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vetryan15 Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1915 Northern Maine Gender:	Re: Bow Making Challenge - Wait, you can't make a bow with that... Reply #30 - May 17^th, 2020 at 9:15pm Thats still impressive.
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: Bow Making Challenge - Wait, you can't make a bow with that... Reply #31 - May 17^th, 2020 at 9:35pm vetryan15 wrote on May 17^th, 2020 at 9:15pm: Thats still impressive. the explosion is quite impressive. No stack. No kind of warning. No nothing. Just BOOM!
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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2615 Australia Gender:	Re: Bow Making Challenge - Wait, you can't make a bow with that... Reply #32 - May 17^th, 2020 at 11:05pm We had a large branch fall down on my house in a storm, just got one stave to rough tiller, going to start trying to bend it next time. Hopefully it works , not a perfect stave or wood but seeing as it came down in a storm it could be a comic book style storyline. Wish me luck
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: Bow Making Challenge - Wait, you can't make a bow with that... Reply #33 - May 17^th, 2020 at 11:17pm LOL, good luck!
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8239	Re: Bow Making Challenge - Wait, you can't make a bow with that... Reply #34 - May 17^th, 2020 at 11:40pm A gift from the nature god, good luck!
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Reply #35 - May 24^th, 2020 at 7:22pm

Made it this far , natural reflex, 60” staff
Hoping for a 5-6” brace and happy with anything over 20pounds @27-28”
Ideally 45@27
But it’s not easy I’m at the do or die moment where I need to get a string on it and the natural reflex has a few stiff spots
Gentle gentle !!!
If it makes it I have it’s name

WONDERBOW

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C5vqf5Jieiw

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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8239	Re: Bow Making Challenge - Wait, you can't make a bow with that... Reply #36 - May 24^th, 2020 at 9:33pm Don’t forget the welding torch and nails when you make Wonderbow.
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3342 PA, USA	Re: Bow Making Challenge - Wait, you can't make a bow with that... Reply #37 - May 24^th, 2020 at 9:43pm That's looking interesting. Can't wait to see the finished version. I still have to pick up my board for this. I'm planning to get it this week and will be able to start working on it.
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8239	Re: Bow Making Challenge - Wait, you can't make a bow with that... Reply #38 - May 29^th, 2020 at 12:04am The grain on that yard stick looks way better than I expected. Too bad it broke. Any word on number 2 Walter? Decided on a name yet if you get her shooting?
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: Bow Making Challenge - Wait, you can't make a bow with that... Reply #39 - May 29^th, 2020 at 6:30pm @ Morphy #2 is glued, shaped and in the pvc hydrater waiting for this weekend to get backed with hemp fiber. If all goes well (I've never backed a bow) it will be tillered by Monday pm. Hows that for optimism
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vetryan15 Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1915 Northern Maine Gender:	Re: Bow Making Challenge - Wait, you can't make a bow with that... Reply #40 - May 29^th, 2020 at 9:08pm Thats so cool. I havent even started on my 2nd bow yet. Did split a nice maple branch that broke from a stofm a couple nights ago.
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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: Bow Making Challenge - Wait, you can't make a bow with that... Reply #41 - May 29^th, 2020 at 9:30pm @ vetryan15 What i miss most about ne is the trees. Love rock and red maples, white and red oaks, white and black ash, beech and white, black and yellow birch
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vetryan15 Slinging.org Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 1915 Northern Maine Gender:	Re: Bow Making Challenge - Wait, you can't make a bow with that... Reply #42 - May 30^th, 2020 at 3:22am I have plenty. Lol. Even though my lot was logged before i purchased it. I just dont have any beech or oaks on my land. I dont think i could ever live somewhere without trees, i love the cold, and need fire
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Reply #43 - Jun 6^th, 2020 at 10:54pm

I finally got out to Lowes. My first step toward stud-bow has been taken.

There are a couple things to mention with this piece of wood. I didn't notice at the time of purchase, but there is a pretty good sized knot near the middle of the board. That's fine though. I'll just make that the middle and have a solid handle.

What I was mainly looking at when I grabbed this particular board was the rings. I'm going to put a backing on it, so it doesn't really matter, but I'll be able to get the back of this thing down to one ring. Unnecessary, but I think pretty cool.

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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2453	Re: Bow Making Challenge - Wait, you can't make a bow with that... Reply #44 - Jun 6^th, 2020 at 11:20pm @ joe_meadmaker Have you decided on length and width dimentions?
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