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Title: another board bow
Post by: stretch2 on July 09, 2009, 01:50:00 AM

ok here is another bow i built. this one i hunt with. it is a hickory backed red oak board bow. its 55 lb  and 72 inches ntn. i got the hickory from three rivers and just used tb3 to glue it up. i love making and shooting these things. i think i have the bug. i would like to try a homegard next, can you do that with red oak? let me know what you guys think  (http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss185/stretch2/DSCN0707.jpg) (http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss185/stretch2/DSCN0708.jpg) (http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss185/stretch2/DSCN0709.jpg) (http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss185/stretch2/DSCN0712.jpg) (http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss185/stretch2/DSCN0713.jpg)

Title: Re: another board bow
Post by: Kevin Breaux on July 09, 2009, 04:00:00 AM

Brandon, great job pard, keep it up!  :clapper:    :clapper:    :clapper:

Title: Re: another board bow
Post by: Springbuck on July 09, 2009, 08:01:00 PM

Hi, Brandon.  We're neighbors, kinda, I'm from UT, too.....  I like that bow...

  Yes, you can make a red oak Holmegaard.  My favorite design in oak was very wide (+ 2") with only a little side taper in the inner bending portion...2/3:1/3 ratio of bending to stiff.. oak needed to be wide and thin there to avoid set..

Title: Re: another board bow
Post by: Dano on July 09, 2009, 08:15:00 PM

Nice job Brandon, keep up the good work.