First post, and first bow completed...

[Sparrowhawk]

Hello!  I attempted to post this in 4est's 'So you wanna build a bow' thread, but sadly found out that the topic had been closed.  Many thanks to him and his instructions, as well as other individuals who posted in that thread and served as a source of inspiration.

My Xmas project was to build a red oak pyramid bow, and I'm happy to say that it worked out quite well!  Rather than taking the traditional route of all red oak, I sourced a piece of bubinga from the local Woodcrafter bargain bin, and utilized it as the riser. Sadly, the very dense nature of bubinga complicated the project a bit, as this was completed without a band saw. A jigsaw was used for some of the bulk cutting, and a belt sander for much of the bulk tillering.  Once the board measured uniformly with the caliper, the tiller was pretty much spot on.

Very first woodworking project for me.  A band saw would have seriously sped things up, but I am happy with the result.  With the correct arrows, it shot fantastically, too!  Thanks again 4est for the walkthrough.  ~43 lbs at full draw.

     

   

[Echatham]

You know we gotta see a full draw pic!  Welcome to the addiction and the forum by the way

[LittleBen]

Not half bad! Love that bubinga. Welcome to the gang, and cheers to many more of your bows to come!

[Roy from Pa]

Looks very nice, congrats.

[macbow]

     
Welcome aboard , looks good.

[mwosborn]

Looks nice - welcome!  Time to start on the net one!!  

[KellyG]

Well from those pics it turned out very well. Congrats.

[wood carver 2]

Nobody would have guessed that this was your first woodworking project. Nice work!
Dave.

[red hill]

Agreed! Very we'll done! Welcome!

[Buemaker]

Very nice. Bue--.

[BCWV]

Great job!

[swamhuntr]

looks great!

[EHK]

Bubinga looks real nice with the oak.  Welcome to the addiction.

[Zradix]

         


full draw pic....????  hint hint...

[takefive]

Nice work and congratulations on your first bow!  That is a neat build along; followed it for my first one, too.  Welcome to the bench.

[Sparrowhawk]

Yea yea yea..  Took a step out on the back porch for a draw picture.  Please don't critique my form here; this isn't how I normally shoot      

 

I usually shoot with an ILF setup, so it has taken a little bit of adjustment with respect to this bow.  The first few shots were terrible!  It wasn't until manually checking the spine on the arrows that I discovered that they were appropriate for a 70lb bow (~.300"), rather than the meager 40-45 that this bow draws.  The arrows bounced terribly off the handle to the extent that I was tempted to throw the bow into the fire.

Thankfully, I found some more appropriate arrows and the bow suddenly began to 'work'.  I may wrap a small portion of the center of the handle, but we'll see.

[Zradix]

Tiller looks good to me....nice view there bud!

[takefive]

Really nice job on the tiller, especially for your first one.  Beautiful backyard you have there, too.    

[bornofmud]

Nice job!!  That bubinga and red oak look great together.  Very nice tiller, especially for a first bow!

[Roy from Pa]

You did a sweet job on the tiller..