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Offline Matt S.

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Re: Red Oak Board Bow Cook Off
« Reply #135 on: July 22, 2011, 11:57:25 am »
Quote from: toomanyknots on July 21, 2011, 05:54:39 pm
Menards carries 2 x 2 and 3 x 3 red oak boards (or staves I guess) if you wanted to make a d section yumi... or if anyone just wanted to make a d section bow.

I love the Menards near my brother's house, they have red oak, maple, walnut, cherry and hickory. To bad we don't have any Menards in KY.

I've gotten my bow to the late floor tillering stage. Won't have time to work on it this weekend as we're going camping.
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Re: Red Oak Board Bow Cook Off
« Reply #136 on: July 22, 2011, 12:42:18 pm »
No work from me either this weekend. Too dang hot and were going camping too and sitting/playing in a river all weekend.
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Re: Red Oak Board Bow Cook Off
« Reply #137 on: July 22, 2011, 12:48:27 pm »
I think I might take a break from carving and printing sometime this weekend and at least finish the one bow and maybe start on the other.
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Re: Red Oak Board Bow Cook Off
« Reply #138 on: July 23, 2011, 12:31:03 am »
i am still working on mine.i have to work out in the yard and it has been 100 degrees here.so things have been slow.i've got the limbs bending a little.i am going to try and get it on the longstring tomarrow.i'll keep at it and do the best i can fellas,steve
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Offline MWirwicki

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Re: Red Oak Board Bow Cook Off
« Reply #139 on: July 23, 2011, 01:26:44 pm »
The "little woman" went away on a girls weekend.  Tubing, camping, giggling, you know... girlie-girl stuff.  The boy went to Grandma & Grandpa's house.  I'm home alone - hooray!

I'm down in the bowshop, of course.  I sanded 2 bows ready for finish, fletched and tipped a special arrow and now I'm working on my Red Oak Board Bow.  Me thinks I'll do some tip overlays.  Oh, did I give away my progress?

Huh?  Did you think that I'd be mowing the lawn, or something?
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Re: Red Oak Board Bow Cook Off
« Reply #140 on: July 23, 2011, 03:15:05 pm »
Nice matt looks sweet I just picked my board up I'm so exited but worried I had a bad selection to choose from I hope it don't pop a splinter  :-\ hopefully by next weekend il be on the short string
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Offline MWirwicki

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Re: Red Oak Board Bow Cook Off
« Reply #141 on: July 23, 2011, 04:05:30 pm »
Thanks, Skyarrow!  Good luck with yours.  I got lucky, there was one good board in the whole bunch.  I wanted to find two, just in case. 

Red, tillered quickly.  She's a bow!  Shot 330fps.  Yeah right... :laugh:   
Sanding:  Done!    Tip Overlays:  Done!      Finish:  Underway...
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Re: Red Oak Board Bow Cook Off
« Reply #142 on: July 23, 2011, 08:48:03 pm »
i'm with you skyarrow.i had a hard time finding a good board.plus i suck at making bows.i got mine on the longstring today.everything is going well so far.i made a tillering gizmo last night and it is helping a bunch.probably have her tillered out tomarrow to brace hight.i am thinking about glueing on a handle.is this allowed?let me know,steve
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Offline MWirwicki

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Re: Red Oak Board Bow Cook Off
« Reply #143 on: July 23, 2011, 10:41:43 pm »
Yes, you can glue on a handle.  Good Luck Seabass!
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Re: Red Oak Board Bow Cook Off
« Reply #144 on: July 23, 2011, 11:25:05 pm »
thanks Matt,i'll keep at it.i'm doing ok,but i had a crappy piece of oak to start out with.if anything,i will learn something.
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Red Oak Board Bow Cook Off
« Reply #145 on: July 24, 2011, 12:11:18 am »
I was wonderin if nock overlays are allowed? And if so, can they be different species of wood? Like osage overlays?
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Re: Red Oak Board Bow Cook Off
« Reply #146 on: July 24, 2011, 02:30:09 am »
Quote from: Josh on July 13, 2011, 05:48:01 pm
I think the bow should be unbacked... No glue in any portion of working limbs allowed.  Handle risers and tip overlays are okay because they are not in a working portion of the limbs..  Cool?  :)

Toomany:  Yes, they are.  I checked earlier today.  I put nock overlays on mine. 
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: Red Oak Board Bow Cook Off
« Reply #147 on: July 24, 2011, 03:04:42 am »
Sweet. Thank ya M!
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair

Offline Matt S.

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Re: Red Oak Board Bow Cook Off
« Reply #148 on: July 24, 2011, 02:53:51 pm »
Just out of curiosity, what is considered "average" for a 40-45# bow in terms of speed? I'm not talking some specialty flight bow or anything, more like a well-rounded, durable bow shooting 10 grain/pound arrows?
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Offline MWirwicki

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Re: Red Oak Board Bow Cook Off
« Reply #149 on: July 24, 2011, 09:59:11 pm »
You got me!  I'm not a speed freak.  Seems to be the latest thing, though.  When I finish a bow I can just kinda tell if shoots faster than most.    Scientifically speaking, the sounds you hear when you release the string and the arrow hits the target goes kinda like, "Pi-tunk."  Some bows go, "Pi------------tunk."  You know what I mean?

I'll be curious too.  Mine sounded like, "Pi---tunk."  I think its pretty good. ;D

We'll see.
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