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Title: It's DONE. "Big Red One"
Post by: wildbill001 on June 10, 2011, 03:58:00 PM

WooHoo! My first board-bow is done. Red Oak with canarywood grip. 68"ntn, 40#@27" (give or take a few lbs.) Finished with Minwax Pecan stain/finish so it deepened the red of the oak, hence the name.

It was a blast building this. I took my time but all in all it only took about 4-5 hours total. Still have to make a string, serve it, and start shooting for real. I have shot it using a shortened long-string (about a dz arrows) and it has no hand-shock what-so-ever. I'm happy.

(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb390/wweissborn/DSCN2126.jpg)

Here it's braced just a touch too high with a shortened long-string.
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb390/wweissborn/DSCN2124.jpg)

When I cut the grip, I wasn't sure where to start. Ended up way too low for me. The balance just wasn't right. So I started cutting a new grip slightly higher. At first I was sure I had ruined the thing but it actually worked out great.

(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb390/wweissborn/DSCN2110.jpg)
(http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb390/wweissborn/DSCN2119.jpg)

I want to especially thank (blame? :) ) Sam at Poor Folks Bow. If he hadn't posted a picture at the LumberJocks web, I'd have never started this adventure. I also want to thank all the folks here that have helped me along the way with this first build.

Next week I go shopping for some hickory for bow for my son and grandson... :thumbsup:

Title: Re: It's DONE. "Big Red One"
Post by: bigcountry on June 10, 2011, 04:19:00 PM

Nice tiller.

Title: Re: It's DONE. "Big Red One"
Post by: okie64 on June 10, 2011, 04:27:00 PM

Great job on that one. Tiller looks perfect.

Title: Re: It's DONE. "Big Red One"
Post by: Pat B on June 10, 2011, 04:58:00 PM

Very nice bow wildbill. Well done!

Title: Re: It's DONE. "Big Red One"
Post by: Wannabe1 on June 10, 2011, 05:39:00 PM

Dang, that is sweet! Very nice bend to the limbs too. Congrats on a great board bow. :thumbsup: :clapper:

Title: Re: It's DONE. "Big Red One"
Post by: red hill on June 10, 2011, 06:59:00 PM

Great job, wildbill. I think Sam gets blamed for heading quite a few folks in this direction.
Stan

Title: Re: It's DONE. "Big Red One"
Post by: CaptainJ on June 10, 2011, 07:44:00 PM

Nice work!
Welcome to the club!
CJ

Title: Re: It's DONE. "Big Red One"
Post by: Lee Slikkers on June 10, 2011, 08:32:00 PM

Wildbill, excellent tiller on a very nice build...careful as this bowyer-ism is quite the disease...

Regards~

Title: Re: It's DONE. "Big Red One"
Post by: Red Tailed Hawk on June 11, 2011, 08:22:00 PM

Looks sweet!

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