Russell my friend you have some serious talent there bud!!! That riser looks outstanding!! The colors you added are nice but that wood grain really looks awesome!! A few questions Russ- 1. The air hose, Is that used so you have even/constant pressure? 2. What's the part you most dislike when building a bow? Not Including the sanding part by hand. Sorry I missed your call. I was working on my outside wood boiler stove, I'm having bad times with that the last week or 2. I'm loosing about 40 gallons of water a day and still haven't found the fricking leak. I'm Pissed!!!!!!!!
Steve. Yes. I dont think there is anything about building bows I don't like including the hand sanding Buy a new one ya tight wad:D
Sweet lookin bow as usual Russ , one day i will attempt to make a bow myself . In the meantime , I'll sit back and enjoy watching you . Looks awesome mate .
Here are some pics of the riser with 3 coats of finish. I still have another 6 coats to put on. Please keep in mind these pics do not do her any justice. Bad news is I have to remake the limbs don't know how it happened but one of the limbs the glass developed a crack from butt to tip straight up the middle
Ahhh... Schultzy's got 10 million laying around between the seats of his couch and truck. That's chump change to a big milk hauling tycoon like him! :D
I finally got the lams cut for the new limbs after the 1st set developed a crack in the glass. Here they are ready to be tapered to thickness. It's Tigerwood and some really nice Maple for the belly. The wedges are going to be Pecan with Shedura limb butt overlays and Elk Antler tip overlays. As soon as I can get 2 days off I will get them made and onto the riser.
how much would you charge to make me a longbow ? and send it to australia ? send me a private message with the details if your up to it .
Dave last night was night # 24 straight tonight is # 25, We are a man down so the 2 of us have to cover untill they get a replacement. Haven't had time to scratch myself let alone to anything else
Holy crap Russ , I hope they paying you some extra Buddy . Hope things get sorted soon , then you carry on with this work of art
Ok finally some good news they called me this morning and gave me the night off. Bad news is they called after the postman picked Steves bow up I was going to put tip overlays on Steve's bow but he needed it back for turkey season. Anyway I have been working like a mad man all day and the new limbs are hanging in the shop with the first coat of finish on them. Not sure how they are going to look on the riser tho. I'll get some pictures up when I get the camera back.:p Now all I have to do is wait for the final touch to arrive, when Matt gets it for me then I can finally finish this one off:D
