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Offline Maxspin

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Lowes Bow
« on: February 11, 2013, 06:46:04 pm »
I have been stopping once a week for some time at several Lowes and Home Depos and have acquired a collection of Maple and Red Oak boards. I have been contemplating making a backed bow with just these woods to work with.
Which would make the better backing, and which the better belly, or is this just a bad idea. It is my understanding that both are better in tension than compression.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Lowes Bow
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2013, 06:48:02 pm »
Maple back and an oak belly with 4-5" of glued in reflex would be sweet at 64" ntn.
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Re: Lowes Bow
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2013, 07:13:20 pm »
like pd said, but if you havn't made many bows ya may want to use about half that reflex to start with
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Offline Maxspin

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Re: Lowes Bow
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2013, 11:18:51 pm »
Thanks,
I figured it would be good to tiller my first reflex with cheap wood.  :)
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Offline bubby

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« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2013, 06:09:43 am »
allways use the best wood you can get
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Lowes Bow
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2013, 08:14:00 am »
Quote from: bubby on February 12, 2013, 06:09:43 am
allways use the best wood you can get

Couldnt agree more. I get alot of "slack" for it, but I stand by it 100%. Having said that, your maple backed red oak can be a killer combo if you chose good boards.
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Offline Maxspin

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Re: Lowes Bow
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2013, 10:44:03 am »
I am moving to better wood. I have a nice Oak & a nice Maple board. No point letting them go to waste. Thought it would be fun to push my skills a little.
Not going to find a much better board than this at the local box store.



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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: Lowes Bow
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2013, 12:36:33 pm »
I hear Jawge drooling, that is a good looking board.
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Re: Lowes Bow
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2013, 02:44:04 pm »
if the maple for your backer is quarter sawn make shure you glue it up like this /////
                                                                                                                  \\\\\ this will help compensate with twist
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Offline ionicmuffin

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Re: Lowes Bow
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2013, 02:50:21 pm »
wow, nice piece, its hard to find those kind of boards, most of the wood i see is plain swan :/
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Offline dmc

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Re: Lowes Bow
« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2013, 02:54:43 pm »
Quote from: bubby on February 12, 2013, 02:44:04 pm
if the maple for your backer is quarter sawn make shure you glue it up like this /////
                                                                                                                  \\\\\ this will help compensate with twist
Bubby, I've never thought about gluing backings on with off set grain before, until i seen this pic. Good advice! Totally makes sense.
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Re: Lowes Bow
« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2013, 03:11:07 pm »
Biased ringed boards don't come any better than that...I hate to say it...but id really be tempted to make a selfbow with just the board...although you could still make a sweet maple backed oak with it too....just glue up the grains opposed to each other like bub said.
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Offline Maxspin

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Re: Lowes Bow
« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2013, 04:11:24 pm »
Thanks for the advice Bubby.
I was just over at a friends house who has a fancy shop. He volunteered to run some wood through his planer. I just need to get the maple over there.

Keith
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Offline Maxspin

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Re: Lowes Bow
« Reply #13 on: February 26, 2013, 11:43:59 am »
Made some more progress on the Lowes Bow.  :)
I took the 1” x 4” x 6’ and a 1” x 2” x 6’ maple board over to  a friend’s house. We cut the 1 x 4 to 2 1/2 inches then cut it in half, then planed them to 1/8 inch.

Started with this


Ended with


Maple over the Oak.


I have laid out the bow, but it rained all weekend, so I did not get a chance to pull the band saw out and cut it.
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Offline autologus

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Re: Lowes Bow
« Reply #14 on: February 26, 2013, 11:48:02 am »
Everything around me stopped carrying Maple.   >:(

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