It's a go , glue lines look pretty good ...

Quote from: mmattockx on June 15, 2025, 09:54:47 AMFor what? Lams, board bows, something else? Are they oak? What size?

Grain is very straight and the ring orientation isn't too bad. With the rings going through at an angle you may get a bit of limb twist through the draw but that isn't the end of the world overall. Unless you're trying for a world beating flight bow I expect those boards will make decent middle of the road bows. I'd certainly be happy to use them.


Mark

Sorry. I am trying to make a bow to hunt with. Board bow. I have some bamboo I was going to back with on one of them. They are red oak.

Me, awkward?  Never.

Unless it was the time I'd been hunting hard high up in the Rockies and having zero success - so I grumpily trudged back to camp, took off my boots, got a hot cup of coffee and sat down to whine about how 'they just aren't biting today'.

That's right when a fat and sassy cow elk came trotting THRU our camp.

And me there unarmed and in my socks. 

That's when I knew God had a sense of humor and I needed a hot cup of humility.

AJ

For what? Lams, board bows, something else? Are they oak? What size?

Grain is very straight and the ring orientation isn't too bad. With the rings going through at an angle you may get a bit of limb twist through the draw but that isn't the end of the world overall. Unless you're trying for a world beating flight bow I expect those boards will make decent middle of the road bows. I'd certainly be happy to use them.


Mark

I seem to like 45# and up. I had a chance to swap my lighter Shelton for one 3-4 pounds heavier. I hope that isn't a mistake down the road.

To all of you, natural, step, adoptive, foster, grand and great - a very happy Father's Day!

The greatest joy a man can have, is to know some small part of him is thought well of by his children.

So, what makes you think it is a 1959 bow. I'm guessing it a 1969.

Hilarious moments in hunting. You got any?

One of my best ones was when I was bowhunting in the end of October. It was a really cold day. 

I was using my Heater body suit. I was toasty warm, sitting on a three legged stool.

I fell asleep and rolled off the stool, ending up face down on the ground. I was on a slope and my head was lower than my body. I had a heck of a time getting up right.

Cool Video, looked like a great time!

Another good reference for arrow shaft tuning, scroll down to bare shaft testing.

https://www.fenderarchery.com/blogs/archery-info/basic-tuning