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Dec 20th, 2006 at 1:13pm
 
I just finished a new selfbow.  Grin
It's made of white ash, backed with white ash.
it's kinda short, only 58" long with a brace height of 5". I'm afraid to try a full draw ( about 28-29" for me), but i'm guessing it to be about 45-50 at full draw.
I have fired it several times at 2/3 draw and it seems to shoot very well.

I will have pics up in the next week or so.
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Reply #1 - Dec 20th, 2006 at 2:34pm
 
Awesome, can't wait for the pics! Smiley:)
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Reply #2 - Dec 21st, 2006 at 1:26pm
 
Me too.   My first effort failed after about 3 weeks of shooting, unfortunately.    This new one is a bend-at-the-handle design, and is backed with silk.  (old neckties)
The weather's been very rainy here, so I haven't had much chance to do any shooting, but so far it seems to be fine.  I'll try to post some pics as well.
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Reply #3 - Dec 24th, 2006 at 2:57pm
 
Here's a pic of my bow, with one of my arrows as well.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b6cc05b3127cce805f99adb6e100000016108AcNGzh...


This one is red oak (same board as my first effort) backed with silk.  I used old neckties from Goodwill, one of which still had the 60.00 price tag!   These are applied with Tightbond III.   
With the limited amount of shooting I've been able to do (very rainy) it seems to be quite good.   Pulls right near 50 pounds at a 28" draw.
The arrows are made of hardware store dowels, 3/8" Ramin.  I have a taper tool and some regular field points on order, these are fitted with .38 special "blunts".
A fellow forumite on the Primitive Archer forum sent me a big pile of turkey and gray goose feathers, so I'll be making more arrows too.
Next up is to start work on the Osage Orange stave I aquired.
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Reply #4 - Dec 28th, 2006 at 10:22am
 
what kind of shape do you have going on there? I make board bows into the pyrimid style. I dont know if that is a good shape for a board bow or not but I like how it looks Smiley
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Reply #5 - Dec 28th, 2006 at 8:46pm
 
That's a "flatbow", essentially rectangular in cross section.   Directions are taken almost directly from Jawge's site:

http://www.angelfire.com/magic/jawge/boardbowbuildalong.html

I've been able to do a bit more shooting, and this one seems very nice.  Smooth and stable with little handshock. 
I'm hoping to get out to the local field range over the weekend if the weather holds.
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