I got this wood from a friend of my uncles and I wasnt sure if it would make a bow so I tried it and I think it turned out very well I tried doing a search for beech wood bows on here but didnt find any so this might be a first. it is 72" tip to tip 1 1/2" at mid limb tapering to 1/2" nocks it pulls 40# @ 31" and it has very little set as you can see. I made a leather handle stitched with deer skin and a leather arrow shelf with a felt strike plate. I also put in some pics of the shooting I did and this is good shooting for me condidering they are lumber store dowels with duct tape for fletching and 38 cases for points(I always try and do things on the cheap side but still function good as well), I know alot of you guys are alot better shots than me but I thought this was good also it has a home-made flemish string. I love making bows anyway let me know what you guys think and thank you for any comments
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sweet bow looks like a good shooter! duct tape flecthing :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :biglaugh:
Very nice work. Jawge
I have been wondering about Beech, you answered my questions. Nice bow!
Someone posted a few months ago that beech is a pretty good bow wood. Can't remember the exact post.
Nice bow by the way!
Stan
That is very nice and the shooting ain't too bad either. I have a beech stave that twisted like crazy when I split it. I roughed one bow out and had trouble heating the twist out. Looking at that I think I might see how it does now that it is a little more seasoned.
You nailed that tiller! I guess beech makes a pretty good bow.
thats a really nice bow. your tiller is right on. what did you mean by duct tape fletching? don
i am using beech as well. it is elastic and strong enough.
how did you do the duct tape fletching-
very curious
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how did you do the duct tape fletching-
very curious
:D I was going to ask the same thing. Great job otherwise. Tiller looks awesome. 72" is no joke. I bet that 40#'s shoots like 50.
it would be hard for me to tell you how to do it maybe I will do some pics of the duct tape fletching. I dont always do duct tape only on the arrows I stump shoot with all my hunting arrows has real feathers. but I buy a roll of camo duct tape from wally world for $2 and that is a heck of alot cheaper than real feathers. so I pull off 6 pieces of tape about 5 inches long then I'll have to show pics for you to see how its done or look on youtube
thank you for all your comments
Great looking bow! First I've heard of someone using beech wood. Tiller looks great. I'll be looking for that duct tape fletching video. My son is really into making a lot of stuff out of duct tape. He made me a wallet the other day and I was really surprised how functional it was.
ok here is duct tape fletching pics I hope they make sense to you first like I said I cut or tear off 6 pieces of tape
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then I will take one piece of tape and go down from the nock about one inch and lay the tape on the shaft so its parallel to the index tab on the nock and I do this on both sides of the shaft
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and then I will keep doing this process for the other two fletchings. I tried to think of a way to tell you what I was doing but I cannot so I will just show some pics and hope that gives you an idea or you can check out some vids on youtube.
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now you can cut the fletching to 5 inches
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and finalally you shape it with scissors to the shape you want it
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I hope this helps I done the best I could
Great looking bow and the fletching look pretty cool too, gotta give them a try. Thanks for the how to....Dan
ok I have to clear up the confusion at the first when I was talking about not seeing beech wood bows on heat I was in no way thinking I was the only one who has never made a beech wood bow I was meaning to say that I have never seen someone post pics of one on here thats all sorry about that.
Brandon, nice bow and the tape fletching is too cool. Thanks for the pictorial.
Is there anything that tape want do. Nice bow!
I am definately going to try that duc tape idea. That may be the best solution for those rainy days in the woods. :D
A friend of the family brought his homemade setup to the 4th of july party here this summer. He made his bow last winter and all of his arrows are dowel rods from men ards. What really shocked me was the ductape fletchings. Well to make a long story short, the arrows flew amazingly great. They really did surprise me for sure. He handed me his bow that I had never shot before and told me to aim at a dandilion in the yard. I missed by a lil bit. He then told me to aim at the arrow with my second shot. I of course followed his directions because I "knew" for a fact that there would be no way that I would actually hit that arrow. I was a lil wrong it turns out. But what I am getting at is the fact that the arrows flew great with the ductape fletchings and 9mm blunts. Granted I did not Robinhood the arrow but I did hit it. By the way this is a great looking bow. Wasn't trying to hi-jack the thread with my story but I am still in kinda a shock about the ductape fletchings. Mike
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Wasn't trying to hi-jack the thread with my story but I am still in kinda a shock about the ductape fletchings. Mike
So am I! It's a great idea for stumpers.
yeah it will hold up much better than craft store feathers , and depending on how you do it , i bet they would last for quite some time.
and they probably go past a shelf nicely as well...
great lookin bow , i dont think anyone told you yet , but your tillering skills are just fine...
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thanks for all the comments and stories its always good to hear of other people and there sucess. I am loving the duct tape its cheap and they look good as well.and yes they seem to hold up quite well and there are so many colors you could make them. I love trad archery!!