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Offline Ippus

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Game. On. First board bow...
« on: September 16, 2016, 08:21:24 pm »
Hopefully my first successful bow (last attempt was some random unidentified log that died an early death).

This is my first attempt at a board bow, and I'm starting with a 72" red oak board from Home Depot ($12). The rings are a little tighter than I wanted, but it was the only one I could find with straight grain. I'll be stringing it with b50 dacron.

I'm going to use a pyramid design like in TBB II, Bows from Boards, aiming for something in the 35-45# range at 30".

Also, I discover anew that getting good pics of grain is a pain in the neck.







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Offline loon

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2016, 08:37:15 pm »
good luck, want to see how this turns out

Also, the facebook links aren't permanent. They'll stop working after a while.
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Offline Knoll

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2016, 08:38:46 pm »
That'll do the job.
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Offline Ippus

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2016, 09:19:58 pm »
Quote from: loon on September 16, 2016, 08:37:15 pm
good luck, want to see how this turns out

Also, the facebook links aren't permanent. They'll stop working after a while.
Been wondering about that for awhile. What's the best way to post your pics? I tried the attachment option, but that didn't fly.
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Offline loon

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2016, 09:31:11 pm »
flickr - http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,56806.0.html
imgur.com ?
or postimage.org - though it has some questionable ads, even with my ad blocker.. ..
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Offline Ippus

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2016, 09:40:16 pm »
Sweet! Thanks!
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Offline FilipT

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2016, 05:27:11 am »
I use postimage
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Offline Stick Bender

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2016, 05:49:46 am »
That looks like a nice board should work for you  good luck !
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2016, 09:40:03 am »
Looks like a good board.

There is a buildalong on my site for a red oak board bow. You can narrow the stave to 1 3/8" for around 45# if you tiller well.

A good first bow is one that bends in the handle and with no handle narrowing or glued on piece.

http://traditionalarchery101.com/boardbowbuildalong.html

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Offline scp

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2016, 09:51:22 am »
The board looks good. What are the tools you are going to use?
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Offline Ippus

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2016, 06:30:57 pm »
Scp, I'm on a pretty tight budget, so I don't have a proper plane or spokeshave. Was planning to do bulk removal with a skill saw, then work it down some more/finish roughing it out with my Mora knife, and go from there with rasp and file.
I do have a digital bow scale and a tillering tree I cobbled together last year.
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Offline scp

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2016, 07:15:21 pm »
For board bows, a small block plane is probably all you need. You can use your knife as a scraper.
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Offline bubby

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #12 on: September 17, 2016, 08:35:38 pm »
You can do the bulk removal with a good rasp
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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #13 on: September 17, 2016, 08:36:45 pm »
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Offline loon

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #14 on: September 17, 2016, 09:28:00 pm »
Quote from: bubby on September 17, 2016, 08:35:38 pm
You can do the bulk removal with a good rasp
with my shinto rasp, it would take an eternity, several hours... with my japanese saw I think it would take significantly less, maybe 30 minutes to an hour to cut the profile??
Hopefully I'll work on my red oak board bow when school's out on December
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