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bowkee

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bamboom target bow
« on: April 14, 2010, 03:45:52 am »
Hi all, I bought this bamboo pole for 5$ and made this Target Bow.
The Bow weighs in at 30#@28 64ntn.
All bamboo trilam, I glued the Planks with TB3.
The walls of the boo were not very thick to get a higher # Bow and the nodes are spaced about 14"
I got a set of about 2" because of that other than that it's a kind shooter.
The backing and String are Hemp or flax Fibers from a Floor mat, they are real long fibers are about 2 foot long and strong.


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Re: bamboom target bow
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2010, 06:45:12 am »
Nice looking bow,tiller looks great. :)
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« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2010, 07:57:41 am »
Looks good. Like the handle & hemp backing.
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« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2010, 08:35:11 am »
Nice bow Phillip and very creative use of materials :)
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Offline Orkraider

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Re: bamboom target bow
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2010, 11:45:34 am »
that looks sweet! very cool. and from a $5 pole, I love it =)
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Re: bamboom target bow
« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2010, 03:38:49 pm »
Beautiful!  What was the diameter of the pole?
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Re: bamboom target bow
« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2010, 04:31:39 pm »
that's pretty awesome man.   :)  Nice bow
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Offline mox1968

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Re: bamboom target bow
« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2010, 06:11:15 pm »
looks cool very primitive looking
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Re: bamboom target bow
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2010, 06:20:33 pm »
Quote from: zenmonkeyman on April 14, 2010, 03:38:49 pm
Beautiful!  What was the diameter of the pole?
the pole was just under 3" and had cracks horizontal so I had to cut in between those.
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Re: bamboom target bow
« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2010, 11:27:10 pm »
i like that bow :)
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Re: bamboom target bow
« Reply #10 on: April 15, 2010, 12:20:44 am »
This is a site for Primitive Archery and you've honored it with this bow. Bookmarked, too, for April Self BOM fun.
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Re: bamboom target bow
« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2010, 02:20:02 pm »
Thanks all, I try to use all natural, was gonna use hide glue for the lam and backing but was not sure if that would holdup with the boo.
Thanks for the Honor.
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