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Offline Knoll

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Re: MoJam 2016 - red oak BOARD bow challenge!
« Reply #45 on: February 19, 2016, 10:37:10 am »
You choose backing (except fg) and you choose draw weight.

Besides doing this for the fun of it, various approaches to building RO board bows may be useful to others. So pictures of everyone's build materials/process would be REALLY cool!
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Re: MoJam 2016 - red oak BOARD bow challenge!
« Reply #46 on: February 19, 2016, 10:37:52 am »
Yeah take it easy buddy.

If it had hickory on the back then it wouldn't be a red oak bow!  >:D

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Re: MoJam 2016 - red oak BOARD bow challenge!
« Reply #47 on: February 19, 2016, 10:41:01 am »
You choose backing (except fg) and you choose draw weight.   :)
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Re: MoJam 2016 - red oak BOARD bow challenge!
« Reply #48 on: February 19, 2016, 10:45:27 am »
Quote from: lebhuntfish on February 19, 2016, 10:37:52 am
If it had hickory on the back then it wouldn't be a red oak bow!  >:D

Patrick

Hey! The rules are the rules!  >:D ;D Seriously though, I was thinking the same thing. I don't have the glue for a laminate anyway. I was just curious. I will almost certainly stick with a self bow.
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Re: MoJam 2016 - red oak BOARD bow challenge!
« Reply #49 on: February 19, 2016, 12:16:22 pm »
You should ask your Hickory backing guy if he has some straight grained quartersawn RO.  His prices were AWESOME!!!  I still can hardly believe that deal you got!!!

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Re: MoJam 2016 - red oak BOARD bow challenge!
« Reply #50 on: February 19, 2016, 12:35:41 pm »
Quote from: Onebowonder on February 19, 2016, 12:16:22 pm
You should ask your Hickory backing guy if he has some straight grained quartersawn RO.  His prices were AWESOME!!!  I still can hardly believe that deal you got!!!

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No kidding! And see if you can get some more of that hickory too!

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Re: MoJam 2016 - red oak BOARD bow challenge!
« Reply #51 on: February 19, 2016, 02:03:41 pm »
I definitely plan to get back in there one of these days, but it's kind of tough to catch him. I think he only opens his shop a couple of days a week. When I do head back, I'll let you guys know.
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Re: MoJam 2016 - red oak BOARD bow challenge!
« Reply #52 on: February 19, 2016, 06:19:04 pm »
Looky what I found.   ;D

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Re: MoJam 2016 - red oak BOARD bow challenge!
« Reply #53 on: February 19, 2016, 06:23:52 pm »
What's the side of that board look like?
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« Reply #54 on: February 19, 2016, 06:28:16 pm »
Straight growth ring lines there too. I took some pics and you can kinda see the detail on my phone, but for some reason they're too washed out to see anything on my pc screen. That's why I didn't upload them.
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Re: MoJam 2016 - red oak BOARD bow challenge!
« Reply #55 on: February 19, 2016, 06:29:13 pm »
Quote from: J05H on February 19, 2016, 06:19:04 pm
Looky what I found.   ;D

Straight face grain and near qtr sawn. Bud, looks like ya did GOOD!
Don't screw it up!!   >:D
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Re: MoJam 2016 - red oak BOARD bow challenge!
« Reply #56 on: February 19, 2016, 06:40:38 pm »
Quote from: Knoll on February 19, 2016, 06:29:13 pm
Straight face grain and near qtr sawn. Bud, looks like ya did GOOD!
Don't screw it up!!   >:D

Thanks for the vote of confidence!!  >:( ;) ;D
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Re: MoJam 2016 - red oak BOARD bow challenge!
« Reply #57 on: February 19, 2016, 06:49:15 pm »
I've never made a board bow. On that piece would you want to run the bow from the top left to the bottom right?
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Re: MoJam 2016 - red oak BOARD bow challenge!
« Reply #58 on: February 19, 2016, 07:09:41 pm »
If you can, if you have the width, yes. The amount of run-off on the face of this one falls within what I would consider acceptable, but there's no reason not to give yourself the best possible chance. I have plenty of width here because its 3.5" wide so I will be laying it out like you said to get as little run-out as possible.
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: MoJam 2016 - red oak BOARD bow challenge!
« Reply #59 on: February 19, 2016, 07:25:14 pm »
Thats a nice one right there Josh!

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