Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: duffontap on June 20, 2007, 11:32:20 pm
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Hello Everyone,
With the talk about 'D' bows I got inspired to post one that I built a few months back. I originally tillered this little Oceanspray stave to 50# @ 27" and it took almost 2" of set--not that I blame it--so I threw it aside for a couple months. I ended up laminating on a Yew belly and tillering it out for a birthday present for my wife Joy.
52" [?] nock to nock.
7/8" wide (no narrowed handle section).
3/8" tips with horn and Abalone overlays.
Leather over cork grip.
35# @ 25".
It's a zipply little shooter with the 1/4" doug fir arrow shaft pictured. Joy shoots it pretty well, but she can shoot anything well.
J. D. Duff
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Thats a cool little bow JD. ;D Interesting wood combo. I bet it does really zing them light little arrows! 8)
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She is a real beauty, the bow that is, well your wife's not bad either, ah shucks you know what I mean. ;D So did it lose the set when you laminated it with Yew?
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Looks great, the tiller looks good, whats your wife shooting at in the picture with her back to the camera?
VB
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That sure is a pretty bow Josh. I hope you didn't tell Joy it came out of the corner of shame. ;D I thought I was the only one that made those 1/4" arrows. Justin
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I like that one alot! As far as I can see, tiller looks great as well.
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Beautiful Bow J.D. The tips, cork grip and wood combo really make it snazzy. Full draw pic looks dead on. Whats she shooting at?
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Beautiful tiller on an interesting combo, Josh. Looks like a perfect fit for Joy. With her classic form I have no doubt she can shoot. ;) Pat
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Thanks a lot guys. This was a fun bow. To answer your questions:
The Yew helped a lot. It ended up with about 1" of set after shooting in--1/2" at rest. Interestingly, I kept tillering it out to weights that were too high but as I kept getting the Yew thinner and thinner it began to take set again. I'm happy with the results but more Yew might have made it a little quicker. Oceanspray is extremely strong in tension. I don't know if you could break an oceanspray self bow without extreme abuse.
She was shooting at a window. ;D ;D I was just trying to get a pic of the tiller with a neutral background.
Man, I forgot a braced shot.
Corner of shame. Yeah--that stave was a hearbreaker. It was the best Oceanspray stave I had cut up to that point and I seasoned it for a year and found a 12" split in the end. That's why the bow's so short.
Thanks again. I've been meaning to post that bow for months.
J. D. Duff
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That bow is a beauty, I love ocean spray when I can get it. Unebelievable how much it will bend. Steve
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I love to look at a perfect C tillered bow !!!! ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
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Very nice JD. She had to love that. :)
Pappy
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Wish Joy a belated Happy Birthday from all of us and tell her were jealous too. Really sweet bow JD I'm sure that one earned ya some points.
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That's a sweet lookin bow. Great work - just for fun ;)
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awesome bow jd
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That really is a nice shape... tiller ...Great idea about adding wood , something that's not usually considered... Love those d bows!!! ;D
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Great bow! I love the simple D-bows, and you've got a real nice one there.
Sean
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Thanks again everybody. I too like simple bows. This is one of the only laminated bows I've done but it was a very enjoyable project for sure. To be a little more revealing, I had originally built the bow with a thin antler belly that failed. That project had me really excited! When I ended up with a short self bow with and 1 1/2-2" of set I knew it wasn't worth finishing unless I did something different. I loved that stave so I'm glad it has been resurrected to the bow rack. Joy is always happy with the bows I make here but I think I could certianly do better for an everyday shooter. I have some Yew staves that have 'Joy's bows' written all over them. She just had our little girl 3 months ago so I'm finally getting my roving partner back. Soon I'll need to make a really little bow.
By the way--this little bow was intentionally made short enough to fit in the gun rack of my late F-150. I was doing 'husband and wife gun rack bows' but never got around to getting mine done.
Badger--you're right about oceanspray. You almost can't break it.
J. D. Duff
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J.D. Very nice bow, and thread for that matter. Gotta love that tiller shot. I have always wanted to try ocean spray too.
Rich
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Congrats on such a neat bow. Ocean spray, huh? Holodiscus discolor No way it would grow big enough around here in Western Montana. Its in the rose family which is often a reliable source of bow woods.
Very nice and bookmarked for backed bow of the month of June.
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Thanks guys,
Oceanspray grows fairly large around here. This one was only about 7/8" in diameter but I've cut it up to 2 1/4". It does grow slowly though. I have a primo stave that I plan to make a heavy bow out of soon.
Thanks again,
J. D. Duff
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That sure is a nice tiller on that bow JD. Good save.
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Thanks Gordon!
J. D.
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Thatīs for sure an EXCELLENT little bow Josh!!... :D ;)...
Congrats to your wife Joy to pose for the pics also... ;)..
Cheers mate, and keep up the good job!!
Asier.
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Josh nice bow. marlon
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Josh, its time to put a bow rack on the stroller. ;) Do you take Joy roving on the beach, and tell her it is a long walk on the beach. ;) Justin
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Thanks guys!
Justin--we do occasionally shoot on the beach but it tends to be so windy your arrows go all over the place. :o The cedar stumps in the woods are better.
J. D. Duff
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fine looking bow, JD!
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I like it a lot and hope it gets b.o.m. Gets my vote Kenneth
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Thanks Little John. Have you been working on anything lately?
J. D.
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Only in the oil field and hay field, but am getting a bit caught up, I have one of Manny's guava snake staves to work on and a small 1/2 osage pole that need attention. I have five days off for the fourth so will try to get back going and also do some scouting. Kenneth