The birth of the bow blank - Pt.5 RF/DF Bow build along
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- This is it! This is when we finally finish the bow blank production and pull up to the starting line of producing our bow. This installment reveals tips and techniques for adding a blemish free surface riser and ensuring that we don’t compromise the belly while working in our fades. We also walk through the clean up of all the construction residue to reveal our ready-to-work bow blank that will rejuvenate the desire to finish this RF/DF Bow! We’re already closer than you think...
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Your voice relaxes me when it’s not sped up. I listen to this while I’m driving so if you posted the real time version, I would watch and like
I put that practice to rest with the next video and never did it again. Mor now I just try to get to the point a little quicker lol!
I learn something every time I watch one of your videos.
Then I’m fulfilling my purpose! Thank you for watching!
Great videos and learning material, thanks!
The bow profile, with its low deflex and high reflex, is similar to some historical composites (angular bows), as the old egyptian ones.
I really enjoy your videos there very informative!! I have a question iv built self bows but I’m about to try a bamboo backed hickory and I was wondering is it a problem if there is grain runoff
Runoff on the belly is not as big a deal with the bamboo backing, but nothing can save extreme runoff - so be reasonable with your expectations
So I actually did tape my bamboo backing, and I had so much ea-40 squeeze out into the back that this tape is STUCK. What would you do to remove it? Would you sand it off and just try to avoid the nodes of the bamboo?
Don’t worry about removing it right away. After you’ve sanded the sides to bare wood, you should be able to get under the tape with a knife and remove it. If that doesn’t work. Just start tillering the bow. The glue cannot hold up to the tension on the surface of the back when it bends and will crack up and the tape should come off much easier.
@@meadowlarkadventuregear Thanks for the reply. I think I'll leave the rest for now then...I should have thought about that! Although I will say as a last effort last night, I thought to use a sanding sponge and it was making quick work of it since it can conform to the curved backing. Again, thank you for the help!
Is there a reason not to glue the handle together with the Ipe slab and the bamboo backing, in one go?
I want to keep as much reflex concentrated at the grip, so I don’t add the riser until later since the riser pieces could potentially reshape the natural intention of the bow blank. Not to mention that it would divide my attention during the glue-up. It’s not so urgent to me to do it all at once at the cost of getting everything just right.
@@meadowlarkadventuregear Makes sense, thanks!
How did you come up with shape of your deflex caul? What is the length and the height at the center.?
I don’t use a caul on this particular build. I tiller all of the components, steam in a deflex, use a center spacer that will position the grip (deflexed area) just high enough to keep from bottoming out the working limb to the clamping jig on its way to the prop for the reflex. The pre-tillering is what determines the final shape of the bow once it is bound down.