Two piece longbow

[dmaxshawn]

Well its not finished yet. The hardest part was cutting a perfectly good longbow in half. I will use carbon and glass to make a connection sleeve for the tenon to slide into. Then reshape the grip and cover with a hide of some sort.

The riser is an offset I-beam so that you can't see the phenolic once the window and shelf are cut.

Thanks for looking

[bbs383ci]

looking good shawn....you build some nice bows

[Bisch]

Can't wait to see it finished, Shawn!

Bisch

[Mike Javi Cooper]

Cool

[bountyhunter]

Wow that looks great so far Shawn, can't wait to see it finished!!!

[10-Ring]

Very nice!!!

[bob sarrels]

Lookin good Shawn.

[Loreva13]

Cool!

[dmaxshawn]

Bob have you done em like this before or just the bow bolt? It's pretty slick so far.

[fletcherfor2]

Bob have you done em like this before or just the bow bolt? It's pretty slick so far.

WOW..I can just imagine how hard it was to make that cut.

I bet you measured twice beforehand.

[dmaxshawn]

Nah no measuring. I was debating on building a jig but finally just walked over to the band saw and was done in about 2 sec.

The tenon has to go from larger to smaller towards the top of the bow. If not the sleeve won't be tight. I did mine @ .850 on the bottom of the tenon and the top of the tenon is .842. I will round over the edges and make it more oval before I glass it back together.

[Ron]

That's really cool. I know I wouldn't have the nerve to cut it. Great job .

[MikeW]

Just tagging along

[G Posik]

I really like this idea. Can not wait to see the finished bow.

Glenn

[bassmatt72]

I'm following!