« previous next »
Pages: 1 [2]

Author Topic: Billet or Bow? (NOW A BUILDALONG) DONE!!  (Read 7428 times)

0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.

Offline JonW

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,906
Re: Billet or Bow? (NOW A BUILDALONG) DONE!!
« Reply #15 on: August 05, 2012, 04:16:53 pm »
Next will be pics of flipping the tips and then pics of the first profile.
Logged

Offline JonW

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,906
Re: Billet or Bow? (NOW A BUILDALONG) DONE!!
« Reply #16 on: August 05, 2012, 04:21:14 pm »
After some floor bending I started pulling on the tree. The first pic is a brace of @ five inches and pulled to 16" @ 50#. The next pic will be pulled to 18". This is where I lost a few pics but I think you can get the "jist" of it. ;)
Logged

Offline JonW

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,906
Re: Billet or Bow? (NOW A BUILDALONG) DONE!!
« Reply #17 on: August 05, 2012, 04:26:05 pm »
These will be the end result pics. I think it turned out nice and is really a good shooter as you will see. The grouping is from 15 yards. Thanks for looking.   Jon W.
Logged

Offline JonW

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,906
Re: Billet or Bow? (NOW A BUILDALONG) DONE!!
« Reply #18 on: August 05, 2012, 04:26:48 pm »
Last pic.
Logged

Offline JonW

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,906
Re: Billet or Bow? (NOW A BUILDALONG) DONE!!
« Reply #19 on: August 05, 2012, 04:29:30 pm »
I guess ya'll will want stats... :P  Turned out 60" @ 26" draw.


@ Jdub.....ribbitt...ribbitt
Logged

Offline toomanyknots

  • Member
  • Posts: 3,132
Re: Billet or Bow?
« Reply #20 on: August 05, 2012, 05:18:10 pm »
Quote from: JW_Halverson on July 19, 2012, 12:34:34 am
Here is your chance to prove that it don't take mush osage to make a bow.

Welp, you can check that off the list.
Logged
"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline osage outlaw

  • Member
  • Posts: 11,962
Re: Billet or Bow? (NOW A BUILDALONG) DONE!!
« Reply #21 on: August 05, 2012, 05:31:08 pm »
That turned out great Jon.  That looks much better than one billet.
Logged
I started out with nothin' and I still got most of it left

Offline TRACY

  • Member
  • Posts: 4,523
Re: Billet or Bow? (NOW A BUILDALONG) DONE!!
« Reply #22 on: August 05, 2012, 07:07:08 pm »
Looks like you got the most out of that piece. Great little bow with some umph!

Tracy
Logged
It is what it is - make the most of it!    PN500956

Offline Badly Bent

  • Member
  • Posts: 3,750
Re: Billet or Bow? (NOW A BUILDALONG) DONE!!
« Reply #23 on: August 06, 2012, 10:02:56 pm »
Nice job with that one Jon. Tricky piece of wood there and that knot location would have made me keep that stave in the corner for a long time looking for something easier to work on.
Logged
I ain't broke but I'm badly bent.

Offline JW_Halverson

  • Member
  • Posts: 11,923
Re: Billet or Bow? (NOW A BUILDALONG) DONE!!
« Reply #24 on: August 06, 2012, 10:46:53 pm »
Ooooh, baby!  That's a sweet li'l thang!
Logged
Guns have triggers. Bicycles have wheels. Trees and bows have wooden limbs.
Pages: 1 [2]
« previous next »