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an easy board bow build, full draw pics added/i am going to attach pics again

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bubby:
alot of newbie's have been asking for a build-a-long so here's one for a pyramid bow. first get ya the best board you can, this is hard maple, but hickory, white oak, even red oak if that's all you can find, but get the best one you can.this is a quartersawn board 66" long cut 2" wide, find centerline both length and width and mark, on length mark both ends and then use a straight edge of snap a chalkline to mark it. use a square to mark a square line at 33", then go up and down from that mark 2" and do the same, this is the grip area, go 2" up and down from those mark's and do the same, these are the fades.


at the lines for the grip mark 9/16" each side of the long centerline on both ends, at the fades mark 7/8" each way, at the centerline mark 5/8" each way and then connect the dots

bubby:
now mark 1/4" each side of the line at the tips, then i use a straightedge to draw the lines that mark out the limbs,like in the pic mark all around the bow/handle at the fades. on pyramids that have an even taper i use a tablesaw to cut the limb thickness, take a square and mark the table with the blade run all the way up, remember to use the guards, i took them off so you can see it better, then set the fence just a hair under 1/2", put the back against the fence and rip untill the fade line meets the line on the table, then STOP

bubby:
after making the cuts for both limbs you have to square up the cuts to the start of the fades, i use a vice and a handsaw, i've tryed to use a bandsaw for this and screwed up a couple bows, hence, the handsaw, i forgot the glued on handle pc can be as short as 8", i didn't go over the glue up as it's self explanatory, now to layout the fades i have a french curl set for making my radius's, but you can use anything to get what you need, i then cut these out on the band saw

bubby:
i now cut the profile out on the bandsaw making shure to not get to close to the lines, thats a shure fire way to end up with a kids bow, i then sand down to the lines and round all the edges of the limbs, this will help keep from raising a sliver on a limb, i actually round over all the edges,

bubby:
now measure down 1/2" from the tip's and make a 45deg. mark, this is for the string nock's, i use a three sided file to start these and then use a chainsaw file to finnish them, don't file across the back of the bow, take your time and make shure these match up
these are all the basic hand tool's that i use, nothin' fancy,
i'll post some more later, gotta go ice my knee, Bub

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