Willie Nelsons Heavy Limbs.

OOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPSSSSSSSSS done it again that should be Will E Nelson:D

Just got done ripping Wills new limbs.

Brazilian Cherry on the back, book matched Birch on the belly with Ossage wedges, Caribou antler tip overlays not sure what I am gonna do for limb butt overlays just yet.



I ordered the clear glass last night so hopefully it will be here Saturday.

The birch is going to be darker once I get it under the glass.

 

Can this old man handle that many pounds??? :p














Just giving you a hard time there Will!!

 

How many pounds they gonna finish up matey ? , nice wood colour selection by the way .

LOL @ Steve giving Will a hard time

 

Buffalo limbs?

"When all else fails, get a bigger hammer!"

 

As they are now about 190lb that should get the job done:D

 

Will said it..."speed does matter"...190lbs ought to help

 

Here is what I am thinking for the limb butt overlays, of course I have to get the go ahead from Will first.



They came from a knotted up piece of Ossage I had laying around.

 

Lol..."bigger hammer", "buffalo limbs"....Exactly! This indain is too big of a wuss to get that close to things that like to stomp you! And Steve is right! I'm not a puppy anymore.

I like em Russel!

 

Will.

The glass was shipped Thursday so it should be here Monday.

I was hoping it would have turned up today
but it didn't

 

I have some more bambo and wood coming your way Russ...

Hey, did you ever show everyone the silver fallow on your bow?

 

Not yet as I only have the one and it would look silly with just the one

 

LMAO....you bastard, rub it in why don't you!

Ok, I'll get the second one going.....

 

Will.

The glass turned up in the mail today so I will get a start on the limbs later on don't want too much dust flying around the shop with Dave's riser drying

 

No worries matey...whenever.

 

The first limb is in the heat box.

Here are the lams ready for the glue up.



Next step is to put the gloves on.



Then mix the epoxy.



Now we can start the glue up.

Put epoxy on all adjoining surfaces.



Then flip the first lam onto the glass and repeat untill you have the stack complete.

This is as far as I took the pictures and I didn't want to get epoxy all over the camera.

These pics are from a previous glue up but the process is the same.

Once the stack is together.



Transfeer the stack to the form and hold into place with filiment tape.



Then cover with another layer of plastic kitchen wrap.



Add the air hose, the top of the form and secure the form



Inflate the air hose to 60 PSI double check nothing has moved.

I then scrap the excess epoxy down from the stack this helps a ton with cleaning up after the limb has cooked.



Pop the form into the heat box take note of the time and in 4 hours we will have a limb blank.

 

Here is the first one out of the box and untaped.

Sorry for the crappy pics but they was worse with the flash.

Will post better ones tomorrow out in the sun light.

Brazilian Cherry.



Birch.



While the other limb is in the heat box I will clean the excess off this one and rough shape it.

 

Nice , looks great as usual Russ

 

Thanks Dave appreciate it.

Doing the other limb glue up in about 20 minutes.

Then I can start cleaning up and shaping this one.

 

Birch, very intertesting choice.

 

Well had a good day both limbs shaped, grooves cut and holes drilled.

Put them on another riser block to check the tiller and most important the draw weight.

Lucked out again with the tiller both limbs pulling even and no limb twist.

Draw weight I missed the projected 65lb by 1lb they came in at 66lb @ 28"

Tomorrow I will get the tips shaped then add the Caribou antler overlays and the limb butt overlays and hopefully a coat or 2 of finish.

Then I will put them on my riser to test shoot and when Will's riser arrives I can retro fit them to it.

Will some pics up tomorrow after I get the overlays on.