Built this one several weeks ago 66" NTN 55# @ 28. Made this one to shoot right or left for a friend of mine. The stain was kinda crazy with Green Tea and Coffee then added a light pine stain over that.It's 21/4 at the fades tapered to 1/2 inch. Not sure of the speed but It's pretty quick and shoots hard. (http://[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r268/Flinthunter_bucket/IMG_1433Medium.jpg)[/IMG] (http://[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r268/Flinthunter_bucket/IMG_1434Medium.jpg)[/IMG] (http://[img]http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r268/Flinthunter_bucket/IMG_1435Medium.jpg)[/IMG] (//%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r268/Flinthunter_bucket/IMG_1441Medium.jpg)[/IMG]
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Hmm maybe this will work
Looks great! I like it! Good work :thumbsup:
Nice job, I just bought a pair of red oak boards the other day, 1/2 x 2.5 x 36. Look to be sister boards, both have very nice straight grain. How wide is your handle section? If I wanted a 45 pound bow, could I narrow the flares a bit?
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Nice bow WT. Will you post an unbraced pic. Looks like you added reflex to the outer limbs.I made a pyramid hickory backed red oak bow that is a great shooting bow. Mysticguito(Sal) has it now.
Roy, you should easily be able to get 45#. The bow Sal has was the same materials you bought with a hickory backing and I believe it is 50# to 55#.
Thanks Pat, I guess my real question is, can I narrow the flares down some from 2 1/4 and get a 45 pound bow? If so, how narrow could I go?
Yes it does seem to have a little reflex, how did ya do that WT. Heat? All the bow's I have ever made, except for the last bow in the above picture on the right, I have always backed them with boo into deflex/reflex.
Roy this one.. The limbs are just under a half inch thick and the handle is 1 inch wide. I made this one from a 1"x3"x6' board after looking at 50 boards are so this one was the best. It pulls pretty close to 45# at 26". Built this one from 4est build along......thanks 4est!!
Pat I thought I had one but guess I don't...I'll see if I can get one. Thanks
This bow is osage backed with red elm, induced a little reflex with the glue up. It's the same bow as the one on the right in the above picture. Black Walnut handle.
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Buffalo horn tip overlays glued on.
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Here it is clamped in the bow form.
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Are you sure your in west texas?? i see at least 2 trees in the background!!! Great bow! btw.
I'm south of Midland about 80 miles and yep not many trees.I have a couple nice Hackberry trees picked out for this spring...I made a little 48 incher out of a Hackberry sapling that I'm just amazed at how strong that wood holds up with no set at all.
Roy that looks like it's gonna be pretty quick..I like it. I can see this spring I'm gonna be busy.
Thanks WT, sorry if I hijacked your bow thread. I just got carried away:) Roy