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Offline Tim M

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My first bow
« on: March 11, 2019, 06:44:12 pm »
Trying to post, but cannot see the weird letters, and cannot her them either.
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Offline Tim M

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2019, 06:54:51 pm »
Got it to work on Chrome. Do I have to do a verification every time I want to post? That will slow me down...

Anyway, my first post. I always loved archery. Back in the 80s I used to shoot a compound, but then I went overseas and basically gave it up (except for teaching a Boy Scout merit badge course for my son's troop in Bangkok). Now I'm back, and the wealth of online videos got me interested. Luckily, I also have a background busting logs and riving clapboard (also back in the late 80s), so I'm a fair hand with an axe and drawknife.

So I cut and split some osage and made most of a bow. After initial tillering, I braced the bow, then, unthinkingly, and showing off to my wife, I pulled it down to where I hd pulled it with the (very loose) tillering string, and broke it. Oh well...

I need practice, so for my next effort I took a small scrap and used it to make a kids bow for my niece. It pulls about 13.5 pounds. Here are a couple pictures.

Now I'm working on a 74 inch warbow. I roughed it to the average dimensions of a Mary Rose bow, and it is quite stout!. I'll be working it down from there a lot, but figured that would be a fun place to start
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2019, 07:32:14 pm »
Welcome to PA Tim. You won't have to keep doing the verification thing. It goes away after a few post. They do that to keep the spammers off.
Congratulations on your first bow. Nothing like letting that first arrow fly. I hope you keep building and improving them.
Bjrogg
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Offline Sidewinder

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2019, 07:43:51 pm »
Welcome to the site. Good job on that kids bow. Keep em coming. I like the way you go from one extreme to another. Should be an interesting journey.
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Offline Deerhunter21

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2019, 08:35:19 pm »
Welcome to PA! People here are very kind and have lots of experience! Happy bow making!
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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2019, 03:55:16 am »
Welcome to PA. That’s a nice looking bow! Good job on your first!

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Offline Pappy

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2019, 05:02:11 am »
Welcome, looks like a nice job on a kids bow, sometimes they are tougher than a adult bow at least for me they are. :)
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Offline ohma2

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2019, 08:55:47 am »
Welcome  and nice little bow.
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Offline Tim M

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2019, 10:53:35 am »
Thank you all for the kind remarks and encouragement. I'm well into my longbow, and enjoying that, but think I should let it dry a while before tillering. I still have a few of the osage staves to de-bark, and I need to make a string for the kid's bow, so perhaps I'll do that first. I guess I can also rough out another flat bow. I broke th efirst one I tried, but learned a lot.

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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2019, 11:09:05 am »
Welcome aboard, Tim!  These folks have a wealth of knowledge to share and do so willingly.  You can also get some free humor now and then!
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2019, 03:33:32 pm »
Welcome! Nicely done on that bow. Jawge
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #11 on: March 12, 2019, 03:45:15 pm »
Nice shape!
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Offline Loganic

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2019, 04:33:20 pm »
I like the bow! Very nice for a kid's one. For 13# I would have just found a stick in the woods and put a string on it, but that's a really nice looking piece.

I'm looking forward to seeing your warbow! Godspeed :BB
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Offline backtowood B2W

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Re: My first bow
« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2019, 03:36:29 am »
nice little bow!
i´m stunned with the newbie´s lately
welcome
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