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Title: ash board bow
Post by: danny f on June 22, 2012, 05:09:44 pm

hi all, i have more or less completed my second bow, its sister stave from a piece of ash board. it is 55 pound at 28". i have put a yew riser, and yew and hawthorn tip overlays, the bow is finished with a few coats of medium brown wax polished up with fine wire wool. the pics arent great as its not stopped raining for 2 days. i will try and get a full draw and unbraced shot tomorrow. thanks for looking.
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Title: Re: ash board bow
Post by: rossfactor on June 22, 2012, 05:54:27 pm

Really even tiller! Good job.  Looks like there are some grain runoffs.  Is it pretty tight grained ash?

Gabe

Title: Re: ash board bow
Post by: danny f on June 22, 2012, 05:58:56 pm

cheers, this bow is an edge grain bow. the grain runs very straight and tight  down the back of the bow. i will try to get better pics tomorrow if this rain ever stops. :(

Title: Re: ash board bow
Post by: rossfactor on June 22, 2012, 07:55:28 pm

Gotcha.  I dig the overlays as well.  Been thinking about using yew overlays on a piece of plumb I'm working on.

Gabe

Title: Re: ash board bow
Post by: randman on June 22, 2012, 10:06:44 pm

Dang Danny, your really addicted now! That's a fine bow, great bend, nice tips. Rossfactor, yew would be a good color for the inner layers of a multi layer overlay but it's much too soft for the final layer (your plum is much harder). I have used cut-offs of ocean spray for tip overlays. It's not extremely pretty but they don't call it ironwood for nothing.

Title: Re: ash board bow
Post by: lesken2011 on June 23, 2012, 09:52:07 am

Nice job, Danny. I like those tips!

Title: Re: ash board bow
Post by: ErictheViking on June 23, 2012, 11:33:46 am

very nice tiller  on that.  should make for a smooth shooter

Title: Re: ash board bow
Post by: Sparrow on June 23, 2012, 11:45:11 am

That is a fine looking bow.Does it take any set ? I'd say you got that tiller spot on.  '  Frank

Title: Re: ash board bow
Post by: H Rhodes on June 23, 2012, 11:54:38 am

You got it now....  there should be some sort of bowyer's anonymous group near you, but there isn't.....  That is a good looking bow.   :)

Title: Re: ash board bow
Post by: danny f on June 23, 2012, 12:40:23 pm

thanks everyone. yes  the bow has taken about 2" of set. i only have a couple of carbon arrows at the moment, and i think they are to light for the bow as they dont fly well but they definately go fast. :)

Title: Re: ash board bow
Post by: toomanyknots on June 23, 2012, 03:16:03 pm

Darn nice for a second bow. I would have no problem buying a bow like that, and if I didn't know it, I would never think it was only the second bow someone had ever made. Very nice job!