Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: possum on August 09, 2007, 04:35:17 pm
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well, I took my big knife out to a friend's house and chopped down a small tree, sapling really. The bark was 1/4" thick! :o So my stave ended up no bigger than my thumb in most places. I used the knife to do the work on it using it to chop, thin and scrape. There are quite a few knots on the edges of the bow but I did what I could do to minimize the ones I couldn't place off the bow all together. It is 60" ntn, 1" wide at handle and 5/8" at nocks. I don't know what the poundage is because it isn't dried yet.. close but not quite.
(http://www.geocities.com/sp06di/austinnewbowbraced.jpg)
(http://www.geocities.com/sp06di/austinnewbow1.jpg)
(http://www.geocities.com/sp06di/austinnewbow2.jpg)
(http://www.geocities.com/sp06di/austinnewbowwidth.jpg)
(http://www.geocities.com/sp06di/pithycenter.jpg)
it even has a pithy center.
I'm thinking it's elm but I'm not real good at tree ID. ::)
Back to the drier so I can finish her.
possum
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Looks like he is happy and that is the important part. Post a picture of the leaves and you can probably get a posative ID on the tree. Justin
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Don't matter what it is, yer sons looks impressed, nice form too.
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These kids bows are hard to tiller. I tried to make one for my daughter - it was difficult to make the fades and tips bend without them getting dangerously thin.
(http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u118/simon2468/HPIM0342.jpg)
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I had rather do an adult bow any day than make a kids bow,Like Simon said they are tough.
Possum while it is drying if you bend a little back set in it,it will hold a lot of it.I use to do that with Hickory green when I wasn't in a hurry.Very nice looking bow and looks like the boy is happy
and that is what counts. :) :)
Pappy
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Really neat. If its elm, it should last for a long time. Got this bow and Austin bookmarked under Kid's Bows.