Best Board Bow Designs

[mikekeswick]

You've just started and you want a fairly easy to make bow design that shoots great....pyramid bows. The beauty of a pyramid bow is that it should have an 'arc of a circle' tiller and this is very easy to read for a beginners eyes, you can also make yourself a tillering gizmo and that pretty much garantees that you won't go far wrong. They also give you even fiber strain almost automatically which is another big plus.
Pyramid, pyramid pyramid!!

[loon]

pyramid R/D? maybe static tips/short hooks as well???

[Travis]

Thanks for all the input guys! I think I'll start with a D bow with the 1 3/4" hickory that I have and then work on a ALB and maybe a pyramid with the oak and save the maple for something else after I hopefully have some success with them. Now I just have to convince my wife to let me turn the extra room in the basement to a workshop over the witnter 

[Stick Bender]

Good luck with your D bow hickory is a awesome wood ,D bows are fun to make just go slow & make sure your limb tappers are smooth and you will end up with a nice bow  I'm sure