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Offline autologus

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Wheel Barrow Handle Ambush bow w/full draw
« on: February 08, 2013, 04:00:11 pm »
Here is a little Ash wheel barrow handle ambush bow I finished up a couple of months ago and just haven't gotten around to posting.  I do not have a full draw pic yet but will try to get my photographer (aka wife) to cooperate.  It is 57" ntn, 1 1/16 wide at the handle tapering to 5/8 at the tips, it draws 40# @28" and has about 1/4" of set.  It is a smooth bow and shoots really nice, it is extremely light in the hand.  After looking at the full draw pic, it looks a little stiff outside the paint on the top limb.  I must have not noticed that when tillering, I don't know how I did that.  I guess I am going to have to take a picture and look at it when tillering.











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Re: Wheel Barrow Handle Ambush bow
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2013, 04:01:56 pm »
Nice! I like the color combo, too!!
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Re: Wheel Barrow Handle Ambush bow
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2013, 04:05:20 pm »
great bow think you could do a buildalong and maybe we could see a full draw pic? SS
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Re: Wheel Barrow Handle Ambush bow
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2013, 04:07:25 pm »
I'm going to get my wife to take a full draw pic tonight and ill add it.  I took the pictures yesterday and she was not available to take the full draw pic.

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Re: Wheel Barrow Handle Ambush bow
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2013, 04:11:50 pm »
Nice work Grady. The braced pic tells me the fd pic will be a sweet one. Nice attention to detail on the finish work to.
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Offline danny f

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Re: Wheel Barrow Handle Ambush bow
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2013, 04:33:20 pm »
that looks great. i have had my eye on a long ash scraper handle at work with dead straight grain that keeps screaming bow at me. i think it might find its self in the back of my car  one day after seeing this bow.  >:D
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Offline autologus

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Re: Wheel Barrow Handle Ambush bow
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2013, 04:36:40 pm »
Technically that is only half a handle, I still have the other half to make another bow from.

Grady
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Wheel Barrow Handle Ambush bow
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2013, 04:53:22 pm »
Very nice Cayuga style bow, Grady. A few years ago some of us did a Community bow and we did a Cayuga style but on ours the red tips were covered with coral snake skins.
You did a nice job on this one and I'm looking forward to the full draw pic. 
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Offline Ozzy

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Re: Wheel Barrow Handle Ambush bow
« Reply #8 on: February 08, 2013, 04:57:22 pm »
Very nice work on that one ;D ;D
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Offline JonW

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Re: Wheel Barrow Handle Ambush bow
« Reply #9 on: February 08, 2013, 04:57:30 pm »
Nice bow Grady. I like the paint. Where are you at in Ar?
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Re: Wheel Barrow Handle Ambush bow
« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2013, 05:01:50 pm »
Great little bow for sure. Color scheme is cool too. Only on PA would you see someone take a perfectly good ash handle and make a bow of it. Danny
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Offline autologus

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Re: Wheel Barrow Handle Ambush bow
« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2013, 05:02:12 pm »
I live in Malvern south of Benton off I-30.  Its sort of South Central Arkansas.

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Offline Traxx

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Re: Wheel Barrow Handle Ambush bow
« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2013, 05:12:13 pm »
Looks good.Looking forward to the FD pics.
Bout how thick,did it end up being,at the handle?
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: Wheel Barrow Handle Ambush bow
« Reply #13 on: February 08, 2013, 05:15:03 pm »
Real nice bow. I love that style of bow and you did a great job on that one.

Greg
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Re: Wheel Barrow Handle Ambush bow
« Reply #14 on: February 08, 2013, 05:41:42 pm »
Now that's American ingenuity!!!

That is a cool shooter!!!!!
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