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Offline Marin

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Re: My board bow (build along?)
« Reply #405 on: May 08, 2017, 10:03:56 pm »
Well added a leather handle (please excuse e pore lashing job, the leather was a little small) so now I am officially done with this board bow.
It looks quite good but I weighted it one more time when I was done and found that my final sanding had lowered the draw weight to 32 lbs at 28"  >:( I must have done too much.
Sorry guys for that disappointment. But other than that the bow looks quite good. I think the spray poly really adds a nice color to it.

Offline Marin

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Re: My board bow (build along?)
« Reply #406 on: May 08, 2017, 10:05:51 pm »
Here's a nice view of one of the limbs, I just love how the poly looks on it.

Offline Knoll

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Re: My board bow (build along?)
« Reply #407 on: May 08, 2017, 10:09:52 pm »
I, and likely many others, are tickled that you are pleased with YOUR result. Congrats, sir, and hope to see many more bows from ya!
... alone in distant woods or fields, in unpretending sproutlands or pastures tracked by rabbits, even in a bleak and, to most, cheerless day .... .  I suppose that this value, in my case, is equivalent to what others get by churchgoing & prayer.  Hank Thoreau, 1857

Offline bubby

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Re: My board bow (build along?)
« Reply #408 on: May 09, 2017, 12:50:19 am »
The leather isn't too small, the handle is too big😲lol, congrats on your first real bow

The big handle is an inside joke right Mike😉
failure is an option, everyone fails, it's how you handle it that matters.
The few the proud the 27🏹

Offline loon

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Re: My board bow (build along?)
« Reply #409 on: May 09, 2017, 07:44:15 am »
Haha, my main bow right now is 31#@32" until I get form, arrow flight, and accuracy (consistency) figured out. You made an excellent learning bow.

Glad there is no shelf. They're for books.

Offline DC

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Re: My board bow (build along?)
« Reply #410 on: May 09, 2017, 09:28:09 am »
Good job! That's the first one done, the next will be even better. And like Loon said a light bow is great for getting your form right.

Offline Marin

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Re: My board bow (build along?)
« Reply #411 on: May 09, 2017, 09:42:12 am »
Thanks Bubby btw the way for everything. This bow wouldn't have been finished without you.

Offline stash59

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Re: My board bow (build along?)
« Reply #412 on: May 10, 2017, 08:05:39 am »
Pretty darn cool!!!! :BB

Offline Chief RID

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Re: My board bow (build along?)
« Reply #413 on: May 12, 2017, 04:17:44 pm »
Congrats Marin. I looks like a real shooter. Let's see a group. Again, congrats!!!!

Offline BowEd

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Re: My board bow (build along?)
« Reply #414 on: May 12, 2017, 04:22:49 pm »
It's a shooter Marin.Congratulations.Tiller looks great.
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