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Title: Finished, unfinished hickory bow's profile
Post by: Scrub_buck on January 21, 2010, 03:56:09 pm

The hickory ended up taking about 1 inch of set.  This squared it up to nearly straight from its starting slight reflex.  After 75 shots, the top limb has picked up 1.5 inches of string follow, while the bottom limb has only 1 inch.

It shoots really fast and has a little shock to it when the string hits bottom.  It feels very similar to most HH bows I have shot.... with the 'little thump' most folks squall about as handshock at the end of the shot.

I am making this bow for a college buddy of mine.  He saw my osage bow last fall and thought it was the collest thing ever.  Looking at the limbs at full draw, I don't think he has anyhting to complain about as far as the mechanics of the limbs are concerned.   

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Title: Re: Finished, unfinished hickory bow's profile
Post by: coyote pup on January 21, 2010, 04:03:29 pm

Beautiful weapon... Well done!

Title: Re: Finished, unfinished hickory bow's profile
Post by: brownhillboy on January 21, 2010, 04:26:07 pm

Nice job!  He should be happy with it! :)

Title: Re: Finished, unfinished hickory bow's profile
Post by: half eye on January 21, 2010, 04:39:05 pm

Whats not to like, looks like a fine arrow launcher to this old man
half eye ;)

Title: Re: Finished, unfinished hickory bow's profile
Post by: Josh on January 21, 2010, 06:07:47 pm

looks great to me!  Nice tiller!   :) -josh

Title: Re: Finished, unfinished hickory bow's profile
Post by: Badger on January 21, 2010, 06:09:19 pm

Very nice bow, looks great! Steve

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Post by: DanaM on January 21, 2010, 06:10:43 pm

Now thats the way to spread the addiction, get yer buddies hooked ;D Congrats eh :)

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Post by: gmc on January 21, 2010, 07:35:54 pm

Very nice!

Title: Re: Finished, unfinished hickory bow's profile
Post by: Pappy on January 22, 2010, 06:46:29 am

Very well done,tiller looks great and an inch or so of follow/set ant bad at all.Nice job. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Finished, unfinished hickory bow's profile
Post by: OldBow on January 23, 2010, 12:35:20 am

Phooey! on the set. This is a very nice bow and bookmarked under January Self Bows of the Month. Thanks for the pictures and the interest!

Title: Re: Finished, unfinished hickory bow's profile
Post by: billy on January 23, 2010, 11:26:43 am

damn dude, that's a killer bow.  Beautiful tiller.  Your college buddy is gonna love it.....  Another convert into the world of primitive archery!!

Title: Re: Finished, unfinished hickory bow's profile
Post by: George Tsoukalas on January 23, 2010, 12:17:50 pm

As Dad used to say, "la prassa!". Love it. Jawge

Title: Re: Finished, unfinished hickory bow's profile
Post by: Dean Marlow on January 23, 2010, 01:43:45 pm

Now thats a nice looking bow. Your full draw is bending just the way I like them to. Thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: Finished, unfinished hickory bow's profile
Post by: Scrub_buck on January 23, 2010, 07:05:39 pm

Disaster while finishing!!! Man, I tried to take off the wood glue protecting it by scraping and ended up messing up the back. Had a bunch of slivers raise when drawing it.

Seems to have lost some weight, but still looks pretty good. I am planning to titebond the back again (at least this glue isn't a bright yellow-ish orange) to hopefully keep the slivers down then seal with shellac.

??? I guess I screwed up ??? I have two more staves with the backs covered with the elmer's probond wood glue. Anybody know how to get that off without compromising that wavy back?

Any helpful hints for a rookie? I am all ears.

Title: Re: Finished, unfinished hickory bow's profile
Post by: El Destructo on January 23, 2010, 07:32:51 pm

Elmer's Probond Glue is a PVA Glue...it isn't waterproof....but waterresistant...so it should be able to be removed with warm water soaked rags laid on it to soften the Glue...thats why I use Shellac...it can be removed easily with simple Denatured Alcohol

Title: Re: Finished, unfinished hickory bow's profile
Post by: PeteC on January 23, 2010, 07:51:43 pm

Scrub buck,you did an outstanding job on that bow.Tiller is beautiful as well. I like it. God Bless

Title: Re: Finished, unfinished hickory bow's profile
Post by: bowman26 on January 24, 2010, 02:13:52 am

I'm a tongue oil man myself. Anything but glue.