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Red oak board bow (UPDATED)
willie:
--- Quote from: mmattockx on December 25, 2023, 12:20:24 pm ---OP, this is more what you want for your fades....
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Mark
Have you posted this bow in a different topic? I would like to comment about your handle without hijacking Gingerbeards redoak topic
mmattockx:
--- Quote from: willie on December 25, 2023, 05:54:00 pm ---Mark
Have you posted this bow in a different topic? I would like to comment about your handle without hijacking Gingerbeards redoak topic
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Hey willie,
It is from a couple years ago:
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,70862.msg994666.html#msg994666
Mark
Gingerbeard20:
I got the fades smoothed in somewhat and the back corners rounded over. Ended up right where I wanted it at 30lb and 28", took about 1& 1/18" set immediately after unstrung that relaxes out to about 1/2 after a few hours. I think it still ended up a little stiff in the inner 1/3s and bottom limb ended up with a little more movement than the top, at brace its about an 1/8" higher at the bottom of the handle than the top. All in all I'm not to upset for my second completed bow maybe Ill go back and see if I can finish the second one I started now. Ill post some more pictures one I get a finish on it and maybe a handle wrap.
https://imgur.com/gallery/uMQ9aey
Muskyman:
Looking good to me Ginger. Always hard to tell from pictures but it kinda looks like your bottom limb has a little more bend than the top.. still much better than my first few attempts. I don’t have the experience that most on here have, not even close. Lots of really good bowyers on here. Keep up the good work.
Also the wife must be a keeper, mine would chase me out of the kitchen if I tried that. :BB
willie:
--- Quote from: Gingerbeard20 on December 26, 2023, 03:52:04 pm --- I think it still ended up a little stiff in the inner 1/3s and bottom limb ended up with a little more movement than the top, at brace its about an 1/8" higher at the bottom of the handle than the top. All in all I'm not to upset for my second completed bow
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I think your evaluation is correct. spreading out the bend more will help with the set
are you in a humid part of the country? sometimes bow recovering from set means your wood could be drier. Another reason is that the wood may have gotten overworked early on in the tiller process if you were pulling too hard or the bend was too concentrated in one part of the limb.
Seeing correct bend at brace height is what I try to achieve, but I have found it challenging.
I would expect that those dimensions with redoak with a target draw weight of 30# could be done withless strain on the wood.
looks like some nice bow wood is available without having to walk to far from your front door. better choices than redoak boards
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