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Offline RyanY

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Poplar Board Bow (pic heavy)
« on: May 28, 2013, 09:16:09 pm »
I started this one at home and finished it up at Marshall. Pretty simple poplar board bow. 66" ntn and about 50#@28". 10" handle and fades and 2.5" wide at the fades with a convex taper to 1/2" tips. Tip overlays are poplar as well. Took just over an inch of set and shoots pretty good. Thanks for looking!  ;)













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Offline Joec123able

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Re: Poplar Board Bow (pic heavy)
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2013, 09:18:47 pm »
Now that is just cool just proves any wood will make a bow
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: Poplar Board Bow (pic heavy)
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2013, 09:23:17 pm »
I see you got some of the doubters out there trying her out... >:D Very impressive.

Jon
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Re: Poplar Board Bow (pic heavy)
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2013, 09:33:44 pm »
 ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D ...lmao  :laugh:  :laugh:  :laugh:  :laugh:.....good times  :D

I see pearly is gun shy not pulling her all the way  >:D

And I did drill one of those clay pigeons out of three arras first time ever shooting it.... ;)
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Offline dmc

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Re: Poplar Board Bow (pic heavy)
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2013, 09:41:43 pm »
I'd be too stressed watching other guys pulling back my bow.  :-[  Of course any of those guys could make another in about 30 minutes.  :laugh: very nice bow btw!
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Offline paulsemp

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Re: Poplar Board Bow (pic heavy)
« Reply #5 on: May 28, 2013, 10:16:33 pm »
I love the blackmail pics of us all shooting it! In all honesty Ryan did a good job on it, and I was impressed overall. He proved his point for sure. Poplar is king!
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Offline MWirwicki

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Re: Poplar Board Bow (pic heavy)
« Reply #6 on: May 28, 2013, 10:25:27 pm »
So Ryan, are gonna try balsa wood next!  Hey, good on ya for trying the poplar. 
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Offline coaster500

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Re: Poplar Board Bow (pic heavy)
« Reply #7 on: May 28, 2013, 10:35:42 pm »
Quote from: MWirwicki on May 28, 2013, 10:25:27 pm
So Ryan, are gonna try balsa wood next!  Hey, good on ya for trying the poplar.

Like I said Ryan colors outside the lines, Poplar???    :)

Cooool!!!
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Offline Dvshunter

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Re: Poplar Board Bow (pic heavy)
« Reply #8 on: May 28, 2013, 10:42:20 pm »
There you go!  That's a funny way of asking for decent bow wood >:D
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Offline Zion

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Re: Poplar Board Bow (pic heavy)
« Reply #9 on: May 28, 2013, 10:58:24 pm »
Now thats cool, a poplar bow that can be shot  ;)
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Offline YewArcher

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Re: Poplar Board Bow (pic heavy)
« Reply #10 on: May 28, 2013, 10:59:56 pm »
Sweet bow! I loved it at the rendezvous. Bows is bows is bows they are all good if designed well. Great one Ryan.
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: Poplar Board Bow (pic heavy)
« Reply #11 on: May 28, 2013, 11:06:31 pm »
Nice job, Ryan. I never would have thunk it!! ???
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Poplar Board Bow (pic heavy)
« Reply #12 on: May 28, 2013, 11:22:09 pm »
Way to make it happen Ryan, what was the mass weight of the finished bow?
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Offline Buffalogobbler

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Re: Poplar Board Bow (pic heavy)
« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2013, 11:32:37 pm »
WOW, everybody gets to shoot that cool bow!
Looks like fun!

Kevin
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Offline RyanY

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Re: Poplar Board Bow (pic heavy)
« Reply #14 on: May 29, 2013, 12:11:06 am »
Thanks guys! My scale says the bow is about 19.5oz in mass although it did soak up a lot of wipe on poly like nothing I've ever seen.  :o  Well after all my talking I thought I should put up or shut up with a bow before I start school. I started the bow at home and thought I'd bring it to Marshall to finish up even thought it might be a risky move. If this bow broke I know I'd never hear the end of it!  ::) Got her tillered out and got a few shots in myself before Guy (BuckeyeGuy) took some shots at the pigeons. After that quite a few guys gathered around to try it which was my intention although not to the extent that happened! Luckily the bow held up and with a decent amount of set. Like I keep saying, I think it's important to look at what a wood can do and for me it was certainly fun to check poplar off the list of bow woods to try. As far as availability goes, poplar is right there with red oak and probably with better grain so it could be added to the list as a beginner wood (although I'm not sure how forgiving it is). Anyways, I hope I was able to change a few minds, even if you're not all running to the homedepot after seeing this.  ;) Thanks again everyone and to everyone who got a chance to shoot the bow! It all means a lot to me.  :)
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