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Offline IndianGuy

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Six finished bows for under 75.00$
« on: April 05, 2011, 07:52:58 pm »
Well I had some down time while I'm waiting for some sinew backed bows to dry and decided to go to the lumber yard and buy some sugar maple, I also bought some wood glue and some fiberglass board tape along with one can of sealer and once can of black spray paint. Total cost was 72.00 and some change. This is the result pictured.
6 finished bows of different designs ranging from 60" to 72" and weighing from 35# to 65#'s  three are backed and 3 are not. I usually do not make this type of bow but get a wild hair occasionally.
enjoy the pics.

Eric

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Offline IndianGuy

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Re: Six finished bows for under 75.00$
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2011, 07:58:45 pm »
It did'nt take long to get some arrows in a nice group with this 60" bow.
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Offline sailordad

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Re: Six finished bows for under 75.00$
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2011, 07:59:13 pm »
nice looking bows


]but you said the "F" word  ;)
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Offline Blacktail

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Re: Six finished bows for under 75.00$
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2011, 08:00:00 pm »
i havent made a bow from a board...but,some day i will..i think its a heck of a deal that you have there and great work to..
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Offline IndianGuy

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Re: Six finished bows for under 75.00$
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2011, 08:05:16 pm »
Boards are a far cry from a good osage satve but they are cheep and make a really nice shooting bow for the money. I sorted through about 100 boards to find 6.  :D
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Offline NTProf

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Re: Six finished bows for under 75.00$
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2011, 08:10:41 pm »
I prefer boards, even over a stave (osage or not). Especially boards of tropical woods will perform with (and last as long as) anything. Incredible, 6 bows for only $70. Can't beat that. If you were to buy 6 bows from a custom bowyer, I doubt that $70 would get you very far!
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: Six finished bows for under 75.00$
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2011, 11:07:12 pm »
I'll give ya $89.50 for the lot. ;D ......just kidding, seriously though good work.  I like anything wood that shoots an arrow.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Six finished bows for under 75.00$
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2011, 01:42:12 am »
Thanks for getting that wild hair, Eric. This shows the new guys that is doesn't take much money to build a or a few bows. You could have done it a bit cheaper without the FG tape by using brown grocery bag paper for backing but what is $1.95 when divided by 6 bows!  :D  Well done!
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Offline NTProf

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« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2011, 01:55:46 am »
Which of the styles do you like the best?
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Offline Dvshunter

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« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2011, 03:22:38 am »
Thats a bunch of fun there for not much jack. I did something similiar with some nefews of minemexcept we had hours and went with pvc pipe and paint. They still liked em, but those are much cooler. Thanks for the idea.
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Offline profsaffel

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« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2011, 05:28:12 pm »
And you don't have to look hard to find a bowyer or two that will take those same bows there and sell each one for 80 to 100 dollars each. And I'm not claiming there is anything wrong with that, necessarily, but just pointing out how 'cost effective' your project was.  ::)
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