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Title: 3 months later my first bow is finally done!
Post by: david w. on August 27, 2007, 06:28:20 pm: 3 months later my first bow is done. Bow building is so much fun. i love it. i cant wait to start my next one.
the epoxy fixed the handle.

the bow is red oak with a walnut stain and drywall tape backing. i thought the backing would be ugly but the paint helped.

the bow is 41#@28"

the full draw is pic is bad my mom didnt get the whole bow. so another will be on sometime.

the tiller on the finished bow looks worse than it did while i was was making it, but im still happy its only my first one.

the string is also my first one.

thanks Pat fot the strings, dvd, and arrowhead

heres the pics

drumroll please

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Post by: david w. on August 27, 2007, 06:29:04 pm: ill get an unbraced pic and a pic of the backing too
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Post by: jamie on August 27, 2007, 06:30:29 pm: looks good man
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Post by: mullet on August 27, 2007, 07:01:29 pm: You did real good.A fine looking bow,and the tiller looks dead on.
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Post by: Pat B on August 27, 2007, 07:26:04 pm: The tiller looks pretty good to me also. A bit stiff on the outside ends of the limbs but I have seen other bows tillered that way. Good work David! ;) A bow you can be proud of.
I was more than pleased to send the string and materials along with the DVD. I knew you could figure it out. Bow building(et al) is fun. Keep up the good work. Pat
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Post by: david w. on August 27, 2007, 08:15:28 pm: thanks for the compliments. i love bow building my next bow i think will be osage.

the deft had finish cracks in it so next time i think ill use a oil finish.

thanks for everything Pat it helped alot.

can't wait to start the next one but the work will be slow because of school.
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Post by: Pappy on August 27, 2007, 08:38:50 pm: Very nice David, looks like you done a good job.Can't rush perfection. :)
Pappy
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Post by: DanaM on August 27, 2007, 08:53:32 pm: Awesome first bow david!! Way to git r dunn eh. Will you be doing any hunting withher? Sure hope so.
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Post by: armymedic.2 on August 27, 2007, 09:37:56 pm: david, my first bow was a lot lot like yours, red oak board from home depot with sheetrock backing. the main difference between our bows is, your handle and rest section look beautiful! mine was sloppy and crude. i love what you did. the tiller looks good! i left my tips very stif as well, so much so to the point that hand shock was horrible. i knew to leave them stiff, but they looked like a ramp from the belly of the bow. yours looks much smoother ;D

you are well on your way to surpassing many, myself included. keep up the good work, and enjoy the next three months when you get your stave ;) with a start like that you can't go wrong -did you folow sam harpers website? that is how i built my red oak bow.
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Post by: david w. on August 27, 2007, 10:10:32 pm: Quote from: DanaM on August 27, 2007, 08:53:32 pm
Awesome first bow david!! Way to git r dunn eh. Will you be doing any hunting withher? Sure hope so.

maybe small game but no deer i want to make a 50# osage one for hunting
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Post by: david w. on August 27, 2007, 10:11:56 pm: Quote from: armymedic.2 on August 27, 2007, 09:37:56 pm
david, my first bow was a lot lot like yours, red oak board from home depot with sheetrock backing. the main difference between our bows is, your handle and rest section look beautiful! mine was sloppy and crude. i love what you did. the tiller looks good! i left my tips very stif as well, so much so to the point that hand shock was horrible. i knew to leave them stiff, but they looked like a ramp from the belly of the bow. yours looks much smoother ;D

you are well on your way to surpassing many, myself included. keep up the good work, and enjoy the next three months when you get your stave ;) with a start like that you can't go wrong -did you folow sam harpers website? that is how i built my red oak bow.

thanks for the very nice compliment, yes i did follow his website.
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Post by: cowboy on August 27, 2007, 10:17:46 pm: Way to go David - First bow? you aint jivin are you? ;D. Wish my first attempt and eighth were as nice - just keep plowing forth and alll things come together.
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Post by: 8up on August 27, 2007, 10:47:36 pm: Congrats on a fine bow, BUT let me tell you there is no cure for the illness your flirting with. It gets harder each day to think of things other than the next bow.
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Post by: FlintWalker on August 27, 2007, 11:35:18 pm: Looks down right purty to me!!! I think you done a fine job ;)
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Post by: david w. on August 27, 2007, 11:54:41 pm: thanks for the comments. when im at school i cant stop thinking about bows
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Post by: medicinewheel on August 28, 2007, 12:14:38 am: hey david! - great!!!
tiller looks really good, over all a really nice bow...especially since it's a 'first-one'!
frank
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Post by: Little John on August 28, 2007, 12:25:42 am: pretty bow, how does she shoot? I broke two before getting a shooter. Kenneth
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Post by: Pat B on August 28, 2007, 01:33:52 am: Get your school work done. You can build bows either after school or on weekends. You are hooked now so you're gonna build 'em anyway. ;) ;D 8) Pat
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Post by: GregB on August 28, 2007, 08:31:30 am: Really nice job David! Good looking bow all around! ;)
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Post by: Woodland Roamer on August 28, 2007, 08:44:49 am: Great first bow David! Fine job.

Alan
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Post by: Kegan on August 28, 2007, 02:06:35 pm: Excellent bow! It took a real nice stain too, tiller looks spot on to me :). Wish my fist ones were that nice ;D. And the secret for about thinking about bows in school- draw them in a notebook so you can see how you want it to turn out ;)
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Post by: PepeLep on August 28, 2007, 03:35:57 pm: I'm working on my first red oak board bow at home. Hopefully mine will turn out as good as yours!

It didn't break. You must've done something right.
:D

It's real pretty.
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Post by: Gordon on August 28, 2007, 05:10:17 pm: That one turned out pretty darn nice. Congratulations!
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Post by: a finnish native on August 28, 2007, 06:03:16 pm: I think I have more bows in my math notebook than I have equations.. better start studying ::)
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Post by: david w. on August 28, 2007, 09:59:46 pm: the bow shoots pretty good. i shot a 2inch group at 20 yards. but it wasnt in the middle of the target.

i started to draw bows in a notet book. its fun :)
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Post by: david w. on August 28, 2007, 10:05:52 pm: i going to find a hardwood dealer and make my next one maple hickory blackwalnut or even osage
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Post by: venisonburger on August 28, 2007, 10:26:15 pm: I'd say great job, if more people took 3 months and took their time they'd come out with successful bows, but since we're human we have to rush things to get instant satisfaction. You made a really nice bow.
VB
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Post by: OldBow on August 29, 2007, 10:19:43 am: Good job. Drywall tape for backing is pretty clever. Bookmarked, too, for Sept Self Bow of the Month
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Post by: makete on August 29, 2007, 10:34:49 am: First bow? Awsome!!!!!!!!
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Post by: George Tsoukalas on August 29, 2007, 02:57:55 pm: Awesome work. I hope it is the first of many. Congratulations. Jawge
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Post by: david w. on August 30, 2007, 12:40:45 am: here's pics of the back of the handle and the backing. i couldnt get a good unbraced pic

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Post by: carpespasm on September 30, 2007, 03:54:45 pm: Looks very nice, I'm working on my first bow as well and we seem to be using the same plans to do it. I hope mine comes out looking as nice as yours.