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My First Bow!! (Update)
Jan 9^th, 2006 at 7:08pm

Here's my first bow! Sorry for the low quality. I'll update later when I can get my hands on something other than a webcam...

It's kind of at an angle, the tiller isn't quite that bad. I still need to finish it. I used a 1" x 2" (which was more like 3/4" x 1 1/2", but whatever). My best calculations says it pulls somewhere above 45lbs, and might trim the ends off an inch or so to get a bit more power. It's about 60" long unstringed. I basically measured the board off at my chin, then cut it and glued the cutting into the middle with some high-strength apoxy.

Tools used:

Handsaw w/ miter box
small plane
wood rasp
carving knife
sandpaper

Cost about $6 and took about 6 hours to make (off and on, maybe a bit more).

So what do you all think?

« Last Edit: Jan 13^th, 2006 at 4:50pm by chaosmage »

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Gun Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Slinging Viking Posts: 1089 The Ozarks of Ark & Mo Gender:	Re: My First Bow!! Reply #1 - Jan 9^th, 2006 at 7:23pm Very nice. I have you put a finish on it yet?
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Re: My First Bow!!
Reply #2 - Jan 9^th, 2006 at 7:32pm

Well, nevermind to this post. It just broke on the tillering stick.

Sad

It broke in two places, though, which I guess means it was pretty even, at least. Perhaps I overdid it trying to make sure it was perfect. Bah.

Before it broke, I sawed a knock into a dowel and fired it into a stump. Very straight flight, even though it was just a dowel. It worked pretty well.

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Roy Senior Member Offline That was'nt a duck... that was a rock. Posts: 404 Foothills of the Appalachians Gender:	Re: My First Bow!! Reply #3 - Jan 9^th, 2006 at 7:38pm Sorry to hear that Welcome to the world of bows! It gets rather addicting.... Here is a pic of my little bow
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Roy Senior Member Offline That was'nt a duck... that was a rock. Posts: 404 Foothills of the Appalachians Gender:	Re: My First Bow!! Reply #4 - Jan 9^th, 2006 at 7:39pm If you can get a piece of osage it is well worth it.
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chaosmage Senior Member Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 322	Re: My First Bow!! Reply #5 - Jan 9^th, 2006 at 7:44pm Wow, that's a nice looking one! Did you paint it by hand? What sort of bow is it? What are it's dimensions? Yeah, I know how it becomes addictive. I was just about to run off to the hardware store right now and get another peice of wood or four.
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Roy Senior Member Offline That was'nt a duck... that was a rock. Posts: 404 Foothills of the Appalachians Gender:	Re: My First Bow!! Reply #6 - Jan 9^th, 2006 at 7:49pm Thanks! Yep its hand painted. hickory is also very forgiving bow wood. Have you read the bowyers bibles?
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Re: My First Bow!!
Reply #7 - Jan 9^th, 2006 at 8:03pm

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What sort of bow is it? What are it's dimensions?

the demensions are 44" nock to nock, 2 1/16 wide about 3/8" thick in the flat. I can only can pull it back 20" and thats around 60#. The length of the limb limits how far I can draw it back. As far as the design its a holmgaurd westcoast (made up) bow Grin

. It was going to be a proper length, but it had some serious growth ring separations that made it short and for one of the tips to be that thin.

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Fritz_the_Cat Senior Member Offline Eat Danish cheese Posts: 431 Detroit Michigan USA Gender:	Re: My First Bow!! Reply #8 - Jan 10^th, 2006 at 1:06pm It looked good ! Don't be discouraged , they say it'll go easiser the second time around . The third faster yet
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chaosmage Senior Member Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 322	Re: My First Bow!! Reply #9 - Jan 10^th, 2006 at 1:41pm Well, technically this is my second bow, but the first one broke when I was trying to string it for the first time. So this bow is actually the first one I got to work with. This one did go alot faster, though. Thanks for all the encouragement, you guys!
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Castle7 Senior Member Offline I'm on fire today!! Posts: 453 GR, Michigan Gender:	Re: My First Bow!! Reply #10 - Jan 10^th, 2006 at 6:57pm Try again for sure. Cause that first one was very cool Sweet bow Roy.
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Hellfire Ex Member	Re: My First Bow!! Reply #11 - Jan 10^th, 2006 at 8:21pm I suggest you go to a hardware store, buy a 6 foot section of 1by2 red oak, and use that. The bow you had was too short and overstrained. Looks like it was stacking quite a bit also. A longer bow will make it a whole lot easier to tiller, you will be able to make a higher poundage bow, and it will be much less likely to break.
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Gun Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Slinging Viking Posts: 1089 The Ozarks of Ark & Mo Gender:	Re: My First Bow!! Reply #12 - Jan 10^th, 2006 at 9:22pm kkriegg, that is too bad. My first bow broke too. I did get a years worth of service out of it first though. Good bow but it was a little ugly and over weight. Maybe like it maker.
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Re: My First Bow!!
Reply #13 - Jan 10^th, 2006 at 10:06pm

I'm sure Hellfire knows a ton more about bow making than me, but just a word of warning that if you buy your oak at a hardware store and it is surfaced on all four sides (S4S) you will "pay through the nose" for it.

Find a lumber yard (if there is one in your area) that specialises in hardwoods. Buy the wood there (rough) and make friends with people that have a nice wood shop. (Ones with a planer, jointer and tabelsaw.) Sometimes if they aren't busy you can slip the guy in the yard a couple of bucks and he'll plane it for ya. Or perhaps you could use your schools/colleges equip instead. (If you are still in school or college)

If you are REALLY ambitious and have at least a handplane you could also try to surface it by hand. Its a hell of a workout as besides.

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chaosmage Senior Member Offline I love Slinging.org! Posts: 322	Re: My First Bow!! Reply #14 - Jan 10^th, 2006 at 11:30pm It was red oak, and it was about 5' long that I used. I hand planed it all myself, and rasped the handle. I just got back from the hardware store and bought two more boards (there was probibly about 20-30 of them there) that were very straight grained. What does stacking mean?
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