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Offline DustinDees

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hickory board bow
« on: October 03, 2010, 01:51:55 am »
I got asked to do a bow recently for a boss. he has shot wheelie bows up untill recently he shot a friends long bow and was instantly hooked. i told him i could make him a decent flatbow and here she is. 65"  pulls 47@28  horn tips and zebra wood stripe in the riser. i dont have a pic of the brace height but its fistmelee* (spelling) and man does she sling em. As always criticism and critiques welcome, you dont improve if you dont hear em.





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Re: hickory board bow
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2010, 05:49:01 pm »
THats nice :)
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Offline Thwackaddict

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Re: hickory board bow
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2010, 09:57:06 pm »
thats a nice bow.very unique grip how long is the grip.Looks kinda compact and round.tips look excellent wish i could get mine that slick ;)
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Re: hickory board bow
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2010, 10:02:35 pm »


Nice.

Is it safe to remove that much wood at the pass and grip? Just asking.

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Offline half eye

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Re: hickory board bow
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2010, 10:44:28 pm »
Dustin,
     Well crafted bow, nice tiller, curious as to the wood....looks like what I use....quartersawn ash, oak, maybe? Just curious because your clear finish brought the grain out very nicely.
rich
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Re: hickory board bow
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2010, 12:46:09 am »
colejack3 thank you very much.

Thwackaddict thank you the riser is about 6.5" start of the fade up to the end.

PeteDavis thank you. I have done 2 of these risers before and have no prob with the grip. i leave it at least 2 times as thick as the thickest bending part of the limbs and never go less than half width, i figure with those specs it should hold about 4 times the draw with the formula given for tillering. 2 times as thick is 8 times stronger, 2 times width is 2 times stronger.

half eye thank you. The bow itself is from a hickory board the stripe in the riser is zebra wood. This has to be the shiniest bow i have made yet and the tru-oil definitely brings out the grain in all the woods i have used it on.

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Dustin D
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: hickory board bow
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2010, 11:03:51 am »
Very nicely done! Congratulations on a fine bow. Jawge
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Offline Steve Milbocker

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Re: hickory board bow
« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2010, 11:24:48 am »
Nice Dustin.
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Offline Parnell

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Re: hickory board bow
« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2010, 11:38:04 am »
That looks very nice - the tiller is very even.  I'm wondering about the cut out, do you have any trouble with the fletchingbeing compressed or hitting at that type of an angle?  I really like the zebrawood layer.  Nice bow!
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Offline Josh

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Re: hickory board bow
« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2010, 10:56:01 pm »
Nice bow Dustin!  We'll look at it again in a few days for October BOM contest.  :)
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Offline Keenan

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Re: hickory board bow
« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2010, 11:24:05 pm »
 Very nice Dustin. How about a close up of those nice looking tips.
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« Reply #11 on: October 29, 2010, 12:03:32 am »
 Very nice bow, Dustin, your boss ought to be real proud to have such a gift. My only recommendation would be to bring the hand grip section of the riser higher, so the Index finger is as close to the shelf as you can get. This gives you more control and accuracy.
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Re: hickory board bow
« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2010, 04:07:17 am »
 Beautiful
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Offline TBod

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Re: hickory board bow
« Reply #13 on: October 29, 2010, 03:04:28 pm »
Cool bow! Is the limbs pyramid shaped?

Like that tiller a lot, starts bending immediately out of the fades that takes skill to pull of.
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« Reply #14 on: October 29, 2010, 05:18:22 pm »
Love that tiller.
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