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Rigo

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Oak Board Bow #9
« on: April 17, 2010, 05:43:11 pm »
Oak Board Bow #9
72" overall
70" NtN
2" wide
3/8 thickness at tips
5/8 thickness at the base close to handle
28" draw length


tell me what you think of tillering?


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HatchA

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Re: Oak Board Bow #9
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2010, 06:34:34 pm »
Limb on the left of the pic looks a little stiffer than the right one?  Or maybe it's the right one that looks a little hingey compared to the left one??

Or mayyyyybe...  it's an optical illusion caused by horizontal lines on the left and vertical lines on the right...

Looks nice, all the same.

Steve.

Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Oak Board Bow #9
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2010, 06:42:13 pm »
Looks good! Nice job. Jawge
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Offline Frode

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Re: Oak Board Bow #9
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2010, 06:47:11 pm »
Looks good!  Gotta love red oak, yeah?  What's the draw weight?
Frode
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Rigo

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Re: Oak Board Bow #9
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2010, 06:50:50 pm »
not sure on draw weight but if i had to guess right around 45#@28" from shooting so far

Offline aero86

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Re: Oak Board Bow #9
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2010, 08:27:18 pm »
id say the right looks kinda hingy too.  but hey, my last bow has a hinge too, and im just still shooting it.  those oak boards are cheap enough!
profsaffel  "clogs like the devil" I always figured Lucifer to be more of a disco kind of guy.

Rigo

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Re: Oak Board Bow #9
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2010, 09:32:28 pm »
hinge or no hinge...it's fun to shoot... i'm working on filing down the handle now and when i shoot at 25yrds from my 8" thick styrofoam target the arrow goes 3/4 threw it.

Offline Orkraider

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Re: Oak Board Bow #9
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2010, 12:44:39 am »
it's looking good to me, man.

It would be a bit easier to judge if it was in front of a plainer bakground, and if you could see all of both limbs. But all in all, looks good.

I had really good results with using sandpaper to smooth the transition from handle to bow limb, at the fades. I took a screwdriver with a cylindrical handle, wrapped a layer of craft foam around it, then taped a piece of sandpaper around that; worked slick.

Can't wait to see more pics.
Riley, Saint Paul, MN

Offline OldBow

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Re: Oak Board Bow #9
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2010, 01:08:13 pm »
Got your bow bookmarked for April BOM fun. Let me know if you post another full draw.
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