Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Weylin on August 07, 2012, 05:17:26 pm
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My son Ronan just turned 3 years old in July. My plan was to have a vine maple bow ready for his birthday but I made a stupid mistake and broke it. The other day, Carson (CMB), gave me a little ocean spray sapling to make a new bow with. I got this done in a couple of days. I'm pretty pleased with the outcome. It's a snappy little shooter and Ronan is having a blast with it.
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/olivewn/DSCN5819.jpg)
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/olivewn/DSCN5822.jpg)
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/olivewn/DSCN5823.jpg)
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/olivewn/DSCN5824.jpg)
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/olivewn/DSCN5821.jpg)
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/olivewn/DSCN5825.jpg)
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/olivewn/DSCN5828.jpg)
Still working on his full draw form... ;D
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/olivewn/DSCN5831.jpg)
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/olivewn/DSCN5830.jpg)
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/olivewn/DSCN5829.jpg)
There we go 8)
(http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/olivewn/DSCN5832.jpg)
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Nice work Weylin! I can't let Taylor and Keaton see this or they are gonna start complaining about my lack of finish work on their bows ;D. Looks like he is really happy with it. I see you are making sure he is a south paw just like his dad...poor kid >:D
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Really sweet little bow there Weylin, all the details and finish work look great, bet its a shooter too. Is the back the bark of the sapling?
You did a nice job, I'm sure your son will cherish that bow.
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Nice work Weylin! I can't let Taylor and Keaton see this or they are gonna start complaining about my lack of finish work on their bows ;D. Looks like he is really happy with it. I see you are making sure he is a south paw just like his dad...poor kid >:D
i keep telling everyone, God made some of us perfect, the rest of y'all are right handed >:D
realy nice bow Welin, i've got a pc of O.S. i need to make a bow, Bub
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Nice job! that looks great! You did a nice job on the handle wrap and the whole package!!
Josh
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I'm sure he'll be out shooting Dad in no time. Oh and there ain't nothing wrong with southpaws, CMB! ;)
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Priceless. He's got a great dad!
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nice bow and boy.
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He had that "shooting in the bow" form at first! Its fun to watch kids figure out a bow, thanks for sharing.
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That's so cool and the bow is cool to ;)
:laugh: :laugh: really very nice job on that one !!!!
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looks great to me, what are the "stats" if you dont mind me asking.. lenght/draw etc.. im nearly finished with my first bow and would like to make a stickbow from my 6yo nephew.. ween him away from those pulleys and cables hes been shootin ;) ive tried searching but havent found much info for child bows. is there any store bought wood good for a childs board bow? or should i go out and harvest a sapling? not sure what local (north GA) woods would be best suited for a smaller bow...
also a quick question. how did you do the leather arrow rest. was the leather wetformed around something first?
sorry if im hijacking. maybe i can get more help if it stop lurking and post more :)
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You're not hijacking at all, I'll answer the questions the best I can. It is 50" ntn which is overbuilt for his 15" draw length but I figured that I could pike it, reflex it and heat treat it later as he gets stronger so it might last a few years. I'm not sure what the weight is, I just kept telling him to see if he could draw it and then I'd go back and take a little more wood off and try again until he could handle it. My guess is that it's somewhere between 5-10# at 15". As for wood to make your own I'm not sure what to tell you for georgia. I found the sapling really easy to work and tiller. It was my first sapling bow. So I would recommend that for what it's worth. Hopefully someone from the SE will chime in and point you in the right direction.
the hand wrap is John Strunk's style. he uses a filed down golf tee for the arrow rest. that's glued to the side of the bow and then the leather is wrapped around that using barge cement to form it around the tee. It works great, I do it on almost all of my bows.
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i appreciate it, definately gonna use that idea as an arrow rest in the future. im still learning. i know i measured my nephews compound a few weeks back and it drawed to about 13lbs before hitting the letoff and it held around 8-9. so he should have no problem with a sapling. guess i just need to source out the right wood.
thanks for the help
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That looks a little better suited for him than the last bow that I seen him draw. Nice work. Josh
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Sweet little bow and just plane love the pictures, brings back memories.Thanks. :) :)
Pappy
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Cool stuff man... :) my youngest boy is 3 also,and he's been shootin since he was 2..all I have to do is load the arrow and he does all the rest. Its fun to watch him shoot,he draws with no hesitation and yanks it back like a warbow shooter back past his ear. He draws it further than his older 6 year old sister. Its fun watching the wee lil ones try n shoot n figure it out.
Looks like he's got lots of room to grow into that one.
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Too cool! Congrats! He looks like he'll make good use of it!
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Tiller looks good for me, boy will have a fun few next years, good work. :)
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Thanks for all the positive comments! It was fun to make and Ronan sure has fun shooting it. He has a look of pure joy as he watches the arrow sail through the air.