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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Shooter on June 08, 2008, 11:41:56 pm

Title: Boo/Hickory ELB
Post by: Shooter on June 08, 2008, 11:41:56 pm

I don't get a lot of time to be on the computer what with work and life and all. This is definitely my favorite place to visit and read through as many threads as I can, though.

I finished this bow last week and have managed to get a few hundred shots into it since. It's a hickory board backed with laminated boo.

It took quite a bit of set, as you can see, but I'm happy with it since it's my first successful longbow and it shoots great with very consistant groups. I used purpleheart for the nocks and an inlaid shelf/striker/finger groove. Sorry about the poor quality pics. It was so sunny that day that I couldn't see the image on the camera's screen, so I was shooting blind and my pic skills are pretty lame as it is. I held the bow while my son took the full-draw pic.

It's 72" o/a and 70 1/2" nock to nock. It came in right around 75# at 30" and is braced to 6".

Thanks for looking,

Bruce



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Title: Re: Boo/Hickory ELB
Post by: radius on June 08, 2008, 11:53:26 pm

good goin, man, i like the way you did the tips!

Title: Re: Boo/Hickory ELB
Post by: Shooter on June 09, 2008, 12:02:15 am

Thanks, radius. I wasn't really sure where I was going with them but they turned out pretty good 8)

Title: Re: Boo/Hickory ELB
Post by: Pat B on June 09, 2008, 12:20:36 am

I'd say your bow came out very nice. Not that much set either, especially for 75#@30".  A simple design with nice bling bling!  ;D  The tips and arrow pass are quite nice. 8)
   I have made bows with hickory backed lam boo but never the way you laid it up. Maybe I made mine wrong! ::)     Pat

Title: Re: Boo/Hickory ELB
Post by: adb on June 09, 2008, 02:03:04 am

Very nice looking bow. The tiller looks terrific.

Title: Re: Boo/Hickory ELB
Post by: NOMADIC PIRATE on June 09, 2008, 07:42:36 am

Let me see if I got this right,... you baked it with bamboo floring ?

I've being thinking to do this for a while but I was never sure if it would work.

good job regardless on that bow, ..but you might wanna think to round the corners a bit

Title: Re: Boo/Hickory ELB
Post by: Pappy on June 09, 2008, 08:50:24 am

Nice job on that one,love the tips and tiller looks nice also,wished I could pull 75 lb.  :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Boo/Hickory ELB
Post by: Hillbilly on June 09, 2008, 09:04:42 am

Good looking bow, but like Manny said, it's a bit square. I believe I'd do some serious rounding on those edges. Looks like you nailed the tiller, nice bend on it.

Title: Re: Boo/Hickory ELB
Post by: Gordon on June 09, 2008, 10:31:28 am

I like the tips and the tiller looks right on. The string follow doesn't look bad for a bow of that weight.

Title: Re: Boo/Hickory ELB
Post by: akila on June 09, 2008, 07:34:22 pm

a verry nice bow i realy like it....and yess the set its not bad at all....nice job....

Title: Re: Boo/Hickory ELB
Post by: Shooter on June 09, 2008, 08:46:51 pm

Thank you for your comments, gents.

And thanks, Nomadic Pirate and Hillbilly for the advice. I'll make sure to do that from now on.

Bruce

Title: Re: Boo/Hickory ELB
Post by: radius on June 09, 2008, 09:27:15 pm

from now on?!  Dude, it's not too late to do it now!

Title: Re: Boo/Hickory ELB
Post by: Justin Snyder on June 10, 2008, 01:11:53 am

Great looking bow. I love the inlayed arrow rest.  Justin

Title: Re: Boo/Hickory ELB
Post by: Shooter on June 12, 2008, 08:21:37 pm

Thanks, Justin

It was good to know the set wasn't as bad as I thought. Thanks, guys. I'm not stressin over it anymore 8)

And I did round the edges off the back.

Bruce

Title: Re: Boo/Hickory ELB
Post by: OldBow on June 13, 2008, 11:45:35 am

Great looking laminate! and bookmarked for June Laminate BOM, too.