Someone recently posted about making kid's bows. I just finished this one for my son, except for sealing it. It is 54" unstrung and only pulls about 16# at 18". He thinks it's pretty neat.
(http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg137/TroyHarkey/bowresized1.jpg)
(http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg137/TroyHarkey/lucasbow.jpg)
very handsome bow and boy. They will have a great time together. Great job. Dave
BTW, this is the first bow that I have ever done. I am in the process of making one for myself. This one is a simple oak with walnut backing, and the riser is alternating oak and walnut layers. I thought it came out pretty good for my first.
Also, when I went home to OK for Thanksgiving, I cut a nice 6" boise de arc / osage log. It is on my garage floor just waiting for me to dive into it. Its got some nice wide rings and a little built in deflex. After I finish this bow I'm making, I think I'll see if I can turn an osage log into a bow.
Ditto Eastern fisher. Only through encouragement of our youth will our passion remain alive. :clapper:
I even thought that when this bow becomes too small for him (poundage)I could add another backing layer to increase the poundage.
But, since it is my first, I think I'll just build him a new one and leave that one as is.
Way to go.I'm sure they will have lots of fun together.
p.m. sent.
Is this made out of typical hardware store grade lumber? I am wondering if you could pass along some build info as i'd like to build a bow just like that for my 4 year old and then one for my 3 year old aswell. Thanks Jason
it looks pretty neet to me to. loyd
Yes, it is made from a piece of oak from Lowes. Look for a good strait grained piece with few or no runouts. I think it was a 1"X2" when I bought it. The oak is 1/4" thick all the way out and is backed by walnut that is only about 3/16 thick. I got the walnut from a friend. I cut them down to thickness on my bandsaw. The riser is made of 2 alternating layers of oak and walnut and is 11" long. The bow is 54" unstrung and 49" ntn strung. The limbs are just a fraction over 1 1/4 wide at the fade and taper evenly to 1/2 at the nock. Though you might not see it in the pic, I did put a little wood on the tips as overlays. Really it was very simple and fun to make and came out nice. I bet it doesn't weigh half a pound if that.