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Title: 44'' self bow 25'' draw
Post by: benjamin on July 03, 2008, 09:44:42 pm: Mentioned this one a while back but couldn't get the pic up. Piggy back hickory 44'' long 1 1/2'' wide 35lbs at 20''. I threw it together just for practice and when the tiller still looked off (my fault for rushing it) I pulled it back to 25'' just to see what would happen. Considering how much wood isn't even working, this seems impossible. props to hickory.

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Title: Re: 44'' self bow 25'' draw
Post by: mullet on July 03, 2008, 09:58:41 pm: Weeew!, that's tight! :o
Title: Re: 44'' self bow 25'' draw
Post by: Dano on July 03, 2008, 10:06:01 pm: Dang, I pucker up just lookin at the picture, you are daring, that 's cool.
Title: Re: 44'' self bow 25'' draw
Post by: Justin Snyder on July 03, 2008, 10:42:19 pm: Quote from: Dano on July 03, 2008, 10:06:01 pm
Dang, I pucker up just lookin at the picture, you are daring, that 's cool.
Boy I hear that Dano. The string looks like it could pop off at any time, if the limbs don't explode first. :o It looks cool, but I'm not drawing it that far. ;D Justin
Title: Re: 44'' self bow 25'' draw
Post by: benjamin on July 03, 2008, 10:50:52 pm: I only ever pull it to 20'' now. It's earned it's right to live.
Title: Re: 44'' self bow 25'' draw
Post by: cowboy on July 03, 2008, 10:56:01 pm: I hear ya benjamin - that's amazing how much it'll bend without blowin. It's earned it's right to live - at least a little while >:D ;D..
Title: Re: 44'' self bow 25'' draw
Post by: Pat B on July 03, 2008, 11:41:12 pm: That hickory is some bendy stuff. :o A bit of sinew and more working near or through the handle and you will have a sweet little hunting bow. Nice work Benjamin! 8) Pat
Title: Re: 44'' self bow 25'' draw
Post by: The Burnt Hill Archer on July 03, 2008, 11:44:10 pm: Gotta love a Hic stick! man thats sweet!

Phil
Title: Re: 44'' self bow 25'' draw
Post by: mullet on July 04, 2008, 12:01:54 am: I'm with Pat. I'd lay two thin layers of sinew and then one thick layer in the center. It would last forever and be indestructable.
Title: Re: 44'' self bow 25'' draw
Post by: El Destructo on July 04, 2008, 12:39:36 am: yep....I am with you on the Sinew....and then make it a Bendy Handle Bow.....or keep drawing it till you make some High Powered Toothpicks!!!
Title: Re: 44'' self bow 25'' draw
Post by: OldBow on July 04, 2008, 12:10:38 pm: Whew - that's scary at 25" :o
We'll look at this one again for July Self BOM
Title: Re: 44'' self bow 25'' draw
Post by: El Destructo on July 04, 2008, 12:56:15 pm: That is way scary....the way them limbs bend....and you Guys said My Plains Bow was scary tillered...... Good luck shooting it...but wear some safety glasses....... ;D
Title: Re: 44'' self bow 25'' draw
Post by: salad days on July 05, 2008, 10:48:33 am: You are a brave man sir. :o hickory is awsome!
Title: Re: 44'' self bow 25'' draw
Post by: bowmunky13 on July 05, 2008, 03:06:57 pm: i just pulled of a bit of hickory that is about the same size as that from a holmgard bound stave... i will have to give it a go.... you sir... are brave
Title: Re: 44'' self bow 25'' draw
Post by: benjamin on July 05, 2008, 07:08:30 pm: I decided I have nothing to loose so I just heat treated the belly and put slight recurves in 6'' from the tips. It'll stay near the shower for a week and I hope to make a nice looking (symetrical) bow that pulls a bit more than 15lbs. That's about where it was at when I fixed the hinges. Any tips on how long to wait or where to go from here? I'd like to avoid sinew backing it.
Title: Re: 44'' self bow 25'' draw
Post by: Dano on July 05, 2008, 08:59:12 pm: If it was me I'd set in the corner of the shop, and save it till I got really bored ::) Seriously I'd move on to another bow and come back to this little dude some other day.
Title: Re: 44'' self bow 25'' draw
Post by: El Destructo on July 05, 2008, 09:05:18 pm: Some Other Day....when you feel like a Sinew Project!!!

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