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jdwilltx

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My First Bow
« on: December 29, 2007, 02:40:45 pm »
Hi everyone.  This is my first attempt at bowmaking.  It is an unbacked red oak board from McCoys.  It is 68 inches tip to tip and 66 1/2 nock to nock.  It is 40 lbs @ 28 inches.  It took about 2 inches of set on each limb.  It shoots fairly well but my selection of arrows consists of 3 different carbon arrows so I am not very accurate.  A set of arrows will be my next task.

My girlfriend got me The Traditional Bowyers Bible Vol. 1 for Christmas and her mom got me a subscription to Primitive Archer!  I had 3 issues of the magazine and a copy of The Bent Stick before I started this bow.

Let me know what yall think.

Jeremy

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330bull

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Re: My First Bow
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2007, 02:56:12 pm »
Great job!  That may just blow the doors off 99% of everyone else's "1st bow".  The tiller looks pretty dang good too and that's what really matters!

Joe
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: My First Bow
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2007, 03:30:30 pm »
Excellent work. Congratulations! Jawge
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Offline Woodland Roamer

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Re: My First Bow
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2007, 09:23:19 pm »
You're off to a great start Jeremy, that's a great first first bow!

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Offline michbowguy

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Re: My First Bow
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2007, 10:46:10 pm »
awesome first bow!

jamie
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Offline DanaM

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Re: My First Bow
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2007, 05:44:44 am »
Welcome to PA Jeremy looks like you a brite future in bow making nicely done.
One observation though, why pull the bow so far back? In the picture looks like yer drawing almost
to your ear, could anchor at the corner of mouth and decrease the draw a inch or so, it would put
less stress on the bow. Also its much easier to tiller a bow to 26" than it is to 28"
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: My First Bow
« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2007, 08:10:10 am »
Nicely done. You've done a great job on the tiller
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Re: My First Bow
« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2007, 10:04:10 am »
Thats a great first bow!
 I do think its bein' drawn a bit too far. ( You could say "yeah that was my idiot brother that doesn't know his butt from a hole in the ground drawing it,  wasn't me.") ;D ;D
 We all made a start somewhere and you've done well. My first 15 or so bows broke or were aborted due to any number of mistakes.You get one that stays together on yer first try and you've done good.
 Chris
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Offline koan

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Re: My First Bow
« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2007, 11:52:14 am »
Great job! Like the stitchin on the handle, very clean and tight.....Brian
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Offline Little John

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Re: My First Bow
« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2007, 12:11:01 pm »
Nice job, good tiller, very nice job on handle and nocks. Hey I like a deep drawing bow and don't shoot well unless drawing deeply.  Yep a custom set of arrows is just what you need. Kenneth
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Offline Pat B

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Re: My First Bow
« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2007, 04:04:46 pm »
Jeremy, Welcome to PA and congrats on your first bow. Very well done!!!      Pat

ps. I hope you thanked your girlfriend and her mom for being so supportive. 8)
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Offline Wulamoc

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Re: My First Bow
« Reply #11 on: December 30, 2007, 04:32:26 pm »
Good Bow!!!  Should be good huntin'!
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jdwilltx

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Re: My First Bow
« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2007, 10:43:34 am »
Thanks everyone!  The bow is overdrawn in this picture.  I know you arent supposed to overdraw a bow but I was gauging my draw from the length of the arrow.  So when I drew back without arrow, I went too far.  So 28 inches is at the corner off my mouth.  I still have a lot to learn about shooting!  Thanks again everyone!  Jeremy.
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Offline medicinewheel

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Re: My First Bow
« Reply #13 on: December 31, 2007, 12:20:10 pm »
Quote from: jdwilltx on December 29, 2007, 02:40:45 pm
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My girlfriend got me The Traditional Bowyers Bible Vol. 1 for Christmas and her mom got me a subscription to Primitive Archer!  I had 3 issues of the magazine and a copy of The Bent Stick before I started this bow
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marry her.
frank

ps: REALLY nice first bow!
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Offline OldBow

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Re: My First Bow
« Reply #14 on: January 01, 2008, 12:11:45 pm »
Your first bow, and a fine one it is, is also the first bow for 2008 in BOM files.  Thanks for the post.
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