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

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skyarrow:
I'm liking this so far looks super easy il have to try it soon . Iv never done a pyramid bow before

bubby:
o.k. i got the sanding done, this is gonna be a beater bow so i sanded it smooth but didn't worry about getting all the rasp marks out, so it's got some beauty mark's on her, time to work out the tip's, i like to mark'em out with a pencil and then do the major reduction with my occillating belt sander, then cleen up the grooves and sand

bubby:
i slapped some stain on her, dark walnut, then i rub on some dark brown rit dye and faded it some
now the floppy rest, cut the leather to the size that you want/need, then put some contact cement on the section like in the pic and fold and clamp. when dry i fold the outer  pcs back on the middle and clamp, this makes it easyer to mount on the bow, glue the back and mount where you need it. i then wrapped the grip with some braided hemp cord and soaked in tb2

bubby:
here she is a sweet shooting pyramid bow from a maple board, shoots a nice group at 20 yds, no hand shock and maybe a 1/4" of set after 150 arrows thru her. total cost of the bow $6.00 plus the string, i make my string's and they cost pennies to make, i spent 24 dollars on the board and got 4 bows from it.

while i dont condone trying to build a bow super fast because that's when i screw up, total time spent on this build was about five and a half hrs actual work time, and that includes staining , sealing and twisting a string up, hope this help's somebody and if ya have any ? just ask
final stats, 66" ttt, 64" ntn, 50# @29", Bub

gstoneberg:
You make that look very easy Bub.  I'm usually still looking at the stave after 5 hours. :-[

Good work,
George

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