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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: JWMALONE on January 25, 2018, 09:49:18 am

Title: First Hickory bow
Post by: JWMALONE on January 25, 2018, 09:49:18 am

Hello Guys and Gals. This is my first hickory bow and my 4th successful build. I bought this online from a not so well know vendor a few months ago it was cheap. The board was 1.5 by 1 by 71. Now it is 67 inches t2t, 1 3/8 wide at the fade parallel for 8 inches tapering to .5 at the  nocks. The glue on riser in cedar, its a tad under 12 inches and sits on 13/16ths of hickory the hickory makes up the last inch of riser at 14 inches. The handle is 7/8 wide 1.5/8 thick, fades are right at 4 inches. #58 @28. Sealed it with several coats of mineral oil (experiment) and a lil charcoal, nothing fancy blue collar working bow. Gizmo and yard stick says its good tiller pic looks off but its right. The issue I had with it was a twist, the grain as viewed from the end made a sharp 90? this limb developed a twist which threw the string off. I tillered, I heated, I filed nocks but it kept coming back like Rocky Balboa after Apollo Creed. So I will live with it. It was the top limb so I flipped it over made it the bottom so that the string is closer to strike plate. Put a couple hundred arrows through it this morning, shoots pretty good twist and all no hand shock, the string tracks consistently in a line so what the hey. Overall I'm happy, it will sling an arrow were I'm looking and bury a zwickey to the fletch in my hay bail. Okay the hay bail is a lil worn but it buries them like my #55 glass recurve.
        Thanks for the help Guys.
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Ever wonder why hillbillies flip the front brim up their hat straight up, now ya know.

Title: Re: First Hickory bow
Post by: Pat B on January 25, 2018, 09:53:36 am

Looks good, John. Congratulations!   Don't worry about a little twist. It won't hurt anything.     :BB (-S (SH)
 I like hand rubbed oil/charcoal with hickory. Makes a nice coloration for a hickory bow.

Title: Re: First Hickory bow
Post by: JWMALONE on January 25, 2018, 09:56:34 am

Things like that keep me up at night. Been a problem of mine my whole life, but my customers love me so I use it to my advantage.

Title: Re: First Hickory bow
Post by: High-Desert on January 25, 2018, 10:57:48 am

That looks like a "put meat on the table bow." Great job on this bow.

Title: Re: First Hickory bow
Post by: George Tsoukalas on January 25, 2018, 12:12:49 pm

Look great! Well done. Jawge

Title: Re: First Hickory bow
Post by: Parnell on January 25, 2018, 12:15:08 pm

Looks fine to me!  Nicely done.

Title: Re: First Hickory bow
Post by: JWMALONE on January 25, 2018, 12:35:20 pm

I entered in the BOM contest, don't think ill ever get my picture on the cover of the Rolling Stone but PA is more my speed anyhow.

Title: Re: First Hickory bow
Post by: Hawkdancer on January 25, 2018, 02:38:18 pm

Looks good to me!  I hope mine turns out nearly as well!
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: First Hickory bow
Post by: burchett.donald on January 25, 2018, 03:28:17 pm

 JW,
          Really nice even bend and love the stiff outers, looks balanced in your hand...Nice unstrung profile for Hickory also, especially at bow #4 ! You should be proud buddy... (SH)  Looking forward to your Hickory stave build...
                                    Don

Title: Re: First Hickory bow
Post by: Yard Dog on January 25, 2018, 04:34:36 pm

Good job !!! Fine looking bow !!

Title: Re: First Hickory bow
Post by: Yorec on January 25, 2018, 11:45:44 pm

Nice. I’d love to try hickory!

Title: Re: First Hickory bow
Post by: M2A on January 26, 2018, 09:12:25 am

Nice Job. Good looking bow.
Mike