I made a bow, Wanna see?

[voodoofire1]

It's 66" 70@#30 and shoots a 492gr. axis 340 at 223-224 fps, Based loosely on the bingham's Pronounced t/d longbow design,but with a slightly more elliptical curve for more performance, it had edge grain elm and bloodwood tapers for the core and covered in clear glass, the riser is 16" gray actiowood, and cut almost to center, this is my first lam bow build, and it shoots great!, I built this one for practice for the Carbon /actionboo that I'll start on soon, I've taken many pics of the build if you want more ,but I didn't take any of the limbs cooking with the heatstrips I'm using,an oversight,sorry

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/voodoofire1/group003.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/voodoofire1/group024.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/voodoofire1/group032.jpg

[jjgsp]

lOOKS GREAT-- HOW DOES IT SHOOT?

[voodoofire1]

It shoots GREAT!! smooth, stable, NO handshock at all, and it really zips an arrow! took it to my league shoot unfinished and my score improved 10 points!

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/voodoofire1/group022.jpg

[tpoof]

Nice! Takedown longbow eh, nice job on the limbs, the design at the bolts looks real good!, tiller looks nice as well! 70lber Wow.

[Drummer@home]

I've allways wanted a bow like that. How much would it cost for a guy to give it a try? Not sure I have the skills though. What-cha gonna do with it when you get the fancy Carbon one built?

:wink:

[huntnmuleys]

thats beautiful, damn...

[imskippy]

That's a beautiful piece of work!
How long would you say it took and about how much did the whole project cost you. Just curious because I would like to give one of binghams projects a try aswell.

[Soumi]

That's a beautiful bow VooDoo. Nice work!

[fusiontrix]

WOW. That's lookin purdeh gud. :D ;)

[voodoofire1]

Thanks Guys!!, I have about 165.00 bucks in it,and about 24 hrs, with the carvings and antler bolts I just made, It's completely finished now and I have over 500 arrows through it already and it's passed my tests,HOT DANG!! I'll post some completed pics real soon!...................................Steve

[voodoofire1]

here is the riser with some antler bolts I made:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/voodoofire1/group038.jpg

And here are some carvings I did to the riser:

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/voodoofire1/group043.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/voodoofire1/group045.jpg

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/voodoofire1/group040.jpg

[WoolyWelsh]

Stunning piece of work; I really like the pistol grip and radiused shelf. To make such a bow, do you need a bandsaw and table saw? Router? Jointer? Thickness planer? Hot box? I'm dreaming....

[Wheelie_Pete]

Looks great! I'm working on my form in the garage for my T/D hybrid long bow as we speak...

[boomer1]

WOW!!! beautiful work!!

[voodoofire1]

I have a bandsaw,Drill press,and an edge/spindle sander, doesn't take a lot of tooling but the more you have the easier it is. Here's a pic of #2, just finished it, Pao Ferau riser, Padauk,Elm,and Walnut cores, great shooter too.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/voodoofire1/group056.jpg

But... sometimes things just don't work out as planned, spent $200 on carbon, $100 on boo and wedges......Broke as I was stringing it...DOH!!

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/voodoofire1/group051.jpg

[tpoof]

very nice limb bolt buttons! also really like the deer track carvings and the checkering on the grip, looks like it was very well done!
Guys are going to be wanting one! Congrats!

[J. Wesbrock]

Stunning piece of work; I really like the pistol grip and radiused shelf. To make such a bow, do you need a bandsaw and table saw? Router? Jointer? Thickness planer? Hot box? I'm dreaming....

For power tools, I use a table saw, band saw, drill press (with drill bits and spindle sanders), belt sander and jointer. If you're really interested, I highly suggest the Vidoes/DVDs from Binghams.

www.binghamprojects.com

[voodoofire1]

I just set my new bow scale up, I was guessing wrong on the weights, #1 is 54@28, #2 is 59@28, and I draw 30", need to bump it up about 20#'s, My goal is to shoot this "500" gr. arrow(act. 492gr.) at 250 fps, figure it will take about 75-80#'s,but I want it to be reliable,accurate,quiet,stable, and without any handshock, the 54#er shoots 223 now, and meets all the criteria set above, I know I don't need this much speed, just doing it for kicks and giggles. I have no idea what #2 shoots, haven't ran it through the chrony yet............................................... ...Steve

[NS17IL]

Hey Iam looking at building a longbow. I have all the tools and am a good wood worker. How did you make your limbs? Did you use any blueprint please help me I would really like to know how you did it all please PM me. Thanks Nate
PS Nice work on the handle.

[CMR]

Awesome bow, Voodoo!!!
So when ya gonna make one for me?
Say, 56#@28"?
:wink:

[mountaindewguy]

how much? haha

[voodoofire1]

Thanks guys, I might part with #1, pm me if your interested, it's a great shooter........Steve

[AobSmith]

You're great endowned with DIY skill. I love your bow!

[CMR]

Thanks guys, I might part with #1, pm me if your interested, it's a great shooter........Steve

70# is a little too much for me.:tongue:

[voodoofire1]

CMR, #1 is only 54@28, I just got my new scale up yesterday, my old one broke, and I was guessing at the weight based upon my other bows, and I was off by about 10#'s at my draw length...................Steve

[CMR]

CMR, #1 is only 54@28, I just got my new scale up yesterday, my old one broke, and I was guessing at the weight based upon my other bows, and I was off by about 10#'s at my draw length...................Steve
Oh yeah...DUH on my part. Remember ya saying that in one of your posts.
I just dropped $400 on my Chekmate at K-Zoo so can't do anything just yet.
What is the price? IM me if ya don't want to post it...