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Offline dwardo

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Re: when did you start your little ones and with what?
« Reply #30 on: March 06, 2012, 10:54:40 am »
Quote from: bubby on March 05, 2012, 03:36:40 pm
Dwardo, a 1 1/2" wide x 1/4" thick oak slat from the lumber yard or you can cut one from hickory or maple or whatever you want, 4' long 3" grip with 1 1/2" fades, cut straight taper to 1/2" tip's and sand, glue on tip overlays and shape the grip, cut the nock's and you have a bowthat he can shoot from 2-3 yrs old till 5-6, i backed the ones i made with cloth for a little saftey as young ones can be hard on thing's, fast and easy to make so if he brakes it you can have another ready the next day, Bub

Thanks Bubby, no such look for timber merchants in the uk and certainly none within 50 miles that have any decent lumber. I should be able to transfer those dimensions to a little ash or yew stave i have. Will start keeping alll of those staves that are too thin and short now i have a use :) Will get onto it!
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Re: when did you start your little ones and with what?
« Reply #31 on: March 06, 2012, 04:34:25 pm »
Dwardo the real young ones can draw very little weight, can you get an oak board, any hardwood will work and just rip a 1/4" slat off of it, i think the draw on these little bows is 14# @ 22" and my grand kids drew them easilly, maybe there is a cabinit shop or maybe a school with a wood shop that you may be able to get some wood, or someone demoing an old house , i did post the spyderman bows if you need the dimension's, Bub
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Re: when did you start your little ones and with what?
« Reply #32 on: March 13, 2012, 08:26:34 pm »
Quote from: bubby on March 06, 2012, 04:34:25 pm
Dwardo the real young ones can draw very little weight, can you get an oak board, any hardwood will work and just rip a 1/4" slat off of it, i think the draw on these little bows is 14# @ 22" and my grand kids drew them easilly, maybe there is a cabinit shop or maybe a school with a wood shop that you may be able to get some wood, or someone demoing an old house , i did post the spyderman bows if you need the dimension's, Bub

Sorry Bub missed this post.
I have called every decent timber merchant for atleast 50 miles and no one does anything nice at all, just orrible softwood.
I have never seen a bow worthy bit of wood that i have not had to cut and season my self. Almost seems nuts that a machine sawn bit of wood can follow the grain enough to make a self bow.
I will call it "luck" that i have ruined enough good staves to leave enough wood for some very low lb bows lol
Just got to be very gentle!
Thanks again.
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Re: when did you start your little ones and with what?
« Reply #33 on: March 13, 2012, 09:48:58 pm »
i wonder what shipping would be to you? bub
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Re: when did you start your little ones and with what?
« Reply #34 on: March 13, 2012, 10:07:20 pm »
Looks about the right age to me  ;)
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Offline Youngboyer2(billyf)

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Re: when did you start your little ones and with what?
« Reply #35 on: March 14, 2012, 12:50:44 am »
Quote from: bubby on March 06, 2012, 07:26:39 am
gun doc  that's my kid no tiller beginer bow, when they get a little older they get a bow with lot's of scraping in them like these, Bub


WOW I need to upload my picture now, bubby,I have a picture of me at that age pulling an arrow from a deer the same exact way, the only differences are that there is a ray of sunlight shining on the deer and the deer is facing the opposite direction

here is the other pic
« Last Edit: March 15, 2012, 09:34:04 pm by Youngboyer2 »
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Re: when did you start your little ones and with what?
« Reply #36 on: March 14, 2012, 07:13:14 am »
Deja vu all over again, eh young bowyer :laugh:, Bub
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Re: when did you start your little ones and with what?
« Reply #37 on: March 15, 2012, 12:41:15 am »
this is a picture with a grainy phone of a old grainy pic, ill try to find it on the computer... the better one will probably look more like the other one
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Offline IsaacW

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Re: when did you start your little ones and with what?
« Reply #38 on: March 15, 2012, 12:59:46 pm »
I am going to be making  a bow for my girls (5 and 3) since they have been begging me.  ;D  For arrows... will simple dowels work for a lightweight kids bow.  I do not want to get fancy, expensive, or time consuming for kids arrows.

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Re: when did you start your little ones and with what?
« Reply #39 on: March 15, 2012, 01:08:54 pm »
yeah they will work, just allways try to get good grain, Bub
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Re: when did you start your little ones and with what?
« Reply #40 on: March 15, 2012, 02:01:10 pm »
Quote from: bubby on March 15, 2012, 01:08:54 pm
yeah they will work, just allways try to get good grain, Bub

Yup... sounds good.  The girls have been begging for a bow.  Heck... the 5 yo was begging for a flintlock 2 years ago so that she could go and shoot a bear too.  HA!!!  This year there biggest fun has been helping me set and check beaver traps.
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Offline Youngboyer2(billyf)

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Re: when did you start your little ones and with what?
« Reply #41 on: March 15, 2012, 08:30:06 pm »
Just wondering, can anyone see the old picture that I posted, if so than yes it is Deja-vu all over again bub,
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Re: when did you start your little ones and with what?
« Reply #42 on: March 15, 2012, 08:32:09 pm »
no pic here YB, Bub
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Offline Youngboyer2(billyf)

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Re: when did you start your little ones and with what?
« Reply #43 on: March 15, 2012, 08:35:17 pm »
Huh... Computers can't live with em CAN live without em
« Last Edit: March 15, 2012, 09:31:30 pm by Youngboyer2 »
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Offline Youngboyer2(billyf)

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Re: when did you start your little ones and with what?
« Reply #44 on: March 15, 2012, 09:35:32 pm »
By the way bubby, how often do arrows sail over that fence behind the deer? ::)
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