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Offline loon

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #75 on: October 15, 2016, 11:39:39 pm »
Awesome job! Light bows are nice to pull..

Offline FilipT

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #76 on: October 16, 2016, 06:28:03 am »
Ippus, don't worry about being underweight. Same thing happened to my first two bows. After that I started to make thickness taper at first couple of milimeters thicker then I projected it to be at targeted draw weight. That left me enough wood.

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #77 on: October 16, 2016, 06:44:40 am »
Looks good congrats ! I did one under weight too some times its nice to have a light bow for tunning up your form.
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Re: Game. On. First board bow.
« Reply #78 on: October 16, 2016, 09:59:48 pm »
Adjusted the timber hitch to string it at full brace.


Full draw, pulls 27.75 lbs. @30"
Set when just unbraced is about 1.5"


Now I just need to do some finishing stuff (wrap the handle, stain it, etc) and then... time to make arrows!
« Last Edit: October 16, 2016, 11:24:00 pm by Ippus »
"There is nothing quite so gentle, deep, and irrational as our running — and nothing quite so savage and so wild.” Bernd Heinrich

Offline ajooter

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #79 on: October 16, 2016, 10:01:01 pm »
That brace looks really good man...glad to see you made it this far.  Good luck to the finish line!

Offline Ippus

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #80 on: October 16, 2016, 11:23:34 pm »
Eh, slight orientation issue on that last one.

"There is nothing quite so gentle, deep, and irrational as our running — and nothing quite so savage and so wild.” Bernd Heinrich

Offline FilipT

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #81 on: October 17, 2016, 04:51:56 am »
Congrats on your first bow!

Offline Ippus

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #82 on: October 23, 2016, 12:15:34 am »
Got it sanded down and started putting a finish on it. Decided to keep it dirt simple and rub it down with rendered fat (beef tallow for now). It's a target bow, so I didn't see a need for extreme sealing or anything.

Got the nocks cleaned up and smoothed out, too.


Getting ready to wrap the handle tonight... After the second coat was worked in, it kind of glows... there's something about buffed oiled wood that just makes it feel like kind of a shame to cover it up with a wrap.


« Last Edit: October 23, 2016, 12:22:29 am by Ippus »
"There is nothing quite so gentle, deep, and irrational as our running — and nothing quite so savage and so wild.” Bernd Heinrich

Offline FilipT

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #83 on: October 23, 2016, 06:19:31 am »
Congratulations, that is fine looking pyramid bow!

Offline bubby

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #84 on: October 23, 2016, 01:37:08 pm »
There is nothing wrong with a naled grip, looks great!!
failure is an option, everyone fails, it's how you handle it that matters.
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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #85 on: October 23, 2016, 07:39:07 pm »

"There is nothing quite so gentle, deep, and irrational as our running — and nothing quite so savage and so wild.” Bernd Heinrich

Offline ajooter

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #86 on: October 23, 2016, 09:06:54 pm »
Very sharp lookin man....especially for your first.  Im sure we will see more of you.

Offline loon

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #87 on: October 24, 2016, 12:09:41 am »
Looks like good workmanship, clean, nice finish. Great job with the handle wrap..

Offline paco664

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #88 on: October 24, 2016, 01:56:05 am »
wow... that turned out really nice!!!
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Offline FilipT

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Re: Game. On. First board bow...
« Reply #89 on: October 24, 2016, 04:54:06 am »
What is that for handle wrap? I like it.