board bow

[butch]

 tomorrow i will start on a 3/4 x 1.5 "red oak board from lowes. 72"long, one end flat grain, one 45 degrees. i have added a 7 " x 1" grip 1.5" wide.  with such a thin stave i need directions on dimensions,  thanks,  butch.

[mullet]

   A very good shooting "D"bow. Check out  Jawges web site.

[butch]

thanks mullet. a D bow sounds great but how do i get to jawges site

[jpitts]

Here it is Butch;
http://mysite.verizon.net/georgeandjoni/archer.html

[George Tsoukalas]

Hi Butch! Ask questions. Plenty of help here. Jpitts, thanks for posting my site. Jawge

[jpitts]

Any time George. Your sight has helped me a lot also. Thank you.

[butch]

i looked at the site and still dont get it . is a D bow , a rounded belly tapered belly from center line,straight sides to last third. thanks butch.

[George Tsoukalas]

It can be confusing,  Butch, so keep asking questions.  A D bow starts bending in the handle and the bend increases toward the nocks. It looks like an ellipse. The D cross section refers to the rounded belly. If I were you I'd go with a flatbow. No power tools for the first few. Thanks for the kind words, Jpitts. Jawge

[carpespasm]

You should also check out http://www.geocities.com/salampsio/oak.htm since the bow he goes over there is made from the same red oak and the directions are very good.