Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: bushboy on September 12, 2013, 06:27:26 pm
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Went to the local sawmill and scored some boards,1"x8"x8' lovely straight grain for 10 bucks a piece :)! Heat treated the dickens of this one.50/50 molly,62" ttt 58@28,ebony overlayes,simple handle wrap.very smooth draw and shoots with the best groups,fastest and flattest of my bows to date.was gonna give this one to my brother,guess he can have one of my other bows!lol! Thanks for looking.
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Great looking Molly! I am currently working on one myself. Just waiting on payday so I can go buy some dog bones for rawhide backing.
Did you heat treat the working limbs, or just the tips? How much of a difference does heat treating make?
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Elm takes heat treating very well and I believe it helps preformance wise.this bow took bout 3/4 of set and without the treatment I would suspect double that.yes I cooked the lever black in order to hold the mild recurves and the working limb just dark brown.took almost 2 hours a side.couple more pics
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Good job on that one. I love that heat gun sheild bushy! Great way to contain heat. Im guessing you have to watch it closely?
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Great job on that one. Looks like a smooth drawing bow.
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You bet I'm sure she's smooth.Good job.
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Yeah p/d I watched it from a stool 2' away!lol! I think the sticky one side foil tape does help concentrate the heat and speeds up the process a bit.the spec are 4" handle ,fades @ 1-i/4 and 2" for entire working limb.thx's for the kind words guys!
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Nice!
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Very cool bend on that baby.
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Nice bow! :D I like your pencil too. ;)
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Sweet molly, for sure! You got me wantin to make anothern!!
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Weylin,yeah that's my 6 year old pencil ,good eye!lol!
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Nice bow.
you could lose quite a bit of weight at the transition from working limb to tip. It's surprising how little extra thickness these bows need there.
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Now that's a beauty.Very nice. :)
Pappy
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Nice bow! :D I like your pencil too. ;)
Nice job! Like the heat box, good idea. I have a 10 yr old daughter that gave me a Cinderella pencil like that that I use ;D
Tracy
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Cool....but pull your trousers up :laugh:
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Thx's guys! Here's a better shot of my gun holder.b/h ,it's my shirts that are shrinking !lol!
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You could pull that bow a bit farther back too in your full draw picture.If it handles it on your tillering tree if you used that that is,it'll handle it for a full draw picture.I've tillered them to darn near 30" and it's still smooth as silk.Yours should be too. ;)
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Full draw.
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That's it.That's about a good 2" farther than your first full drawshot picture.Nice profile.Gotta love them lever bows.
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These bows are awesome ,albeit a lot of work to make!bout 16 hours went into this one.
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Yep.There is a little more fine tuning to them but well worth the effort in my book.
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nice bow ;)
I need me a elm stave
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Me likey ;D
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that is sweet, good job on the tiller. bet she shoots well too.
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Nice bow! :)