Red oak bow #

Red Tailed Hawk · January 07, 2011, 07:12:00 PM

Recently completed a Red oak board bow that turned out to be around 64# at my draw length of 31.5".

I was wondering if this amount of poundage is expecting to much from a red oak bow?

hova · January 07, 2011, 08:17:00 PM

how wide and thick was it? what style?

-hov

Ricky Wallace · January 07, 2011, 08:41:00 PM

Man! Thats cool, long drawlength,,I think thats alot of weight.

Red Tailed Hawk · January 07, 2011, 09:28:00 PM

Bow is 2 1/2" wide at the fades tapered to 1/2" at the tips, 9/16" Thick.

Red Tailed Hawk · January 07, 2011, 09:29:00 PM

Pyramid style

okie64 · January 07, 2011, 10:23:00 PM

That seems pretty heavy for red oak but it sounds like you made it plenty wide enough. How much set did it take?

Red Tailed Hawk · January 07, 2011, 11:04:00 PM

It took 1 1/2" set

Ricky Wallace · January 07, 2011, 11:20:00 PM

Did you back it??

okie64 · January 07, 2011, 11:48:00 PM

Wow. Thats not bad at all. Lets see some pics.

Red Tailed Hawk · January 08, 2011, 12:15:00 AM

No Ricky I didnt, the board I found had real straight grain. This is the first bow that I felt pretty confident without a backing (I hope).
I posted pics on 4est thread "so you want to build a bow".

Ricky Wallace · January 08, 2011, 12:52:00 AM

Yeah! I saw that one,didnt connect,,, :rolleyes: I aint the brightest crayon in the box anyway,,, Thats nice! The one I built going by that thread I backed with a snakeskin,Dont know the weight,didnt have my scale yet,but I know its not as strong as yours. Good job!

KochNE · January 08, 2011, 04:36:00 AM

Mine & many others have ended up 50#+ at 28". As long as it's tillered even, your # relative to draw length seems pretty standard. No need to worry.