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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: 1/2primitive on September 11, 2008, 09:45:52 pm

Title: Cedar D-bow
Post by: 1/2primitive on September 11, 2008, 09:45:52 pm

I haven't posted a bow here in a while, mostly because I was having a bit of trouble with the pictures.
Anyway, here is a bow that I made sometime last year, but, like most of my bows, it got modified. ;D   I had been wanting to make a bow using the tie-on nocks descibed in the Bowyer's Bible, Vol. 2, and this one drew the short straw. ;)
I ended up cutting it down from 60" to about 57" ntn. It now draws a round 50lb@27", and shoots rather well, despite it's slightly excessive set. The tips of the bow were tapered to a point (though not too small, because cedar is not a very dense wood), and an extra long string was tied onto both ends. It works great, and was very simple to do.

Pics of the tips to come.

Here it is, hope you like it. :)
    Sean

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Title: Re: Cedar D-bow
Post by: El Destructo on September 11, 2008, 09:49:05 pm

                   Looks Good Sean....I like Cedar....got losts of Spring to it....even thiough it will take a bit of Set..

Title: Re: Cedar D-bow
Post by: Dano on September 11, 2008, 09:55:02 pm

Nice job Sean.

Title: Re: Cedar D-bow
Post by: 1/2primitive on September 11, 2008, 09:56:06 pm

Here are the tips.
    Sean

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Title: Re: Cedar D-bow
Post by: George Tsoukalas on September 11, 2008, 10:11:27 pm

Outstanding bow! Great tiller. Jawge

Title: Re: Cedar D-bow
Post by: cowboy on September 11, 2008, 10:20:05 pm

I sure don't see nothin wrong with that Sean - like George said outstanding :)! Tiller is spot on - and love that quiver full of arra's ;D. I see your still using the same armguard and glove (like me ::))- Bass pro, or Cabela's?

Title: Re: Cedar D-bow
Post by: PeteC on September 11, 2008, 10:41:33 pm

Very nice cedar bow Sean.My last attempt with cedar was looking great to 20",then KABOOM!!.It went off like a pistol in my shop.Great job on the tiller too!!    God Bless

Title: Re: Cedar D-bow
Post by: shortarrow on September 11, 2008, 11:11:17 pm

Nice work!

Title: Re: Cedar D-bow
Post by: Pat B on September 12, 2008, 12:05:54 am

Great little cedar sapwood bow Sean. I've seen two and was impressed by both. Got one in my future!!!  8)     Pat

Title: Re: Cedar D-bow
Post by: Pappy on September 12, 2008, 05:56:41 am

Looks good to me,nice tiller .Well done. :)
   Pappy

Title: Re: Cedar D-bow
Post by: DanaM on September 12, 2008, 07:22:40 am

Really nice D bow sean, Tiller is excellent :)

Title: Re: Cedar D-bow
Post by: medicinewheel on September 12, 2008, 07:46:26 am

really nice tiller on this bow!
frank

Title: Re: Cedar D-bow
Post by: GregB on September 12, 2008, 08:27:12 am

Great job on a challenging wood, turned out really nice! :)

Title: Re: Cedar D-bow
Post by: Kegan on September 12, 2008, 07:43:47 pm

Sweet bow! Looks like a good meat-maker to me.

Title: Re: Cedar D-bow
Post by: 1/2primitive on September 12, 2008, 08:19:04 pm

Thank you for the kind words. It is a pretty nice bow, but I've got a new favorite. I'll post it in a couple of days. :)
     Sean

Title: Re: Cedar D-bow
Post by: Pat B on September 12, 2008, 08:40:23 pm

Sean, How big was the stave you made this bow with? It looks like it came from a small diameter tree.    Pat

Title: Re: Cedar D-bow
Post by: Woodland Roamer on September 12, 2008, 10:26:45 pm

Good looking bow Sean, tilller looks great. I like the looks of that cedar.

Alan

Title: Re: Cedar D-bow
Post by: Justin Snyder on September 12, 2008, 10:43:33 pm

Nice bow there Sean.  Justin

Title: Re: Cedar D-bow
Post by: 1/2primitive on September 13, 2008, 10:58:07 am

Thanks again, guys.
Pat, the branch (it was from a tree that branched out near the ground, leaving a double forked tree) that it was from was about 3" in diameter. Maybe a little bigger. So no, it wasn't very large. I split it in half, and this was the cleanest piece.
     Sean

Title: Re: Cedar D-bow
Post by: OldBow on September 13, 2008, 01:17:38 pm

Primitive! That's what I like. Nicely done and a Very nice candidate for Sept Self Bow of the Month!