Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: jimmy on July 14, 2012, 02:41:24 am
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This is one from a maple board. It is 62" tip to tip, pulling 50# at 28". The handle is 4" long, 1 1/8" at center, tapering to 1" at start of fades. It is built up with leather and shaped to a smooth contour then wrapped with deer skin. The fades are 2". The limbs are 1 1/4" wide at fades with the last 14" tapering to 3/8" nocks. The overlays are zebra wood. I tempered the piss out of the handle/fade area twice, to ensure that it won't bend (or very little). The limbs were lightly tempered with reflex, which was all lost but the bow stayed straight. When unstrung after shooting it has 1/2" of set and no set when relaxed. This bow is really fast, smooth, and accurate. Honestly, it is very comparible to my osage bows. Osage is still #1 in my opinion, but a good maple board sure makes a fine bow. I would have no problem what so ever regularly shooting and hunting with this bow. It is nothing spectacular, but I wanted to see how good I could do with board wood. For me, maple seems to be the best.
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More pics.
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Excellent! 8)
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very nicely done
rich
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sweet, maple makes a good shooting bow, Bub
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Very, very nice. Like the dark spots from the heat treating.
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Nice job, Jimmy. I like those tips too. I did a mollie-style maple backed with hickory. It took a little more set than yours, but I think I made it too narrow for that design (1.5"). Otherwise I enjoyed working with a maple board and will definitely use it again.
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Very nice bow, looks like a nice shooter
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Goodjob on that one, I never pass on a good straight grained maple board.
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Very nice. Beautiful bow.
Perry
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very nice!
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I like it, makes me want to give maple a shot.
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OUTSTANDING!
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Looks good. I'm thinking of making my next stick from Maple as well. Could you tell me what the thickness is.
cheers
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Hey jimmy, I was searching for your newest creation and ran upon this post that I missed a while back. Good job on it too.
I have seen this bow in person and it shoots real nice. From what I can see from the available board woods in our area, Maple is the best. It does'nt seem to take on moisture as bad as the pecan and hickory and for bow wood I think is superior to any of the oaks. Danny
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Now thats a beauty,very nice in all aspects. :)
Pappy
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Thanks Danny and Pappy. Making wood bows is all about being resourceful. I suppose the lumber yard always has staves ready to go if a guy can't get his hands on a nice tree-split stave. It is fun seeing what you can extract from any stave. This summer I "fell off the wagon" and went on a binge, this bow and four osage bows were the result. I'm gravitating to lighter weight, more efficient bows for shooting and hunting ( 48-50 pound range ).
BY the way, Danny, I actually posted something I made ( a change from the usual lurking ), now it's your turn.
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Nice work....that's a dandy!
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Did'nt you tell me the other night on the phone that you had posted another? I searched your posts and did'nt find anything> Danny
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Cool bow
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Nice Work! I too have had good luck using maple w/ linen backing for English Longbows!
Beautiful tip work.