« previous next »
Pages: [1]

Author Topic: Adding # to an Oak board bow  (Read 1299 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Ed Brooks

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,020
Adding # to an Oak board bow
« on: October 14, 2013, 02:09:18 pm »
I have made an oak bow , it is 72" ttt, 30# @28, My question is: can I cut some off the ends (shorten the bow) and make it pull with more #?
The bow has been shot some, I don't want to add raw hide or sinew, trying not to add weight to the bow. Thanks Ed
Logged
It's in my blood...

Centralia WA,

Offline BOWMAN53

  • Member
  • Posts: 2,238
Re: Adding # to an Oak board bow
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2013, 02:17:49 pm »
yes
Logged

Offline Thesquirrelslinger

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,245
Re: Adding # to an Oak board bow
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2013, 02:18:35 pm »
chop an inch off each end to start...
you can chop until its like 65". \
Stiff or bendy handle?
Logged
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"

Offline Ed Brooks

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,020
Re: Adding # to an Oak board bow
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2013, 02:20:43 pm »
Thank you guys.
it is a stiff handle.
Logged
It's in my blood...

Centralia WA,

Offline Bryce

  • Global Moderator
  • Member
  • Posts: 3,125
  • Pacific Ghost Longbows
Re: Adding # to an Oak board bow
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2013, 02:30:19 pm »
How wide is it?
Logged
Clatskanie, Oregon

Offline Ed Brooks

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,020
Re: Adding # to an Oak board bow
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2013, 02:47:01 pm »
Quote from: Bryce (Pinecone) on October 14, 2013, 02:30:19 pm
How wide is it?
Bryce, I don't have the exact dims, but they run about 2" wide down to about 3/8" at the tips. I'm at work and can not measure it until tonight. Ed
Logged
It's in my blood...

Centralia WA,

Offline Bryce

  • Global Moderator
  • Member
  • Posts: 3,125
  • Pacific Ghost Longbows
Re: Adding # to an Oak board bow
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2013, 03:11:34 pm »
Okay. Cut it down to about. 66" ntn taper the last 10-12" of the tips. Steam in 90 deg recurves. And BAM! Fast hard hitting oak bow!
You can use a coffee mug as your guide to make the form :)
Logged
Clatskanie, Oregon

Offline PEARL DRUMS

  • Member
  • Posts: 14,079
  • }}}--CK-->
Re: Adding # to an Oak board bow
« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2013, 03:24:59 pm »
Or, glue a hickory back on with some reflex and start over fresh with any weight you want. Plus, cut it down to 66-67 as Brycey boy mentioned.
Logged
Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.

Offline Ed Brooks

  • Member
  • Posts: 1,020
Re: Adding # to an Oak board bow
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2013, 04:11:49 pm »
thank you guys for the feed back. Ed
Logged
It's in my blood...

Centralia WA,
Pages: [1]
« previous next »