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Offline sulphur

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Red Oak believer
« on: November 28, 2009, 10:32:59 am »
after the talk about red oak a few days ago i felt the urge to build another one.  I do believe that most people start out on red oak because it is easily attained.  however, since i started making them 2" wide the wood has really impressed me.  This is the third one i have made like this, i gave the first two away.  I may keep this one for myself.  66" ntn  53# @ 28"  two inches wide at the fades tapering to just under .5" nocks.  walnut and paduk handle lams and paduk tips.  i still need to make a new string, but after 50 shots yesturday its only take about an 1" of string follow.






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Offline youngbowyer33

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Re: Red Oak believer
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2009, 10:53:48 am »
thats a great looking bow,what about a full draw photo?
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Offline sulphur

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Re: Red Oak believer
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2009, 11:17:36 am »
here ya go.  please excuse the pajama's.  i just got back from the woods.  if its still early i get comfortable.  this is almost full draw.  my wife clicked early.
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Innocente

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Re: Red Oak believer
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2009, 11:21:17 am »
wow man. that handle's so beautiful i wouldn't dare put a leather grip on it. gorgeous work.
if you got the time, can we see a pic of the front of it? i wanna see the taper you used.

also: what was your source wood? 1"x3"?
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Offline sulphur

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Re: Red Oak believer
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2009, 11:29:31 am »
innocente, its pretty simple.  I draw a line 2.5 past the end of the riser from there i draw a straight line to 1/4" from the center line at the tip. i do this for both side and for both limbs.  after i cut it out and clean up the cut with block plane or rasp is pretty much a straight taper from the fades to the tips.
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Offline sulphur

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Re: Red Oak believer
« Reply #5 on: November 28, 2009, 11:51:05 am »
innocente, yes this was a 1x3 six foot long.  in reality its a .75" x 2.5" x 72".
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Red Oak believer
« Reply #6 on: November 28, 2009, 12:29:07 pm »
Very nice bow. I like red oak too. :) Jawge
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Offline gmc

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Re: Red Oak believer
« Reply #7 on: November 28, 2009, 01:31:38 pm »
Excellent work!
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Offline gmc

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Re: Red Oak believer
« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2009, 01:32:53 pm »
O yeah, I'm a believer too.
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Offline NTProf

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Re: Red Oak believer
« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2009, 02:35:32 pm »
I still consider myself a novice, but my absolute best bows come from red oak and maple boards of the same design you mentioned.
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Re: Red Oak believer
« Reply #10 on: November 28, 2009, 02:39:00 pm »
nice arc, sulphur
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Offline Okie

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Re: Red Oak believer
« Reply #11 on: November 28, 2009, 05:56:09 pm »
Great looking bow. Love that Paduak.
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Offline Wulamoc

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Re: Red Oak believer
« Reply #12 on: November 28, 2009, 07:00:41 pm »
Very nice!  I've been doing the 1 1/2" wide and have broken the last three I've started.  I finally figured out my problem.  I like your 2" wide idea!  Thanks.  Great looking weapon! ;)
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Grunt

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Re: Red Oak believer
« Reply #13 on: November 28, 2009, 07:14:32 pm »
Red oak is good. Nice work.
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Lombard

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Re: Red Oak believer
« Reply #14 on: November 28, 2009, 07:17:00 pm »
The motion has passed. Red oak is a fine wood for the novice to expert bowyer. I had ignored Red Oak for a long time, that is until I found Jawge's site. I have made five of them this year, and they took less set than three of my White Ash bows.
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