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Title: little red bow....not for BOM!
Post by: medicinewheel on August 12, 2008, 07:59:28 am

hi all!  -  this 53" ntn rattan bow made for a 10 year old boy was technically finished in less then 2 hours including dry heat bending the recurves and making a new string!
it pulls 35' at my 29" (!!!) draw and throws my 620gn/75#-spine arrows with a surprisingly remarkable authority!
pulled to 29" it shows 2" of follow that you simply pull out backwards after unbracing till limbs are straight again.
thanks for looking!
frank



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Post by: DanaM on August 12, 2008, 08:02:55 am
Dang Frank that ought to make him smil :)e, any chance of a picture of the lucky kid with the bow?
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Post by: ThimoS on August 12, 2008, 08:37:20 am
Wow that is just fantastic! Love the colors too.
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Post by: The Burnt Hill Archer on August 12, 2008, 09:06:08 am
wow that turned out nice! anybody of any age would be proud to have it. i like the nocks too, been seeing alot of thoes style around lately...i might have to try them.

Phil
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Post by: Justin Snyder on August 12, 2008, 10:34:19 am
That is a beautiful bow Frank.  I love the color and style.  Justin
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Post by: adb on August 12, 2008, 10:41:36 am
Wow! Cool bow. A very lucky kid!
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Post by: david w. on August 12, 2008, 11:05:54 am
THats awesome!  I bet he will be really happy :)
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Post by: Ryano on August 12, 2008, 11:07:13 am
Nice bow Frank. I love the style of your bows and this one is no exception.
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Post by: Pappy on August 12, 2008, 12:04:52 pm
Very cool I know he loved that. :)
   Pappy
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Post by: salad days on August 12, 2008, 02:08:42 pm
Very cool! Very asiatic looking. :)
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Post by: tom sawyer on August 12, 2008, 02:09:00 pm
Rattan is amazing stuff isn't it.  Very nice job, I didn't know it would take a heat bend.
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Post by: GregB on August 12, 2008, 02:18:05 pm
Once again another great looking bow you've turned out! I'm sure he will really enjoy it. ;)
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Post by: Pat B on August 12, 2008, 02:18:37 pm
Cool bow Frank. He ought to love it!   
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Post by: Woodland Roamer on August 12, 2008, 02:28:44 pm
That's a cool little bow Frank!

Alan
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Post by: Dano on August 12, 2008, 02:39:15 pm
Very nice work, we gotta see the youngin at full draw.
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Post by: PaulN/KS on August 12, 2008, 04:09:53 pm
Nice work! That is a VERY neat looking bow. BTW, where did you get the rattan from ?
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Post by: knightd on August 12, 2008, 05:25:28 pm
Nice little bow.. Looks like you have a couple tools out of place drawknife razor knife..lol..

David
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Post by: Adam Keiper on August 12, 2008, 06:16:04 pm
Finished in 2 hours?!!  Lawwwwd, I must be slow.  Nice little bow.  (Again, in 2 hours?!!)  Mao Tse Tung would be proud.   ;)
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Post by: mullet on August 12, 2008, 07:10:12 pm
 That is one, nice, looking bow Frank. That is going to be a happy yungin'.I'm with Adam,2 hours?, Whew.
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Post by: medicinewheel on August 12, 2008, 07:33:30 pm
oh wow! thanks everybody for all the nice comments!

YES, he did like the bow!

hey, can you guess what his favourite colour is?? (hint: it's not green!   ;D ;D ;D )

again thanks,

frank

ps: btw. his name is Luca

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Post by: Cromm on August 12, 2008, 07:51:44 pm
Very nice work......
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Post by: DanaM on August 12, 2008, 08:47:23 pm
Luca is one lucky kid Frank, thanks for posting the picture man I love seeing kids with bows :)
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Post by: Gordon on August 12, 2008, 10:44:28 pm
You made a sweet bow like that in 2 hours? You da man! 8)
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Post by: George Tsoukalas on August 12, 2008, 10:57:40 pm
Very, very nice. Great bow to give a child. Jawge
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Post by: Rich Saffold on August 12, 2008, 10:57:49 pm
Thats very cool! ;D
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Post by: medicinewheel on August 13, 2008, 04:24:52 am
well yes, to technically finish the bow did not take long at all! the finish work sure took way longer!!

heat-treating rattan is no problem at all; just a few minutes with the heatgun and it bends! i heated it some more when it was clamped down and worked on soon as i could touch it.

the recurves are ridgid, so they wont be pulled out!

in germany rattan (also called manau) is available from archery suppliers.

i had seen a guy with a similar bow with a cable backing, looked pretty much like an inuitbow. thatone had around 50# and he was happy with it!

thanks again, frank
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Post by: medicinewheel on September 13, 2008, 07:24:16 am
haven't had a chance to take a picture of Luca in full draw, yet, but today i was sent a picture of another boy named Felipe pulling a similar bow i made for him a while back. he loves it and i'd say his bearing looks great at full draw; he pulls close to 30# here and he is not the biggest guy!


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Post by: Marc St Louis on September 13, 2008, 08:20:56 am
Very nice looking bow Frank.  I'm sure he will be quite happy with that one
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Post by: cracker on September 13, 2008, 08:56:41 am
I'm impressed nice bow very nice bow.Ron
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Post by: cowboy on September 13, 2008, 10:13:28 am
Wow Frank! Wham bam - presto ;D. That is one cool looking little bow - love the finish work :).
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Post by: 1/2primitive on September 13, 2008, 10:48:17 am
Very nice bow, good job. Boys need weapons! ;D

It looks like you made it with the nodes facing outwards, if you had the outside on the belly, it probably would have taken less set.
It's a good bow none the less!
     Sean
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Post by: PeteC on September 13, 2008, 11:01:13 am
Frank,that is one very neat bow,and I'll bet Luca will wear it out. Good job!!!!!   God Bless
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Post by: medicinewheel on September 13, 2008, 01:05:15 pm

thanks all!
actually Sean the bow has not really taken much set, not even when i pull it to 29". i'll take pictures of the unstrung bow soon as i get a chance.
frank
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Post by: robbsbass on September 16, 2008, 05:56:23 pm
I'm sorry but, I'm sum impressed, You can build a bow like that in 2 hours and I have been working on my BL for months and I'm still not sure what I'm doing. Nice Job.

              Robb

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Post by: shortarrow on September 16, 2008, 09:36:58 pm
Thats a great looking little bow!
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Post by: medicinewheel on September 17, 2008, 02:11:28 am

thanks again!

robb, let me tell you: rattan is certainly not BL; it is almost impossible to blow a rattan bow!!!  ;D ;D ;D

frank
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Post by: Pappy on September 17, 2008, 05:50:30 am
Beautiful bow Frank,I love that and I know he dose.Tiller looks dead on. Very well done. :)
   Pappy
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Post by: medicinewheel on September 17, 2008, 06:17:45 am

thanks pappy!
i recently was asked to do a bow-making clinic at the local highschool next semester; the mother of one of those 3 boys from the neighbourhood teaches at that school and organized it.
frank

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Post by: Pappy on September 17, 2008, 07:23:06 am
Very cool,I do that for the boy scouts from time to time,can't beat working with the kids.
Thanks for passing it on. :)
   Pappy