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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: fiddler49 on May 05, 2014, 12:31:33 am

Title: Take down red oak board bow / with thinned down Eiffel tower tips
Post by: fiddler49 on May 05, 2014, 12:31:33 am

I found two nice riff cut red oak boards from Lowe's. 2 1/2" x 48" x 1/2" thick. I made a riser/handle from a broken hickory bow. Cut off the limbs just past the fades and over lapped and bolted the oak boards on to the handle with 1/4" bolts and wing nuts. The limbs are 35 inches long with a 3" over lap at the handle. Bow tips were boiled for an hour and reflexed. Handle glue line popped while tillering so I wrapped with mason's line and hit it with super glue. The bow is 72 lbs @ 31" 75" ntn , Shoots great, I shoot with a thumb ring and my draw length is 31". Here's a few pics cheers fiddler49

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Post by: bubbles on May 05, 2014, 01:41:40 am

Wow, impressive poundage and draw out of red oak. Nice.

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Post by: Hrothgar on May 05, 2014, 07:16:22 am

Nice job, that's a lot of bow!

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Post by: arachnid on May 05, 2014, 07:33:18 am

That is one good look'n....

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Post by: sieddy on May 05, 2014, 10:08:01 am

Brilliant work!  :)

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Post by: finefirewood on May 05, 2014, 11:41:15 am

Awesome job! I had ideas of doing something similiar soon, so I'm glad you walked that path already! I've been having issues finding a perfect 6' piece of oak and thought a takedown would be the ticket, and you have proven that!

Can you elaborate on the limb dimensions (width, taper, etc.)?

Thanks.

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Post by: fiddler49 on May 05, 2014, 04:54:18 pm

Thanks lads, The boards from Lowe's were 2 1/2" wide x 48" long x 1/2" thick and riff cut. The bow limbs are 35" long and overlap handle 3" inches. The working limb length is 32 inches. Overall length is 75" ntn. The limbs start to taper about 13" from the tips. Handle is from a broken hickory bow and about 12 inches long. cheers fiddler49

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Post by: dbb on May 06, 2014, 01:10:39 pm

Cool bow!
It looks smooth too.

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Post by: wildman on May 06, 2014, 01:17:03 pm

Nice save! That looks to be a manly mans bow ,good job.

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Post by: Mike Joe on May 06, 2014, 03:22:02 pm

That's a cool bow! ;)

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Post by: fiddler49 on May 07, 2014, 09:08:28 pm

Thanks again lads, I forgot to mention that I heat treated the belly of the limbs over my gas stove. cheers fiddler49

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Post by: fiddler49 on May 10, 2014, 12:16:12 am

I thinned down the bow tips to an Eiffel tower profile and put my monster hickory molly next to it for a side by side comparison. The red oak limbs are shooting fantastic!!!!!  cheers fiddler49