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Offline Brian T

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My second successful one so far. Red Oak pyramid board bow.
« on: December 31, 2019, 08:11:22 pm »
First post here on this forum. Hello to all.

This is the second bow I’ve made so far. It’s an unbacked red oak pyramid board bow. Pulls approximately 50 pounds at 28 inches. Not happy with how the handle ended up kinda off center, but it shoots alright. Please pardon my awful technique, I’m working on it.

https://youtu.be/LLr0YYZXGA8
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Offline jeffp51

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Re: My second successful one so far. Red Oak pyramid board bow.
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2019, 08:16:21 pm »
Nice.  Welcome to PA.  There's no turning back now.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: My second successful one so far. Red Oak pyramid board bow.
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2019, 09:56:28 pm »
Welcome! Mighty fine. You shot it well. Jawge
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: My second successful one so far. Red Oak pyramid board bow.
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2020, 03:35:02 am »
Good job :)
You'll develop your own style of how you like grips, nocks etc to look and feel.
Welcome to the addiction  ;D
It's about time I started on a bow ... it's getting a bit late in the year already  ;)
Del
(Good beard skills too  ;D )
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Re: My second successful one so far. Red Oak pyramid board bow.
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2020, 03:56:01 am »
Looks like a very good bow for your second. Well done :)
Try not to get into the habit of short drawing. If you tillered it to 28 then my guess is you are only drawing about 24/25. you lose a lot of efficiency if you tiller a bow to one length then draw it shorter when actually shooting.
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Offline Knoll

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Re: My second successful one so far. Red Oak pyramid board bow.
« Reply #5 on: January 01, 2020, 07:32:19 am »
Good to see you're posting here on PA, Brian.
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Offline PaSteve

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Re: My second successful one so far. Red Oak pyramid board bow.
« Reply #6 on: January 01, 2020, 09:00:41 am »
Very nice bow. Congrats & welcome to PA.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: My second successful one so far. Red Oak pyramid board bow.
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2020, 09:03:13 am »
Very nice red oak bow and it looks like it shoots quite well too.   :OK
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Offline bentstick54

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Re: My second successful one so far. Red Oak pyramid board bow.
« Reply #8 on: January 01, 2020, 09:26:22 am »
Nice job. Looks like you tillered it good to me.
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: My second successful one so far. Red Oak pyramid board bow.
« Reply #9 on: January 01, 2020, 10:09:38 am »
Welcome to PA Brian. Nice bow. Looks like your putting your arrows where you want them.

Great way to end one decade and start another.

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Offline Hawkdancer

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« Reply #10 on: January 01, 2020, 01:24:50 pm »
Nice bow and good shooting!  Welcome aboard!
Hawkdancer
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Offline Brian T

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Re: My second successful one so far. Red Oak pyramid board bow.
« Reply #11 on: January 02, 2020, 11:59:52 am »
Thank you all for the warm welcome!
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Offline aznboi3644

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« Reply #12 on: January 02, 2020, 12:18:36 pm »
Looks like a good shooter. Keep it up.
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