Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: WillS on December 01, 2012, 12:21:58 pm
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Apologies first off for the diabolical quality of photographs here, and the lack of a full-draw shot. Will add that later if I can work out how to do it!
This came from a really dodgy S-bend piece of English Yew, and ended up at 60#@28. Cow horn side-nocks, and just for the sake of it I added a pic with an arrow I made last night. This is the first bow I've ever made (and the first arrow, incidentally) and was shooting it today at the club and she's perfect!
(http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb363/Will_Sherman/WP_000458.jpg)
(http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb363/Will_Sherman/WP_000455.jpg)
(http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb363/Will_Sherman/WP_000454.jpg)
(http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb363/Will_Sherman/WP_000453.jpg)
(http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb363/Will_Sherman/WP_000451.jpg)
(http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb363/Will_Sherman/WP_000459.jpg)
And here is the stave it came from!
(http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb363/Will_Sherman/WP_000428.jpg)
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Great job!
Got that lovely Yew ELB medieval look, fine job on the nocks, I think a lot of people have 'em waaay too chunky first off, I know I did.
Bravo from a tricky stave.
Can't wait for the FD shot... I wub that puddy cat too :)
Del
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Very, very nice..... just need to see this one bent :)
Got to love Yew!!!
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cool bow
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Looks great! love me some yew. now we need the full draw!
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Beautiful!!! :)
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i love that bow, and you said it was your first? thats incredible
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Um.... Man you did AMAZING! first bow ever??? you must be a pro! the fact that you took something like yew, and turned it into that is just amazing! AND its your first. PearlDrums should be taking notes from you ::) (no offence pearl, last time i saw a post on you and yew you destroyed quite a few.)
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Incredible. That looks way better then my first bow. Congratulations and I must say very very fine first bow ;)
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Wow, cheers guys! So glad it worked out in the end as I've had so many failures that I was about ready to throw in the towel! I honestly think it was joining here and reading this wealth of information that did the job!
I'm terrified of taking a full draw pic on a tiller, in case it explodes as im walking to a good distance.
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Very nice work...
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Excellent looking bow. That yew has come really nice character.
Jon
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Wow, cheers guys! So glad it worked out in the end as I've had so many failures that I was about ready to throw in the towel! I honestly think it was joining here and reading this wealth of information that did the job!
I'm terrified of taking a full draw pic on a tiller, in case it explodes as im walking to a good distance.
Quite right, try to avoid keeping at full draw for more than a few secs. I then to video it being dynamically flexed on the tiller and then take the frame of video showing full draw. I have a diy camera mount screwed to the garage wall opposite my tiller rig.
Otherwise you have to train up family members to take decent pics.
Del
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Well you can see how your failures has made you a bowyer. You're over that hurdle now and those learning experiences will be with you forever.
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so this is or isnt your first?
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I think the poster meant it was his first success, not attempt.
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Yeah, first actual bow that made it past the tillering stage. All the others either weren't seasoned properly and took crazy set or chrysals, or I missed things like hinges during tillering and they broke. I've got a couple of ash bows waiting to be finished, and another piece of REALLY frightening looking yew, but this is my first shootable bow.
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Nicely done Will. Looking forward to a full draw pic, but like Del warned, don't leave it full draw on a tiller stick for more than a second or two. What is the length on that? And did you do your layout on the belly side? I have never seen that before. Again, nicely done, looks like a great shooter, and nice arrow too.
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Will try and get a full draw pic done today! It's 72" ntn. Yeah, I did the layout belly side rather than on the back - just shows how ignorant I am with making bows! I kept reading "you must always follow the grain" not realising it was relating to the back/sapwood grain. I thought it was vital to follow every twist and turn on the belly, including the huge S-bend, so I carefully penciled along the central grain line and marked out my taper thickness in tiny increments using a formula. Once it had been roughed out I spent about 2 weeks with a heat gun and 4 billion clamps to get the thing straight, and was finally able to string it and tiller it. I have learned my lesson doing that!
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Definitely a nice job on that curvy piece of wood! 8)