St Judes Bamboo Backed Yew Buildalong
Tillering by JD Jones
Every year the
TradGang at tradgang.com has a little auction to raise money for St.
Jude's Children's Research Hospital. There are always lots of
bows. here is a special one made as a team effort. Get out
your checkbooks in June and be prepared for mor than a couple
zeros. All parts and labor were donated.
The goal for the bow is a Bamboo backed, osage or yew, right and left
handed, R/D, 50 #s, 64", exotic handle, power lam and underlays.
Here's the order of donation/work
1) Yew board - Mike Byrge/Tim Clark
2) glue up with Tonkin Bamboo Back -
Mike "Wingnut" Westvang
3) tiller to 40s flat belly - JD
Jones "Genesis Selfbows"
4) Add horn belly,snakewood underlay
and final tiller - John Sturtevant
5) horn tips with string keeper - Tom
Leemenas
6) Leather L/R arrow rest - Dave
Bulla
7) Timo - carp skins - Tim Ott
8) finish work - Curtis Kellar
9) Bow sock and string - Dan "Dano"
Gren
10) Self nock arrows - Chuck
"Skinny Little Runt" Denofrio
January 24,
2006
Well it wasn't easy but I think its almost ready to ship to Sturtevant
for the horn work, I've got the bow tillered to 44#@28" its got some
swirly grain with dips and snakes, that in itself made it very touchy
on the tillering job, thank goodness I have a belt sander to flatten
the yew because it can't be done with a scraper, I'd have had so many
dips in the wood it wouldn't have been good:) Anyways heres some
pictures showing what it looks like before tiller and after, the full
draw pic is only to 27" and off to the side abit, was pulling back on
the tiller rope with one hand and taking the snap shot with the other:)
first pic showing bamboo backing once I've sanded the rough texture
first picture pulled back on the tillering stick, stiff at left
limbs mid section
second picture on the longstring, I took alittle yew off the
left limb, know I'm ready for the short string
first braced picture, not bad.
picture showing string alignment, right down the middle:)
I went ahead and braced it to about 5"
first pull on the board, running 40#@15" we're looking for
something in the 45-50# range @28"
I'm finished for the night, this pictures is at 27" holding rope
back with left hand taking picture with right, yep I'm coordinated:)
but I'm off to the side abit and it looks alittle off.
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