After another 90 minutes on the belt sander the riser is finally at rough shape. Now comes the really fun part. Hand sanding the riser working my way from 80 grit paper to 220 grit paper.
Rob. I am 4 hours into sanding the riser, I am down to the 220 grit. Unfortunately the heat has once again driven me out of the shop. I tell ya mate I have had enough of these 100+ days and there is no sign of relief in the near future
So after 5 hours of hand sanding plus the 2 1/2 hours on the belt sander rough shaping the riser. It's time to sand in the first coat of finish and to bring out the true color of the Tigerwood. I also have the first coat on the limbs. Tomorrow morning I will wet sand the riser and apply the second coat, I will be wet sanding it between coats till I have 8 or 9 coats on her.
Russ the grain on the riser looks awesome! Well done my friend! Can't wait to see her with the limbs on!
I was able to get on Russ for a few minutes tonight after I talked with you on the phone, fricking awesome man!!! The riser looks great!!! Them grains really are something. Off to bed, 16.5 hour day tomorrow In the milk truck.
I really like the way the accents in the riser highlight the grain. You layed that out perfectly! When the grain in the riser is crazy the lims are plain and vise-versa (belly to back). Nice work there Russel! Off to bed for me too. 16.5+ hour of subsistance gillnetting for sockeye tomorrow starting at 05:00, and that's assuming we don't catch anything. If we do, I'll be up to my elbows in salmon for the next 5-7 days of brining and smoking. Russ, Expect a package if things go well.
Well she all but done. All thats left for me to do is write the details on her give the limbs another coupla coats of finish and test shoot her.:d I will get some finished pics up tomorrow and hopefully her first group
Awesome! I can't wait to see how she shoots. We didn't do so well on the sockeye; only 6. It's frustrating because we were corked by guys that beat us to the prime set in the wee hours of the morning and we had to sit there and watch them pick at least 75 out of the net throughout the day. I guess your care package may be delayed.
Russ , i know its already been said , but that grain is just amazing . Look forward to seeing them final pictures mate .
Rob. Got some bad news. I am gonna have to re-make the bow Went to test shoot it this mornin and BOOM Just kidding mate Here are the very first 3 arrows out of her. She shot a little right and a tad high but a slight adjustment on my behalf she was hitting dead on, I think I was aiming a tad right because my bow shoots a tad left.
Joe. The pics do not do her any justice mate. Here are a couple of close ups I took of the riser this morning. Notice I put "Kodiak" on her as well, I done this so Will can't swap risers next time he's up there:d The limbs are in the shop drying, I wrote the specs on them after I got back from shooting her, I still have to give them another light sanding then another coat of finish and buff them with 0000 steel wool and paste wax. I will take some close ups of them and post a bit later on.
Wow is right! Fine Job...and fun to learn a little along the way. Here's to many quick clean kills for the Kodiak...
Just got done buffing the limbs with 0000 steel wool and paste wax. Gabon Ebony. Redheart. Now the Yew on the belly. I want to thank you all for joining me on the journey from bits of wood to a beautiful bow. I hope you found this thread not only entertaining but also educational, even tho there where a few steps I left out.
Incredible Russ. It looks beautiful and I know that these pictures aren't going to tell the half of it. Thanks!
Russ you done good again , she sure is a beauty . I will never get bored of these threads , who's next ?
