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Offline uncleduck

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First board bow
« on: June 09, 2012, 09:49:36 pm »
Well here she is. Third bow, first board bow. Believe it or not this was the first board I picked up out of the rack at Lowes! (obviously I went through the whole rack to find its twin but was unsuccessful). Growth rings go straight from back to belly and straight from tip to tip with about .25" side to side wiggle for about 6-7"

"I'm Board"
Red Oak Board 68" t2t, 8" stiff handle, 1.5" limbs for 20" then tapering in width the last 10" to .5" nocks
56# @28"
One coat of walnut stain, 2 coats satin spar urethane
Handle is red oak from the same board.
Leather handle wrap with a extra piece tucked underneath for a small shelf. Got the leather from osage outlaw, thanks a lot!
Has about 1.25" set after shooting for a while, then goes back to around .75" set after .5 hr after unstringing.
Still have to cut up some beaver fur for string silencers.
Just the bare bones for this one, no tip overlays or backings (saving those for the next osage project ;))
Seems pretty fast, no chrono though


Bow is facing opposite directions in the two pictures, must not have been paying close enough attention (too busy trying to get the thing balanced up there with the wind haha)
Sorry no one around for the full draw shot. I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW!! I'll get one up as soon as I can!
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: First board bow
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2012, 09:53:53 pm »
Nice 1st board bow, Duck. Can't wait to see the full draw!!
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: First board bow
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2012, 10:46:18 pm »
Looks good. Jawge
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: First board bow
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2012, 10:59:50 pm »
Looks great.  I'm glad the leather worked out for you. 
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Offline ssgtchad

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Re: First board bow
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2012, 11:29:13 pm »
Very nice
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Offline bubby

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Re: First board bow
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2012, 04:24:29 am »
nice one, Bub
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Offline dbb

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Re: First board bow
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2012, 08:31:42 am »
Nice bow...and cool name  ;D

/Mikael
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Offline criveraville

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Re: First board bow
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2012, 11:33:08 am »
Uncleduck looks like you're ready for those Osage staves  :laugh:Nice bow!

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Offline uncleduck

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Re: First board bow
« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2012, 10:43:38 am »
Well here is the full draw pic. After seeing the picture, it looks like the bottom limb is bending a tad more than the top. I'm going to turn it upside down and see if that evens things out.
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Offline Slackbunny

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Re: First board bow
« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2012, 05:07:40 pm »
Yeah I think you are right about those limbs. Still a decent tiller though. Very nice board bow, I like it.
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Offline half eye

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Re: First board bow
« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2012, 05:54:46 pm »
Nothin like a good quartersawn board bow, looks darned good to the old man.
rich
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: First board bow
« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2012, 08:17:26 pm »
I agree, if you like the bottom limb a little stiffer. A good lookin bend, though.
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Offline Josh B

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Re: First board bow
« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2012, 10:45:16 pm »
Looks good to me!  Nice work!  Josh
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