..... I was shooting it today and was quite surprised how well I did considering it was a new bow and my long time parting from instinctive shooting style. I did really good out to 15 yards but was marginal at 20-25.....
The bow shoot great. I paper tuned it - first just a bare shaft to get the spine right..... I got it shooting a bullet hole - I was quite surprised how straigt it shot. I then re-fletched some 5575 GoldTips I have and put 5" Shield feathers on them with my new arrow fletching jig and went shooting a few hours later - It was so much fun--- I loved it. I loved being able to hold my bow almost horizontal and shooting it - my kids really thought that was cool - I was doing it at a mere 10 yards and drilling bullseyes...... But all in all it shot great - I am very pleased. I just have to get serious now instead of just blazing away and get 'tuned in' to this particular bow.......

Ill try to download your pic......

Tom

Guys---PDATE

I have 2 'sealer coats' on the bow... Ill sand it again, one more sealer coat then spray the final finish coat on Tuesday most likely........

Then Ill be posting pics......

Got my custom Flemish string too.....

Made a half dozen arrows with 5" shielded barred feathers with a bunch of helical.....

Watch out !

Well I finished i..... Im going to sand it with 1500 grit and give it a satin hand rubbed finish... but here it is 98% done !!!

Man I love it !!!

Here is another

Here is the tip with mono tied to it (I was laettin it get harder - I did one layer on the tips first.... then sprayed it all again

One more........[8D]