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.

 

Here it's braced just a touch too high with a shortened long-string.
 

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.

 
 

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...  

Nice tiller.

Great job on that one. Tiller looks perfect.

Very nice bow wildbill. Well done!

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

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

Nice work!
Welcome to the club!
CJ

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

Regards~

Looks sweet!