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Offline adb

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Re: White oak flat bow.
« Reply #15 on: October 02, 2013, 03:05:34 pm »
Better less draw weight than poorly tillered.
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Offline TimPotter

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« Reply #16 on: October 02, 2013, 03:32:23 pm »
Amen!!!!
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Offline TimPotter

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Re: White oak flat bow.
« Reply #17 on: October 03, 2013, 10:04:29 am »
Ok. So after round 1 of tiller adjustments I had my wife take this pic. The outer half of upper limb seemed a bit stiff still so back to the scrapping.

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Offline TimPotter

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Re: White oak flat bow.
« Reply #18 on: October 03, 2013, 10:05:31 am »
After more work this morning I'm now satisfied  to go on with the staining and finish.

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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: White oak flat bow.
« Reply #19 on: October 03, 2013, 09:48:34 pm »
Looks good to me.   White oak is good bow wood.
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Offline TimPotter

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Re: White oak flat bow.
« Reply #20 on: October 04, 2013, 06:58:04 am »
Thank you. :)
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« Reply #21 on: October 04, 2013, 08:33:54 am »
Nice!  Cant wait to see it finished!
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Offline TimPotter

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Re: White oak flat bow.
« Reply #22 on: October 04, 2013, 08:41:01 am »
Thanks!  I was just about to take the pics. This is one of the bows I'm taking for the weekend for a scout campout with my son. I'm also going to take an elm bow I'm working on and some rivercane and other arrow making gear.
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Offline TimPotter

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Re: White oak flat bow.
« Reply #23 on: October 04, 2013, 09:02:55 am »
Now finished, but still need some more oil rubbed in, the wood is THIRSTY. Handle is braided hemp stained brown. String follow still zero.


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Re: White oak flat bow.
« Reply #24 on: October 04, 2013, 09:36:01 am »
Really nice job on that bow Tim.I should use oak more myself here too.There are Amish pallet wood sawmills all around me here and they cut up a heck of a lot of oak logs.Heck of a contrast between your belly and back.That unbraced profile is what everybodys' after.
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Re: White oak flat bow.
« Reply #25 on: October 04, 2013, 09:52:31 am »
Good looking bow,very nice job. :)
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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: White oak flat bow.
« Reply #26 on: October 04, 2013, 11:33:21 am »
Good looking bow Tim. This may be the first white oak bow with zero string follow that I've seen!
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Offline TimPotter

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Re: White oak flat bow.
« Reply #27 on: October 04, 2013, 01:39:29 pm »
Thank you everyone. Next is to see how white-oak does as a narrow longbow. Albeit heavy longbow about 68"L
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Offline TimPotter

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Re: White oak flat bow.
« Reply #28 on: October 07, 2013, 09:40:45 am »
I shot this bow in quite a bit this weekend and the string follow still holds at zero. Really impressed now with this species of wood and look forward to harvesting more in the ear future.
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Re: White oak flat bow.
« Reply #29 on: October 07, 2013, 10:22:01 am »
Cool..looks like it turned out good for ya then :)
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