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Title: White oak flat bow
Post by: steve b. on December 04, 2015, 03:20:31 pm: One limb was straight and one deflexed and a little sideways. Took to the heat well. Late in the project I switched which limb was upper and so had to cut a little tip curve off the new lower to even their lengths but didn't want to re-flip it. Retillered and lost some weight so its down to about 40# at 26" but I'm pulling it to about 27". Handle moves a little as planned. Shoots great.

56" total
40@26"
Oregon white oak.
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Post by: steve b. on December 04, 2015, 03:21:17 pm: .
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Post by: Pat B on December 04, 2015, 03:23:23 pm: Nice little bow with a nice bend.
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Post by: riverrat on December 04, 2015, 03:33:58 pm: nice self bow.love bows like that! great job. Tony
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Post by: Badger on December 04, 2015, 03:38:56 pm: Nice job on that one!
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Post by: Onebowonder on December 04, 2015, 04:13:11 pm: Really like the curve on that one...

OneBow
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Post by: bubby on December 04, 2015, 04:25:34 pm: Nice!
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Post by: George Tsoukalas on December 04, 2015, 04:34:04 pm: Very nice! Congratulations! Jawge
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Post by: sieddy on December 04, 2015, 04:42:34 pm: Very nice Steve enjoy shooting it! :-)
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Post by: burchett.donald on December 04, 2015, 04:43:22 pm: Beautiful bend Steve! 8) Looks really balanced in your hand, nice shorty...Thanks for sharing and good to hear from you...Are you still working with Ocean Spray?
Don
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Post by: Badly Bent on December 04, 2015, 04:46:26 pm: Ya got that one working well, sweet bend on those limbs Steve.
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Post by: wizardgoat on December 04, 2015, 05:13:00 pm: Nice bow Steve! I need to give white oak another chance
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Post by: steve b. on December 04, 2015, 05:54:59 pm: Thanks everyone. Happy holidays.

Don! This bow is the result of my OS frustration. I picked up a hollow limb OS longbow that I had been working back in March. All that was left was to heat the 1" wide handle and align the limbs slightly. I hung at least 100# midway up one limb and had the handle ready to spontaneously combust but it would not move!
I moved on to the oak but then I thought later about thinning the handle more and going for it again.
I will. I'm working on a serviceberry bow right now.

Wizardgoat. Do it. Of the wood available to me I think I like oak the best, in terms of workability, looks, unbreakability, temperability, etc. I think it has real potential but you have to keep it dry like hickory.
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Post by: bowandarrow473 on December 04, 2015, 08:39:18 pm: Very nice bow, a pretty one!
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Post by: Carson (CMB) on December 05, 2015, 02:03:03 am: Very nice Steve. I need to look for some white oak. I love the bend on that thing.
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Post by: Springbuck on December 05, 2015, 02:39:54 pm: Yeah, your full draw pic looks great!
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Post by: Weylin on December 05, 2015, 09:56:39 pm: That's a sweet tiller! you really got that one bending. I bet it shoots great.
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Post by: IdahoMatt on December 05, 2015, 10:38:43 pm: Good job on that little bow man.
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Post by: rps3 on December 06, 2015, 09:36:38 am: Looks great Steve. I never tried white oak. There is plenty of it around here, I will have to keep my eye out for a workable sapling.
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Post by: Aaron H on December 07, 2015, 12:03:21 pm: Awesome little bow Steve, it has a sweet bend to it.
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Post by: Will B on December 07, 2015, 01:25:48 pm: Looks great. Very nice selfbow.