Red Oak board from Lowe's. By the time I got the tiller pretty close it had got a little lighter than I wanted ,was hoping for 45lbs. So I tried heat treating the belly but only picked up a couple of pounds. I think it may of helped cast some though. Shoots pretty good. 64 1/2" ntn 40lbs@26" Ended up with 1 1/4" string follow when first unstrung. Still need to put a finish on it but am going to shoot it a little more first.
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Great looking bow. Good job.
Very nice. Congratulaitons! Jawge
Beautiful tiller. Nice bow, especially for #2!
very nice, u r hooked
Nice Job!
Here is a couple pics after a few coats of Deft rattle can finish.Chestnut and walnut handle and walnut tips.
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thats one sweet board bow! congrats. looks like you got tillering down pretty good.
Thats a good looking bow.
what is the size of that handle? everytime that i have tried to make a board bow with handle i have had issues with compression...
The glued on handle is about 9" long.
Hey Mike, how you doing? Haven't seen you around much.
Bona
Looks nice!
Toast!!! i love toast.
nicely done. i can't believe how little set you have there man. gorgeous work.
real nice work!
Went to shoot it yesterday and was short drawing it to get it to bending, about the time I got to full draw I heard a TICK!!! I found a crack on lower limb at a small pin knot I had been worried about .It was close to the edge of the limb and I did not see it until I had the bow trimmed out but decided to try it any way.
I wonder if that piece of hickory is dry yet?
Oops! I had a hickory board bow break because of the same reason. A tiny pin knot that I missed while picking out the board. Oh well. make another one. Jawge
I made and broke several oak board bows before I made an osage bow from a stave at TBOF. Get your self an osage stave/blank and you will never look back. Good luck!
Yep, lived that dream. Painful but an important learning curve.
Nice job!!
board bows are good practice for tillering skills, but every once in awhile you get one that doesnt want to cooperate. my sisters bow was one of these, i soaked the cracked areas in superglue then wrapped them in wool yarn which i saturated in superglue and then tillered around the patches. bow turned out great, shoots exactly where you look and is super quiet. dont let one bad experience make you think all them will be bad, its all part of the learning curve. personally if every bow i started went smoothly without any hiccups i dont think id have much fun doing it anymore.
I feel your pain. I had a nice birch board bow that turned out nice, shot great and broke while stringing it up. As many have said on here before, "if you ain't brakin you ain't makin". make another to help dull the pain, its real good therapy.
I may try a patch on it and see if I can get a little more life out of it. If not I have 2 more good redoak boards to play with while my hickory and osage is drying.