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Title: D bow dimensions , what do you think?
Post by: 15yearold.archer on July 20, 2010, 01:51:44 am

hey guys making a red oak board bow basing this off dimensions kegan gave me for a D bow just tweeked them a little im going to start with this and take off some wood after if necassary, tell me what you think,LENGTH-68 inches nock to nock with 4 inch handle centered. THIKNESS- 3/4 inch through the handle then straight taper to 3/8 inch thick nocks. WIDTH- 1 1/2 inch wide through handle then straight taper to 1/2 inch nocks. if i do this how much poundage should the bow be ? and if this wont work what will?

Title: Re: D bow dimensions , what do you think?
Post by: 15yearold.archer on July 20, 2010, 02:23:47 am

come on guys i need some help on this one :(

Title: Re: D bow dimensions , what do you think?
Post by: 15yearold.archer on July 20, 2010, 11:02:28 am

thanks scott im starting this bow today just one more thing you said remove wood from the starts of the limbs wich were 5/8 to the tips , just a ballpark estimate what should the tips be or is it more of a straight taper

Title: Re: D bow dimensions , what do you think?
Post by: 15yearold.archer on July 20, 2010, 01:58:38 pm

thanks alot i already got the shape out of the wood no  il start tapering the limbs ill post some picks later and tell me what you think thanks alot man

Title: Re: D bow dimensions , what do you think?
Post by: Josh on July 20, 2010, 02:07:26 pm

Good luck on your bow!  :)

Title: Re: D bow dimensions , what do you think?
Post by: George Tsoukalas on July 20, 2010, 02:14:04 pm

There is no magic number. Thickness is determined by tiller. There are buildalongs on my site  and there is one for a bend in the handle red oak board bow. Jawge

Title: Re: D bow dimensions , what do you think?
Post by: 15yearold.archer on July 20, 2010, 02:33:05 pm

alright ill check it out and thanks alot guys its actually looking great george im gunna go with the bend in the handle on my next bow

Title: Re: D bow dimensions , what do you think?
Post by: Kegan on July 20, 2010, 03:57:21 pm

If the board you chose is heavy (dense) enough, it should be around 40-45#, of course you can later shorten it to bring it up to about 50#. If you leave it 1 1/2" for more of the limb length, you can get up to 60# without shortenning, my brother did his first board bow that way.