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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: fiddler49 on May 29, 2015, 03:43:13 am

Title: vine maple bow
Post by: fiddler49 on May 29, 2015, 03:43:13 am

A friend gave me a vine maple stave about 10 years ago and I finally got around to making it into a bow. It had about 4 inches of de flex and some twist, which I removed most of with a heat gun. Bark was left on so I had to grind it off with angle grinder. It is 64 inches long, bend in the handle with simple side nocks, pulls about 45 lbs. I stained it with a blue Rite dye and rubbed some paste wax over it. Shot it this week end at our trad Memorial day gathering, 40 3-D targets. I probably shot 3 to 4 arrows at every target. The bow held up fine even drawing it my 31.5 inches. cheers fiddler49

(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/fiddler49/alaska%20vine%20maple%20bow/P6190011_zpsvcwzteyo.jpg)

(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/fiddler49/alaska%20vine%20maple%20bow/P6190012_zps1par99n9.jpg)

(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/fiddler49/alaska%20vine%20maple%20bow/P6200013_zpsyklhkmra.jpg)

(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/fiddler49/alaska%20vine%20maple%20bow/P6200014_zpsekoxbzhm.jpg)

(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/fiddler49/alaska%20vine%20maple%20bow/P6200016_zps6lfpmgza.jpg)

(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/fiddler49/alaska%20vine%20maple%20bow/P6200017_zpsdyfgz83c.jpg)

(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/fiddler49/alaska%20vine%20maple%20bow/P6200018_zps5bmblvyi.jpg)


(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/fiddler49/alaska%20vine%20maple%20bow/P6260001_zpswhxikemg.jpg)

(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/fiddler49/alaska%20vine%20maple%20bow/P6260002_zpscf9nhadz.jpg)

(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/fiddler49/alaska%20vine%20maple%20bow/P6260003_zps88jktok6.jpg)

(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/fiddler49/alaska%20vine%20maple%20bow/P6260004_zpsxgrnt64q.jpg)
 there is still 2 inches of de-flex
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/fiddler49/alaska%20vine%20maple%20bow/P6260005_zpsai0mcxx2.jpg)

(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/fiddler49/alaska%20vine%20maple%20bow/P6260006_zps00agswtn.jpg)

(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/fiddler49/alaska%20vine%20maple%20bow/P6260010_zpsvldwjox5.jpg)
I did another round of heat gun and removed the de-flex
(http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/fiddler49/alaska%20vine%20maple%20bow/P6260011_zps70dbiopf.jpg)

no hand tools were harmed or used on this bow!!! lol

Title: Re: vine maple bow
Post by: Pappy on May 29, 2015, 04:37:55 am

Looks like a shooter to me. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: vine maple bow
Post by: bow101 on May 29, 2015, 09:22:39 am

Tiller looks good, thats quite a draw ya got there.

Title: Re: vine maple bow
Post by: tattoo dave on May 29, 2015, 07:49:29 pm

Nice lookin bow! Never messed with vine maple. Keep up the good work!

Tattoo dave

Title: Re: vine maple bow
Post by: Gordon on May 30, 2015, 02:26:29 pm

Frankly I'm surprised it has held together this long after taking a grinder to the back. Good luck.