good greetings sir and everyone.im late! iam very late my apologies sir,as you do know because of your lessons i developed from you,i am always busy in the garage with bows .i had no doubt that you will fix that bow with great confidence.well done sir and thank you for the glue up lesson and tips.🙂
Awesome fix. Glad you show the stuff that goes sideways also. Just had a white ash backed White oak belly bow that developed a problem and was able to save it so far( 87 arrows later)
@@christophertracey7201 Thank you for the feedback! I can’t even tell you how many bows I’ve abandoned in the past that could have been salvaged and turned into great bows! Running this channel has really challenged me in that I have to see my projects through to completion once I start filming the series. You’d think that I’d just make the bow to completion before making the videos, but I just haven’t been on that cadence from the very start… no real need to change now! lol!
Man im so obsessed with your work Sir. I wait patiently for the next video. Remember i asked before about using two pieces of bamboo instead of one full length. Like on some of your other bow builds. I think i could see 2 pieces working well in a case like this where the glue lam separated. I think because of it being a one long piece. That section over the handle is pulling the slat upward. If it had to be 2 pieces and the bamboo did not go all the way over the riser section then i dont think there would be that much tension trying to lift that bamboo lam up. Im currently working on my bow build and im going to try this method im talking about. But im going to have to wrap the fades down tightly. I hope my explanation makes sense. But awesome bows. Awesome craftsmanship. Amazing talents. I hope i can build something close to as awesome as this. Absolutely gives me goosebumps watching this craftsmanship.
I can totally appreciate the logic behind your assertion... At one time I believed the same thing, but I have learned from experience - where this bow de-laminated, a 2-piece bamboo back would have exploded outright... After suffering the same result several times, I suggest that your bamboo backing be one piece from end to end...
@@meadowlarkadventuregear I appreciate this response. Experience beats assumptions. So I guess I will have to take that advice for my next bow build lol because I have already started with the two piece instead of one long backing piece. But how can we ignore someone's advice who has experience. I mean your bows are awesome. So professional. Thank you for the advice from your experience.
@@musaadfelton3909 go for it! My experience is mine! lol! I have seen things work for other bowyers that I couldn’t do myself… and for a long time I pretty much broke everything I touched… could have been a bowyer problem and not a materials problem! lol!
It just shows , even with the best prep it can still happen.I admire the old school method of parallel scraping each lamination with a saw blade , you can index a tooth and each lamination fits together perfect in width and it greatly increases the glueing surface area. with a simple jig it might be a very worthwhile time effective step , considering the hours you put into these beautiful bows. Does epoxy perform better than traditional pva wood glue ?
I completely agree with the construction method you describe, but even still, there will be irregularities when it comes to putting it all together. As far as PVA vs. Epoxy - Epoxy wins every time for several reasons, but primarily working time and gap-filling properties would tip the scales significantly in its direction for me.
And just awesome job as always
good greetings sir and everyone.im late! iam very late my apologies sir,as you do know because of your lessons i developed from you,i am always busy in the garage with bows .i had no doubt that you will fix that bow with great confidence.well done sir and thank you for the glue up lesson and tips.🙂
@@bienyamientoefy1923 thank you, for your continued attention!!!
Awesome fix. Glad you show the stuff that goes sideways also. Just had a white ash backed White oak belly bow that developed a problem and was able to save it so far( 87 arrows later)
@@christophertracey7201 Thank you for the feedback! I can’t even tell you how many bows I’ve abandoned in the past that could have been salvaged and turned into great bows! Running this channel has really challenged me in that I have to see my projects through to completion once I start filming the series. You’d think that I’d just make the bow to completion before making the videos, but I just haven’t been on that cadence from the very start… no real need to change now! lol!
Man im so obsessed with your work Sir. I wait patiently for the next video.
Remember i asked before about using two pieces of bamboo instead of one full length. Like on some of your other bow builds. I think i could see 2 pieces working well in a case like this where the glue lam separated. I think because of it being a one long piece. That section over the handle is pulling the slat upward. If it had to be 2 pieces and the bamboo did not go all the way over the riser section then i dont think there would be that much tension trying to lift that bamboo lam up. Im currently working on my bow build and im going to try this method im talking about. But im going to have to wrap the fades down tightly. I hope my explanation makes sense. But awesome bows. Awesome craftsmanship. Amazing talents. I hope i can build something close to as awesome as this. Absolutely gives me goosebumps watching this craftsmanship.
I can totally appreciate the logic behind your assertion... At one time I believed the same thing, but I have learned from experience - where this bow de-laminated, a 2-piece bamboo back would have exploded outright... After suffering the same result several times, I suggest that your bamboo backing be one piece from end to end...
@@meadowlarkadventuregear I appreciate this response. Experience beats assumptions. So I guess I will have to take that advice for my next bow build lol because I have already started with the two piece instead of one long backing piece. But how can we ignore someone's advice who has experience. I mean your bows are awesome. So professional. Thank you for the advice from your experience.
@@musaadfelton3909 go for it! My experience is mine! lol! I have seen things work for other bowyers that I couldn’t do myself… and for a long time I pretty much broke everything I touched… could have been a bowyer problem and not a materials problem! lol!
@@meadowlarkadventuregear 🙂 a lesson greater than your Bowyer content, is your humility. It's admirable. Thank you 🙌
It just shows , even with the best prep it can still happen.I admire the old school method of parallel scraping each lamination with a saw blade , you can index a tooth and each lamination fits together perfect in width and it greatly increases the glueing surface area. with a simple jig it might be a very worthwhile time effective step , considering the hours you put into these beautiful bows. Does epoxy perform better than traditional pva wood glue ?
I completely agree with the construction method you describe, but even still, there will be irregularities when it comes to putting it all together. As far as PVA vs. Epoxy - Epoxy wins every time for several reasons, but primarily working time and gap-filling properties would tip the scales significantly in its direction for me.