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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: chriss880 on March 20, 2011, 09:56:19 am

Title: i dont understand how to make a bow out of a stave from like lowes?
Post by: chriss880 on March 20, 2011, 09:56:19 am

wouldnt it be to hard and then wouldnt it crack when you pull it back?

Title: Re: i dont understand how to make a bow out of a stave from like lowes?
Post by: crooketarrow on March 20, 2011, 11:05:11 am

   These are'nt staves there a board bow. Staves are split from a cut down live tree. The boards can only be from certain woods and have to have straight grain at least 3/4 sawed that the grain can't run off a side. Check out GEORGES site I'm sure he has a section or board bows.

Title: Re: i dont understand how to make a bow out of a stave from like lowes?
Post by: Pat B on March 20, 2011, 02:14:09 pm

Chriss, Go to the "How To and Buildalong" section. At the top of the page you will see Jawge'S(George Tsoukalas) website. He covers evewrything you will need to know about building a bow from a board or tree stave. Eric's site just about Geprge's has a handy tool you can make to help you achieve good tiller.
  I'll have to disagree a little with Crooketarrow in that you can have a board stave. Any wood that is used full length to build a bow is a stave IMO. Billets are smaller pieces that are joined at the handle area to creat a stave.

Title: Re: i dont understand how to make a bow out of a stave from like lowes?
Post by: JW_Halverson on March 21, 2011, 12:33:51 am

Don't think of it as a board, but as an aggressively decrowned stave.     >:D

Title: Re: i dont understand how to make a bow out of a stave from like lowes?
Post by: k-hat on March 21, 2011, 01:32:38 am

John Scifres also has an excellent red oak flatbow buildalong on his website:  http://sticknstring.webs.com/ferretsboardbow.htm  I mostly used his design for my 1st two bows (flatbows).  1st was for my son (an intentional kid bow ;)). The second was for me and came in at 40-45# (despite my learning errors!), beautiful and shoots nicely ;D