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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Cromm on August 10, 2009, 03:23:24 pm

Title: Rainmaker, Ash ELB
Post by: Cromm on August 10, 2009, 03:23:24 pm

Hi,
This is one of four Ash ELB's that I made in the last two weeks or so.
I had three friends come back from the Gulf and they wanted to make some ELB's after they had a chat with some french guys they were posted with.
They wanted something that they could play around with and didn't matter to much if it took a knocking around.
So I said that I had lots of ash that they could play with if they wanted too.
This is the one I made and named Rainmaker as it seems to rain when I bring it out,it even started to rain as the photo's were taken. After a long sunny clear day..
It is 78in nock to nock and 110lb at 28in.

(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll229/Cromsbowman/RainMaker016-1.jpg)

(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll229/Cromsbowman/RainMaker001.jpg)

(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll229/Cromsbowman/RainMaker004.jpg)

(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll229/Cromsbowman/RainMaker008.jpg)

(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll229/Cromsbowman/RainMaker019.jpg)

(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll229/Cromsbowman/RainMaker022.jpg)

The last photo is of some arrows that I made for them and me to use with the bows.
Let me know what you think???
Thanks for your time.

Title: Re: Rainmaker, Ash ELB
Post by: dragonman on August 10, 2009, 03:44:37 pm

Thats a powerfull bow Cromm !!!  Good tiller, but thats all I can see! need some better pictures..... . closer up.  The arrows look good too.  how did you make those points and how does the bow perform

Title: Re: Rainmaker, Ash ELB
Post by: JustAim on August 10, 2009, 04:21:52 pm

Very Nice Bow! Looks great.

Title: Re: Rainmaker, Ash ELB
Post by: George Tsoukalas on August 10, 2009, 04:42:17 pm

The tiller is great! The aprt of the back I can see looks to have some ru off though. Jawge

Title: Re: Rainmaker, Ash ELB
Post by: Cromm on August 10, 2009, 06:13:01 pm

The camera that I am using isn't too good. The good one was dropped into the loo by my 2 year old son....That's my boy!!

Title: Re: Rainmaker, Ash ELB
Post by: Jesse on August 10, 2009, 06:27:21 pm

awesome bow Cromm tiller looks great

Title: Re: Rainmaker, Ash ELB
Post by: DanaM on August 10, 2009, 08:29:22 pm

Looks really nice Cromm but at 110 lbs all I can say is ouch!!!

Title: Re: Rainmaker, Ash ELB
Post by: Pappy on August 11, 2009, 07:42:26 am

Nice looking bow and arrows,tiller looks great.
   Pappy

Title: Re: Rainmaker, Ash ELB
Post by: GregB on August 11, 2009, 07:49:37 am

Your bow turned out really nice! If you shot 50 arrows or so out of it during one session, you'd have had quite a workout!  ;D

Title: Re: Rainmaker, Ash ELB
Post by: OldBow on August 11, 2009, 12:33:20 pm

Well done! Bookmarked as a self bow for Aug BOM.

Title: Re: Rainmaker, Ash ELB
Post by: Cromm on August 11, 2009, 02:50:57 pm

Thanks everyone!
Now as long as no one else makes any selfbows in Aug's I may have a chance ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Rainmaker, Ash ELB
Post by: John K on August 11, 2009, 02:56:33 pm

Cool bow there Cromm ! ELB is on my list of bows to make.

Title: Re: Rainmaker, Ash ELB
Post by: Del the cat on August 11, 2009, 03:26:02 pm

Lookin' good, nice full compass tiller. How far will it throw an arrow? 220, 250? yards
Del

Title: Re: Rainmaker, Ash ELB
Post by: mox1968 on August 12, 2009, 07:29:46 am

great looking bow cromm,the bodkin points look very good too.mega poundage though I think I,d need a week off work after using that bow!!

Title: Re: Rainmaker, Ash ELB
Post by: denny on August 12, 2009, 08:28:17 pm

Well It took me a while to figure out rainmaker was the bow. Must have something to do with my age. If was 18 yrs I'd look good shooting that bow too, but since I'm not I'd probably collapse a lung. Really pretty grain, to say the least. Nice pofile and tiller, and I love the bodkins they look like they were a major project alone. Keep scraping and I thought you had eyes in the back of your head to watch the little scrappler that dipped your  bow in the loo. Your friend Denny