Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: DustinDees on April 03, 2009, 04:17:25 am
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threw this bow together in the last 3 days starting from a board. ended up with 1.5 inches of set. 49" ttt and 15@20" hickory with cocobolo tips. have another board with the same dimensions for another kids bow. any input/criticism is welcome
(http://i352.photobucket.com/albums/r327/myownslave/Clipboard02-1.jpg)
(http://i352.photobucket.com/albums/r327/myownslave/Clipboard03-2.jpg)
(http://i352.photobucket.com/albums/r327/myownslave/Clipboard04.jpg)
(http://i352.photobucket.com/albums/r327/myownslave/IMG_1275.jpg)
(http://i352.photobucket.com/albums/r327/myownslave/IMG_1276.jpg)
(http://i352.photobucket.com/albums/r327/myownslave/IMG_1277.jpg)
thanks
Dustin D
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Looks good to me,some kid should love that.Nice job. :)
Pappy
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Agree with Pappy, gonna make some kid smile :)
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Good job...I like it, and I'm sure a kid would love it!
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Looks Good...l'm sure the child will be pleased with it.
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Looks real nice. Keep the double string, you can shoot lefty and righty at the same time :D
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cool looking bow...! 8)
motivation... think im going to attempt one also one day... :D
going to put at the beack of the project list :D
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NIce! I love kids bows. It's agreat way to learn bowmaking and good way to try different woods. It's a win, win situation!
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Very nice. Thpse short little kid bows can be the hardest to tiller sometimes. Looks like you nailed it.
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I like that handle, looks comfy. Hope some kid understands how lucky she/he is to get that bow!
I've made as many of those kids bows outa hickory boards as any other style bow, I learned a lot about how important it is to take time in the tillering process. These little projects are just as much work as a big project, but a $7 board is easier to absorb than a $80 osage stave if you screw up.
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Pappy, DanaM, Brownhillboy, Justaim, Keenan, thank you for all the compliments, they mean a lot. i still have to make 2 more kids bows so all the nephews my son and my stepdaughter can all have one they call their own.
Aosda, LOL @ righty/lefty. gotta get my prosthetic arm out to hold it. i think the pic your looking at the shadow looks like a second string ;)
Shooter_G22, i think that kids bows are the most fun to make. and the kids eyes light up when you tell them its theirs.
Bullitt, i definitely agree.
JW_Halverson, most of the hickory i get here is $6 per board foot, i think the last board i got was $13 and i got 3 bows out of it. cant beat that price for learning tillering.
here are the other 2 kids bows. i dont think i ever posted them here.
please forgive the sheetrock tape backings, they were some of my first and i didnt know i could keep it unbacked (or use cheap silk) just by smoothing the edges on the back.
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Very nice, the only thing I would do differently would be to radius the handle more to make it more comfortable to shoot. The handle is nonbending section, and I usually have mine more of an obround shape.