Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: steve b. on October 15, 2013, 11:41:52 pm
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I just glued the TD sleeves on some massive oceanspray billets today. It weighs over 4 lbs. at this point @68" long. Not sure what will come of it.
The snakey oak is the weirdest piece of wood I've ever worked. It was springy when I roughed it green and its still just as springy. There is not a straight spot on it anywhere and I wanted to see if it would make a bow. It made a lefty. I'm not sure of the poundage because I'm not sure of the draw length. It just keeps drawing and has taken no set. I never worked it during tiller. I pulled it to about half draw a few times, worked the tiller some more, and pulled it to 28". I think it would go 29". Its 60 or 62" long. It flings a hunting weight arrow nicely, certainly not fast. Very little shock. I might heat treat it, finish it up and call it, 'shootable', and hang it on the wall.
The stained bow is hazelnut. It pulls about 42 @ 27", 64", just under 16 oz., and was my first real hazelnut project. Each limb took about an inch of set. It shoots 600 grn arrows decent. I can't wait to make a 60 lbs. bow from this wood.
The tiller is identical to my last bow, the tradebow, and I don't like it. I picked up this habit somewhere of the more circular tiller and I can't shake it.
The small bow is a small oceanspray sample that I'll make into a kids bow. Its bending now but I need to a tiny string to finish it.........
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You're turning out some nice bows Steve.
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Wooo some nice looking bows there :)
Del
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You been busy,see you are wearing your safty glasses. ;) ;D ;D
Pappy
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Some nice looking bows there Steve. I especially like the looks of the hazelnut that you don't seem to care for. It reminds me of an old string follow bow that I owned. Wasn't the fastest but really a sweet shooter!! Did you heat treat the belly?
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Those are some great looking bows there.
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Nice work Steve!
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Very nice! Could you do a build a-long some day?
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Can't wait to see the Takedown completed! THAT'S gonna be an amazing bow! ;)
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loving that bow with the "snakes" !!!!
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Wow, you guys are really kind......or you all got together and decided to lie to me O:)
I heat treated both the hazel and oak. The oak lost all of its darkened wood during tillering and I really want to do it again. I did the hazel twice.
The tiller on the oak looks funky mostly because one limb is deflexed and one slightly reflexed, and partly because I didn't put the time in that I could have.
I'm gonna want some advice on the oceanspray takedown. I wonder if I should do that here? One limb is flat, wide, and knobby with knots. The other is fairly clean and crowned nicely, but not as wide. I'm debating on decrowning both, backing, and trapping, so they look nearly identical vs. just tillering the way they are and letting them be who they are, looking different? I'll post some pics.............
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Steve, nice tiller on that funky twisty Oak! Nice looking bunch of bows...