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Offline 1/2primitive

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Cedar D-bow
« 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. :)
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Re: Cedar D-bow
« Reply #1 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..
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Re: Cedar D-bow
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2008, 09:55:02 pm »
Nice job Sean.
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Re: Cedar D-bow
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2008, 09:56:06 pm »
Here are the tips.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Cedar D-bow
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2008, 10:11:27 pm »
Outstanding bow! Great tiller. Jawge
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Re: Cedar D-bow
« Reply #5 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?
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Offline PeteC

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Re: Cedar D-bow
« Reply #6 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
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Re: Cedar D-bow
« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2008, 11:11:17 pm »
Nice work!

Offline Pat B

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Re: Cedar D-bow
« Reply #8 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
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Re: Cedar D-bow
« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2008, 05:56:41 am »
Looks good to me,nice tiller .Well done. :)
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Offline DanaM

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Re: Cedar D-bow
« Reply #10 on: September 12, 2008, 07:22:40 am »
Really nice D bow sean, Tiller is excellent :)
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Re: Cedar D-bow
« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2008, 07:46:26 am »

really nice tiller on this bow!
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Re: Cedar D-bow
« Reply #12 on: September 12, 2008, 08:27:12 am »
Great job on a challenging wood, turned out really nice! :)
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Re: Cedar D-bow
« Reply #13 on: September 12, 2008, 07:43:47 pm »
Sweet bow! Looks like a good meat-maker to me.

Offline 1/2primitive

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Re: Cedar D-bow
« Reply #14 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. :)
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