little bit different

[Gringa Bows]

i finished this bow this arvo, its for my mate Ferdie he keeps breaking his he wanted it to have a smaller round handle and no shelf, cause he shoots off his hand and he wanted it to be around 90lb so i had a go, had a couple of problems, first one was my other mate used turps instead of metho to clean the lams i didnt realise until after it went into the hotbox, so i'm expecting it to delaminate, so i named it the time bomb, and it turned out 74 not 90lb, so i start making him another one tomorrow, i love this bow making..............Rod

[Benny Nganabbarru]

It sure looks good, Rod. You'll be going full-time pro in no-time!

[Gringa Bows]

Thanks Ben,i don't know about pro still got alot to learn. ...................i forgot to mention the handle is burdekin Plum with bamboo accent strip,burdekin plum tip overlays bamboo lams in the limbs....................Rod

[ivorycollector]

Good onya Rod!! Great satisfaction isn't it? Cheers. Siewho

[piggy]

Sweet looking bow mate, well done

[TomMcDonald]

Great bow.
Have you had experience with turps causing them to delaminate? Why does it happen?

[Gringa Bows]

thanks Siewho Paul and Tom,Tom it's the first time this has happened with the turps,dont really know whats going to happen, hopefully it holds together it will be a spare bow for him ,it's all practice..........................Rod

[Gringa Bows]

this is my first attempt at a deflex reflex ,68 ntn 45lb at 28 ,bamboo limbs,burdikin plum and purple bloodwood in the handle and tip overlays brown glass,not happy with the profile of the limbs so making a new form today,i learnt a bit doing this bow next one will be better.......Rod

[blu-dog]

Rod,
The bloodwood and burdekin plum with bamboo accents in that reflex deflex bow look fantastic! Can't wait for the next bow pics to be posted...they just keep getting better!

[Coach]

Yep , what Blu Dog said ,, it looks good You sure are churning them out

[Stickbow Hunter]

Seems you are being kept busy of late Rod. I don't thing the oily turps will do much for the bow, better keep an eye on Keith next time. That Deflex/Reflex bow profile does look different; have you got a photo of it strung up?

Jeff

[Gringa Bows]

yep been a little bit busy mate,just this minute finished my new df-rf form,this one looks a lot better,so i'll start another bow later i love playing around with different types of bows,kieth only helps me glue up sometimes but i'll be keeping an eye on him next time,i put the terps in my other shed,so cant be mixed up i'll take a photo of it strung...................Rod

[Stickbow Hunter]

i put the turps in my other shed,so cant be mixed up

Excellent idea mate.

Jeff

[Gringa Bows]

i knowwwwwwwwwwwww

[Gringa Bows]

i was going to use new guinea coconut and new guinea rose wood in the next bow but the coconut had little cracks in it after i cut it so its out .................Rod

[Gringa Bows]

here you go Jeff,photo's of it strung,those hinges in the limbs are just an optical elusion tiller at the fade outs was equel string was perfectly in the centre of the limbs bit noisy to shoot tho.






this is the new form im alot happier with this one,going to texas in nine days so hope to have this one ready to shoot

[Coach]

Those limbs dont look "right "

[Gringa Bows]

like i said Coach,those hinges in the limbs are an optical elusion it was just an experiment............Rod

[jindydiver]

The bloodwood and plum together look great
Shame about the illusion, the next form will be much better I am sure. Posting up the shape so others don't go down that road would be help

[Stickbow Hunter]

Thanks for the photos Rod. I can see why you were making a new form and it looks better going by the photo. As you say though, it is a way to learn.

Jeff

[Gringa Bows]

thanks Mick,i think those two timbers do go well together,its a bugger the limbs didnt turn out right,but the bow shoots ok so at least it can be used..............yeah Jeff learning learning learning,and loving it,should have started doing this thirty years ago ..............Rod

[UPTHETOP]

Hey Rod good to see you having a go at the deflex-reflex. I am shore the new form will put out some special bows for you.
Have you tried the parrell lams yet instead of the tappered ones will be interesting to see how they perform as well.
Hope Texas brings plenty of photos will be good to get back to the bush.

Cheers Wayno

[Gringa Bows]

g'day Wayno , yeah i think the new will be good ,i've been puting one parralell and three tapers in my last four bows and i will on the first bow off this form then i will try two parralells with 2x 2th. per inch tapers see what happens. .................Rod