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I got a string made and this is the profile. It took a few steps to get to this point, now I need to do the final sanding and spray a finish on the bow. The scale I am using says 45# at my draw but it feels heavier because I haven’t done any shooting for a couple of months. Time to get back into that.
Please pardon the dirty floor.
The finish line is getting nearer and I’m already dreaming up my next bow build. I’m thinking of a Curly Tiger Maple riser and limbs. I’ll use iron nitrate on the wood like I did on my flintlock mountain rifle stock. It will be an interesting build.
I got out my India ink pens and filled in the center accent stripe that I tried to dye. I’ll know to saturate the wood several times if I try that procedure again.
I started out good staying in the the center stripe but toward the end my eyes were getting tired and I made a few wobbles.
And more sanding………………
One thing for sure. That chunk of wood is getting a lot lighter in weight.
I went out yesterday to hang two more bee swarm traps. I have access to about 800 acres of timber and river bottom land that is owned by the company I retired from. I did some high water travel and turned around at one point. I knew the water was too deep. This is three days after the rain we had and the water in these pictures is still moving at a pretty good clip.
My turn around point. I could see water over the road at least 3/4 mile ahead and know there are two spots that are wallered out. County grader doesn’t maintain much down here and this water is moving toward me.
Looking back where I came from. The water crosses back across the road about 1/4 mile away and runs off into an old creek drainage. It is deep at that corner but is passable.
The wood ducks love this flooded timber.
I haven’t quit, just busy.
I had planned on being in south Arizona this week but my plans were changed. I would have taken a bow but this was not an archery event. It is a border watch operation in the cartel land near the border.
But, here I am.
I put the limbs on and set the bow in my tiller tree. First picture is where the bow will be around brace height. Second is about where it will be at my draw length around 26″ The tiller is close enough that I’m not going to mess with it for now.
Now I started working on the riser shape. Lots of sanding done and lots more to do but I’m liking the shape of it.
I have been looking at a lot of riser shapes trying to decide what I want to do with my riser and finally decided to go with this layout.
Lots more sanding to do…..
I started working on tip #2 today. I can get into making the first tip pretty easy but I beat myself up on the second one trying to get them to match.
#2 on the right. They kind of look alike but I’m not done sanding on it yet.
No wind here finally but it’s raining and predicted to keep it up through Saturday. Caught a break today so I took a couple of swarm traps out and hung them. I’ll check them in 3-4 weeks.
Here’s the first coat of finish on the Spalted Elm. Rainy weather today so I may hold off on any wood work today.
Just about forgot this picture. It’s not cheap but it sure does a great job making useless wood into beautiful projects. The best thing is you can clean up with soap and water.
I took care of some other stuff this morning and then spent about two hours in the wood shop. I started work on the limb tips. The fiberglass and antler really wear out the little sanding sleeves on my Dremel tool so I do most of the work with a rasp and then smooth out the rasp marks with the Dremel.
I will put thin super glue on the antler to smooth it out and help strengthen it then do some more finish sanding.
Spalted Hackberry. The wood is so soft you can dig it out with a thumbnail.
After a trip through the vacuum chamber and baked @ 200* for two hours. Ready for the lathe.
Deer grunt calls. And you can add dye to the resin. I make the bands myself. They cost around $3-$4 each but these are made from 1.25″ sink drain.
