Bow time

[switchhitter]

I had some other things to spray so I went ahead and did the finish on the bows at the same time
This was my first attempt at spraying epoxy.
I have a lot to learn!
I really cleaned the shop before spraying and covered all the tools
But using the HPVL system there was not much over spray

 

[switchhitter]

Now it is time to tune these things and see how they really preform.

I have shot mine allot but not with

 

[Jamie]

hope you kept the shop warm last night.

were you able to reduce material and adjust spray equipment to your liking?

 

[Boarhead]

Looking great guys I have really enjoyed this thread.

 

[Milo]

Im already looking forward to making another. Hope to start in may some time after mushrooms, turkeys and carp

 

[switchhitter]

I kept the shop at 60. Using the wood burner and kerosene
I still have it at 60 .
Spraying was more difficult than I thought and will change a few things

 

[switchhitter]

Well I know it has been awhile but I tuned up the completed bow this morning . I made some major mistakes trying to finish the bows and had to strip them twice. The second time I mixed the same part of epoxy , instead of mixing A and B I mixed A and A. What a mess

I bare shaft tune at 15 yards the idea being to get both bare shaft and fletched shaft to group together . My first groups looked like this
Which indicates a weak spine I dropped from a 125 grain head to a 100 grain and my groups started looking like this

The bow looks like this

It seems to shoot well, the handle is a little small. It came in at 51 pounds @ 28"

The finish on the limbs is muddy because the chemical I stripped with yellowed the glass.

It is time to build another! We leaned allot on these first ones and I really think the next. 2 will be awesome bows

Thanks for following along
Greg

 

[GoetsTalon]

That turned out great!!! Love the muddy look. It looks like aged ivory.

 

[PSE13]

Looks great!

 

[finelyshedded]

Looks friggin awesome Greg! Outstanding job you and Milo both did! Thanks for letting us tag along with you! Your grouping looks really great!

Is that one of Beeners hair pieces you are using for a silencer?







Rotflmao......YKW

 

[Boarhead]

Nice job looks like it will shoot great.

 

[Archertl]

nice job.