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Title: Fun with white oak / with pics
Post by: fiddler49 on April 10, 2015, 11:55:51 pm

I found a really nice quarter sawn white oak board and made a bow 73" long x 2 5/8" wide with a stiff handle. I used heat gun to reflex limbs but I cracked the bottom limb
with too much heat and it broke off after the 6 th shot. The top limb was just too pretty to waste so I made another bottom limb and scarfed it into the handle of the top limb, reflexed and tillered it to match the top limb. I had to reflex the new limb before I glued it to the upper limb so I could make the limbs line up, tricky stuff, but a piece of string and I eye balled it perfect!!! The scarf surfaces have to be flat and in the same plane as the limbs or they will look like they have propeller twist!!! Only power tools touched this bow!!! Table saw, jig saw, power hand planer, table belt sander, angle grinder and heat gun. Was trying for 75 lbs at 31 " but I think it's only 65 or 70 lbs, shoots fast!!!
I think 2 3/4" wide would have got me 75 lbs. I'll try to get some pics saturday at our trad shoot but the weather has been rain and snow mixed. cheers fiddler49

Title: Re: Fun with white oak
Post by: fiddler49 on April 11, 2015, 12:06:50 am

I went out today and got some pics. I stained the wood with a brown leather dye and put a paste wax over it.
There is 4 inches of re flex on the tips and after shooting the string follow is about 3/4." I heat treated the belly
with a heat gun. I think it's about 65 lbs at 31". Shoots very fast!!! cheers fiddler49

Title: Re: Fun with white oak
Post by: fiddler49 on April 11, 2015, 12:08:36 am

more pics

Title: Re: Fun with white oak / with pics
Post by: Badger on April 11, 2015, 12:30:34 am

  Beautiful job on that, profile looks great.

Title: Re: Fun with white oak / with pics
Post by: GB on April 11, 2015, 01:56:45 am

Good looking bow!

Title: Re: Fun with white oak / with pics
Post by: hunterbob on April 11, 2015, 08:17:04 am

Looks good. Great job on that one

Title: Re: Fun with white oak / with pics
Post by: Knoll on April 11, 2015, 09:26:32 am

Nice save.  Congrats!

Title: Re: Fun with white oak / with pics
Post by: Arrowind on April 11, 2015, 09:59:45 am

Very nice!

Title: Re: Fun with white oak / with pics
Post by: George Tsoukalas on April 11, 2015, 10:02:38 am

Very nice fix. Jawge

Title: Re: Fun with white oak / with pics
Post by: sieddy on April 11, 2015, 11:00:53 am

That bow looks like a real rocket launcher! 😁

Title: Re: Fun with white oak / with pics
Post by: paco664 on April 11, 2015, 11:47:00 am

i like it...

a question.. in the FD photo it almost appears as if you're using some type of release?

Title: Re: Fun with white oak / with pics
Post by: Tree_Ninja on April 11, 2015, 12:52:33 pm

Nice look. Thumb release?

Title: Re: Fun with white oak / with pics
Post by: simson on April 11, 2015, 02:13:16 pm

Nice one! Great lines there, looks fast.

Title: Re: Fun with white oak / with pics
Post by: make-n-break on April 11, 2015, 02:45:22 pm

I'm curious about your release style too fiddler. Ive seen a large string loop on some of your finished bows... Is it a loop for your thumb or how does it work?

Title: Re: Fun with white oak / with pics
Post by: fiddler49 on April 12, 2015, 01:36:27 am

Thanks lads!!! Here's a link to my article on using thumb ring with a loop.  cheers fiddler49
http://www.primitiveways.com/archer's_thumb_ring.html

Title: Re: Fun with white oak / with pics
Post by: bushboy on April 12, 2015, 02:09:51 am

Wicked lines!impressive indeed!

Title: Re: Fun with white oak / with pics
Post by: paco664 on April 12, 2015, 03:37:44 am

I've been working on a thumb ring from that article. .. stainless steel. . Just need time to tig the string stop on it and do a little finish work. .. I figure it'll help shorten my 32" draw a bit. ..