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Main Boards => The Bowyer's Bench => Topic started by: bubby on February 12, 2017, 10:56:00 AM
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Nice job, I thought you were building mostly selfies now...? How many shots do you normally do with these board creations.?
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Again that is a nice red oak bow :)
Wolftrail - it pretty much is a selfbow? I'll suggest an answer on Bubby behalf....as many shots as any other bow?? Why would you not? It looks to me like a very nicely made bow.
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Very nice.
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Nicely done!
Bubby, I see you're in Red Bluff. I've had bad luck so far with the red oak at Home Depot -- pretty brittle stuff here in the Central Valley. My maple bow is holding up very well but my red oak bows have both snapped within the first 100 shots. I assume all HD's probably supply from the same company. Are you getting your red oak from HD or do you have a better source up there?
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That's a nice one! I'm in the process of building an "easy" board bow out of red oak.
Can you share some more details? Steam bent re-curves? Did you heat treat?
I'm very interested. It looks like your bow took very little set. Well Done!
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Thanks Mike and it is a selfbow, i expect years of shooting from my bows, i actually double posted this accidentally somehow
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I steam/boiled the curves for about 45 mins i think and no heat treat. Just good floor tiller for low set, i went straight from floor tiller to 5" brace on this one
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Bubby, looks great. Very well done. Jawge
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I'm even more impressed that it's unbacked. A lot of people say that the back can't be violated and so on or else your bow will fail but I disagree. Good on you!
Just curious, do you know what the cast on this bow is?
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Do you always shoot that right handed bow lefty
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I always shoot lefty, even when i build a righty
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You are the master at these bows, lefty righty that is a tough one no doubt. :eek:
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Lol, wolftrail your DC right?
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Nice build Buddy.
I finished a similar red oak bow last month. No backing, cut to center, 45# @ 28 and 66" npn. It's a snappy, fun bow to shoot.
Thanks for sharing.
-Tim
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Looks great!