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Offline Ifrit617

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My first bow made. Its a sucess!
« on: August 30, 2010, 02:34:32 pm »
This is the first bow that I have made.

It is linen backed maple witha red oak riser.

It pulls 40# @ 27"  And is tillered out to 28".

The bow has taken about 2" set just after shooting, and has been shot about 500 times.

Any feedback about the tiller or bow is really helpful. Thanks.

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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: My first bow made. Its a sucess!
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2010, 02:35:49 pm »
One more pic....

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Offline Parnell

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« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2010, 02:40:07 pm »
I'd say it's a success!  Your tiller looks great, especially it it's a first.  Only thing that crossed my mind is if you've looked into how heat treating white wood bows can help with performance.  2" of set after shooting is fine though.  Did you heat treat your bow?
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: My first bow made. Its a sucess!
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2010, 02:57:15 pm »
Thanks!!! It's a smooth shooter.  I didn't heat treat.... I have heard about heat treating about it but since I'm inexperienced with this stuff I wasn't sure how to treat it.

I might research it though
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Offline Steve Milbocker

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« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2010, 03:10:44 pm »
Nice job, it looks great!
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Offline Frode

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« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2010, 03:22:14 pm »
Great first!  Welcome to the addiction!
Frode
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« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2010, 03:32:18 pm »
Very nicely done.
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Offline Mark Anderson

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Re: My first bow made. Its a sucess!
« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2010, 04:04:12 pm »
Great job! Tiller is spot on. Good job on the fades.
Mark
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: My first bow made. Its a sucess!
« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2010, 04:22:37 pm »
Excellent bow, well done.
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Offline cracker

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Re: My first bow made. Its a sucess!
« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2010, 04:32:45 pm »
I like it. It doesn't get much better than that.Ron
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Offline n2huntn

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Re: My first bow made. Its a sucess!
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2010, 04:39:57 pm »
Excellent. Work. You did a great job
Jeff
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: My first bow made. Its a sucess!
« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2010, 04:51:08 pm »
Thanks everybody...
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Offline profsaffel

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« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2010, 06:46:36 pm »
If that's your first successful bow, I'd say you're on your way to many, many more.
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Offline bigcountry

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Re: My first bow made. Its a sucess!
« Reply #13 on: August 30, 2010, 07:05:51 pm »
Just amazes me to see young folks put out great bows like this.  I couldn't have done it at your age.
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Offline Jesse

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Re: My first bow made. Its a sucess!
« Reply #14 on: August 30, 2010, 09:14:52 pm »
tiller looks great. I think you might just be a natural. :)
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