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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: rkeltner on August 07, 2008, 06:00:52 am

Title: bethany's bow
Post by: rkeltner on August 07, 2008, 06:00:52 am

just the pics right now, i'll post the full description tomorrow!(http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/fixiter/bows016.jpg)(http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/fixiter/bows015.jpg)(http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/fixiter/bows012.jpg)(http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/fixiter/bows011.jpg)(http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/fixiter/bows010.jpg)(http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/fixiter/bows010.jpg)(http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/fixiter/bows008.jpg)(http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/fixiter/bows004.jpg)(http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/fixiter/bows002.jpg)(http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg290/fixiter/bows001.jpg)

Title: Re: bethany's bow
Post by: Pappy on August 07, 2008, 07:20:13 am

Sweet bow and cute gal.Can't start them to young.  :) Nice job.
   Pappy

Title: Re: bethany's bow
Post by: GregB on August 07, 2008, 08:11:22 am

She ought to like that one...she's getting it back plenty far enough. :)

Title: Re: bethany's bow
Post by: Justin Snyder on August 07, 2008, 10:15:03 am

Dont mess with her, she means business.  >:D Great job your doing there with those girls. Justin

Title: Re: bethany's bow
Post by: OldBow on August 07, 2008, 11:32:48 am

Got the cute full draw of Bethany bookmarked, too, for August Self BOM. Pretty Girl!
Also saved thread to Kids' Bows which PA might use for an upcoming article.

Title: Re: bethany's bow
Post by: cowboy on August 07, 2008, 11:37:15 am

Nice lookin bow and cutie :). Looks like she means business - i'd keep my distance ;D.

Title: Re: bethany's bow
Post by: Ryano on August 07, 2008, 12:14:14 pm

Wow!  :o If looks could kill.  ;D Thats a great picture....priceless she'll remember that one for years.

Title: Re: bethany's bow
Post by: Woodland Roamer on August 07, 2008, 02:28:21 pm

Yeah that's a mean looking full draw face!  :) Nice job!

Alan

Title: Re: bethany's bow
Post by: rkeltner on August 07, 2008, 02:51:51 pm

i'mn having fun readingthe comments on my daughter's bow!!! well i'm sure you want the vital statistics, though. her bow from a small hickory tree that i cut at a friend's house. in it's first build, it was whippy, week, and, well, weird! seriously, though, it has a knot in the lower limb that i figured would eventually lead to its failure. then i gave it to my daughter, planning to build a new bow when the knot cause it's eventual end. fast forward to about 6 months ago, when i tried something unusual, on my other daughter's bow. since it worked on angels bow (it's posted elsewhere as 'my daughter's bow'), i figured i try it on bethany's bow! the results are well beyond what i expected! before, no amount of super glue would keep the cracks from forming at the knot, the tiller was way off, and the lower limb would would periodically give a slight 'tick' (kind of like a time bomb). it had a low draw weight, which was o.k. for a little girl, but she would want something better when she got older. now she is very happy, as evedenced by the smile. the remedy for the previous problem consists of adding wood to the belly, lamination style. the solution was good! now, after a rawhide 'bandaid', the knot has been nicely stablized, the tiller is much better (not perfect, but livable), and it's silent when drawn to it's tillered draw of 43# at 28". best of all is the smile from my young archer!

Title: Re: bethany's bow
Post by: rkeltner on August 07, 2008, 02:57:57 pm

oh, the belly is made of mullberry, the hickory is stained purple (ok, it's a 9 yr olds bow), and the ends of the splints are wrapped with braided super fishline.

Title: Re: bethany's bow
Post by: DanaM on August 08, 2008, 09:22:50 am

Great bow and I wouldn't want to have that look directed my way :)