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fiddler49
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vine maple bow
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May 29, 2015, 03:43:13 am »
A friend gave me a vine maple stave about 10 years ago and I finally got around to making it into a bow. It had about 4 inches of de flex and some twist, which I removed most of with a heat gun. Bark was left on so I had to grind it off with angle grinder. It is 64 inches long, bend in the handle with simple side nocks, pulls about 45 lbs. I stained it with a blue Rite dye and rubbed some paste wax over it. Shot it this week end at our trad Memorial day gathering, 40 3-D targets. I probably shot 3 to 4 arrows at every target. The bow held up fine even drawing it my 31.5 inches. cheers fiddler49
there is still 2 inches of de-flex
I did another round of heat gun and removed the de-flex
no hand tools were harmed or used on this bow!!! lol
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Pappy
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May 29, 2015, 04:37:55 am »
Looks like a shooter to me.
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bow101
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Re: vine maple bow
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May 29, 2015, 09:22:39 am »
Tiller looks good, thats quite a draw ya got there.
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tattoo dave
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Rockford, MI
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May 29, 2015, 07:49:29 pm »
Nice lookin bow! Never messed with vine maple. Keep up the good work!
Tattoo dave
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Gordon
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May 30, 2015, 02:26:29 pm »
Frankly I'm surprised it has held together this long after taking a grinder to the back. Good luck.
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