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Offline adb

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Maple/osage
« on: July 07, 2009, 08:24:41 pm »
This is another new bow I just finished up recently. Very basic. I made it for a friend, but he found it too heavy, so I'll have to make him something else a little lighter.

Maple backed osage, 45#@28", 72 NTN, osage tip overlays, Strunk style grip. The bow is very narrow, only 1 1/8" at the grip, with 1/2'' tips. Virtually no set... maybe 1/2".

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Re: Maple/osage
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2009, 08:25:46 pm »
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Offline cowboy

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Re: Maple/osage
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2009, 08:44:29 pm »
She's a beauty! Love the way those tips merge.
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Offline Bullitt

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Re: Maple/osage
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2009, 09:03:20 pm »
Nice job! The details are clean and fresh! Even the string is done very nicely! I'd be proud to shoot such a fine bow! Good shootin, Steve
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Re: Maple/osage
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2009, 09:21:24 pm »
Looks great.  I like how the two woods look together.
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Re: Maple/osage
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2009, 09:37:56 pm »
Very well done :)
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Offline Jesse

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Re: Maple/osage
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2009, 10:07:06 pm »
Now that is one nice bow. I like it :)
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Re: Maple/osage
« Reply #7 on: July 08, 2009, 05:08:20 am »
Beautiful job on that one.Sweet !!!  :)
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Offline Hillbilly

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Re: Maple/osage
« Reply #8 on: July 08, 2009, 07:11:20 am »
Good looking bow, and an unusual wood combination. Nice clean lines on that one.
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Offline GregB

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Re: Maple/osage
« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2009, 08:13:33 am »
Very sweet looking bow! Great job on those tips! If I were your friend I think I'd have had to build up to that weight in order to keep the bow! ;)
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Offline islandpiper

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Re: Maple/osage
« Reply #10 on: July 08, 2009, 09:07:42 am »
ADB, can you tell us what you glued the lams with? 

Nice looking bow.  piper
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Re: Maple/osage
« Reply #11 on: July 08, 2009, 11:21:14 am »
45# is too much??????


i think ur just looking for an excuse to make another bow!

who needs reasons???/
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Re: Maple/osage
« Reply #12 on: July 08, 2009, 12:54:44 pm »
Quote from: islandpiper on July 08, 2009, 09:07:42 am
ADB, can you tell us what you glued the lams with? 

Nice looking bow.  piper
Hey, Piper,

I used good old TB3. Nothing fancy. The maple backing strip is 3/16" (I like to use a bit thicker backing with maple). Wrapped it up with inner tubes.

The guy just wanted a very basic longbow, and bye the way, he did order 40-45#, but discovered he couldn't pull it. The next one is going to be 35#, and if that's too light, he's off the preferred nation status.
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Offline adb

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Re: Maple/osage
« Reply #13 on: July 08, 2009, 12:57:00 pm »
Quote from: radius on July 08, 2009, 11:21:14 am
45# is too much??????


i think ur just looking for an excuse to make another bow!

who needs reasons???/

That's what I said, too!! I don't really want to build the guy another bow, as I have a million other things to finish up. Especially since 45# was what he ordered.
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Offline John K

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Re: Maple/osage
« Reply #14 on: July 08, 2009, 02:00:00 pm »
Looks great Adam ! 45# is what i shoot, maybe we can work something out ?

I like it !
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