built and broke 2010

[fish n chicks]

Well guys I have joined the "Built and Broke" clan. After great success on my first two bows, I got a little dumb on the band saw on my third and, no matter my efforts, couldn't rid myself of a hinge on the lower. Had her tillered pretty great with the long string, moved to short, tillered great again, even drew the 28" I wanted, but yesterday when showing my fiance the tiller, I heard a "CRACK!" and suddenly like 20#'s less draw. Limb cracked right at the hinge. Now I have an awesome firepoker cause I cut that limb off and i'll be damned to just toss wood!

Hope not to be back on the list for a while.

BTW tawmio your bows are bad ass!! Hope those didn't break.

[walkabout]

built; 72" red oak longbow paper backed 49 1/2#@28"
      65" red oak longbow burlap backed 33#@26"(my sisters) 60" red oak bend through handle-45#@26" 50#@28'
48" red oak kids pyramid bow 15#@25"
broke; 65 inch red oak longbow for my cousin. was in final tillering stage and blew while excercising limbs. was pulling 45#@25", wouldve pulled to 28 fine but was too high weight for her so i had to reduce and grain split.

[tawmio]

Fish n chicks!
Thanks! -Nope they r all good fiberglass bows r pretty durable.
Do you have any pictures of your work?
Tommy

[fish n chicks]

Originally posted by tawmio:
Fish n chicks!
Thanks! -Nope they r all good fiberglass bows r pretty durable.
Do you have any pictures of your work?
Tommy

Yes, but i'm a little embarassed to show it after yours! Those bows are what I hope to one day be making. But these are my 3 bows:

This was the first (25# @28 for my girl):

 

 

 

This was my second for my brother. i wanna say it pulled 48@28.

 

 

 

 

[fish n chicks]

And this was my most recent attempt. It was primarily a grip idea I've been throwing around. It splinterd at a hinge on the lower limb due to some nefarious cutting on the band saw. 5 seconds of impatience cost me a decent bow. But taught me a valuable lesson on blades and time.

This was pulling 28#@28 before the crack. Perfect for my little boy.

 

 

 

 


Whenever you wanna host a build along Tommy, i'll be first in line to make one of your bows.

[DVSHUNTER]

built this one a bit ago. Iforgot to post it here. 45@26.

[Osagetree]

62" 49# @ 28" Light walnut staining to bring out the grain. Leather handle & floppy rest.

[DVSHUNTER]

another for the broke. 55@28. Broke when I tried for 29in. draw. I knew better! It never gets easier.

[DVSHUNTER]

[Kevin Breaux]

I finished this one on 06 June 2010, 54" NtN, 50# @ 28"

 

 

 

 

[Swissbow]

Mmy daughter Caroline 'swissbow girl' finished her bow recently.





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Andy

[Pennsyltuckey pete]

a few I have worked on













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