Build-a-long for Trapper Dave - Finished

If they are glued on good then stay there for the life of the bow. If you leave it in a hot car the glue might release. If I get any bubbles in it after it dries I take a syringe and inject glue in the bubble and press it down.

Thank you.


I put the first coat of tung oil on the bow tonight.

Thanks Duff.


I just put the last coat of tung oil on it. All it needs now is a leather shelf and a handle wrap.

Thank you ms660. I sent you a PM.


I finished the handle wrap tonight. I started by building up a shelf out of leather. Once the superglue was dry I shaped it with a utility knife.






I put a radius on the shelf to minimize the contact with the arrow.






I picked out a chocolate colored piece of deer buck skin for the handle wrap. I tried out my new hole punches that I got off of ebay. I quickly found out why they were so inexpensive.






For most of my grips I use a baseball style stitch. I like to string up the grip loosely, slide it on the bow, and then tighten up the laces. As I was doing that I noticed that I had messed up the very first stitch so I had to undo it all and start over.






Once I got that straightened out I put it back on and tightened it up. I used the soft half of some velcro to pad the arrow pass. The bow is finished. I'll get some final pictures of it on Sunday and post them. Thanks for following along.

Thanks!

Here are the finished pictures. 45 lbs at 28". It's en route to its new owner.

That is awesome good work!

Thanks for keeping us all in the loop on this build!!! Have really liked following along.

From the front that bow looks like it's alive, ready to reach out and strike!!!

BEAUTIFUL build!!
Looking forward to the grip & grin photos with the new bow!

It's already entered. A friend of mine posted a great bow earlier in the month.