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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: all power tool bow challenge?
« Reply #15 on: November 15, 2008, 10:42:33 pm »
Quote from: El Destructo on November 15, 2008, 08:17:42 pm
                              OK..........I'll bite...........I can make one with just a Router and a Finish Sander...........
Yo are better than me with a router then. 

Do we get to use a axe to split it out of the log or do I have to chainsaw it out.  :o  Once it is in stave form it can be done with just a belt sander.  Justin
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Re: all power tool bow challenge?
« Reply #16 on: November 15, 2008, 11:14:35 pm »
                                       Does it have to be a Stave....or can it be an Oak 2X4???
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Re: all power tool bow challenge?
« Reply #17 on: November 15, 2008, 11:29:35 pm »
personnaly i would think a 2x4 would work since it was industrial power tools that put it in the form of a 2x4  jm2c


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Re: all power tool bow challenge?
« Reply #18 on: November 16, 2008, 12:08:56 am »
I have a beautiful 2X4 Oak from Work...it was part of some cribbing that a Large Boiler came in on....I cobbed on toit as soon as I seen the Straight Grain!!....I am going to bandsaw it in hald....and make two nice Paddle Bows from it...
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Offline The Burnt Hill Archer

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Re: all power tool bow challenge?
« Reply #19 on: November 16, 2008, 12:37:57 am »
yeah id say a 2x4 is ok. cant wait to see what you come up with! do you guys think there should be anymore criteria? im pretty open with this one, but any more restictions to make it more fun are fine with me!

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Re: all power tool bow challenge?
« Reply #20 on: November 16, 2008, 12:55:02 am »
lowell, that bow as made for a six year old.  If you make a bow's weight about equal to the child's age (girls), you're pretty safe.  What I mean by that is the bow will not be too strong for the child and the arrows will not fly with too much force (in case of an accident).  After age twelve, a child's strength starts to increase dramatically, so I add 5 pounds to the draw weight.  After age 15, I add 10 pounds to the draw weight. So....for example:

Age 5  = 5# bow
Age 12 = 12# bow
Age 13 = 18# bow
Age 16 = 26# bow

These examples are for girls, using my daughters as a guide.  My boys are only 5 (twins) and I'm sure they will be a bit stronger than the girls, but for now the chart above works well for them too.
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Re: all power tool bow challenge?
« Reply #21 on: November 16, 2008, 12:16:48 pm »
Quote from: El Destructo on November 15, 2008, 08:17:42 pm
                              OK..........I'll bite...........I can make one with just a Router and a Finish Sander...........

Wow! El Destructo- A router? I have seen and done many things with a router.....but please explain....what would you do to shape a bow with a router? Or do you mean something more like a dremmel tool? I'm curious.  ???

I have used a router to do this compression patch on a bow that I am making for my daughter.



This bow was made with power tools, except for hand sanding the edges. I was trying to make a bow that did not need any tillering.
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Re: all power tool bow challenge?
« Reply #22 on: November 16, 2008, 03:19:56 pm »
Thanks Jackcrafty,

  That helps a lot ;).. just got to spend some time in the shop instead of the tree!! :D
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