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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: roofus on December 23, 2008, 08:49:59 pm

Title: First Hickory Board Bow: Input Welcome!!
Post by: roofus on December 23, 2008, 08:49:59 pm
Here is a link to a photobucket. It contains pics of a Hickory board bow that I am making.
It is 66" tip to tip and backed with Kaki Slacks Material. I have it pulled to 56# @18" currently.
Shooting for 50-60# @ 28"
Thank you for your comments.
http://s287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/roofus5/Hickory%20Longbow/ (http://s287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/roofus5/Hickory%20Longbow/)
Title: Re: First Hickory Board Bow: Input Welcome!!
Post by: koan on December 23, 2008, 09:14:54 pm
Roofus, your tiller is lookin purty good, left limb might need just a hair more bendin just outside the fades but that could just be the angle of the pic. Go slow with long light scrapes from fade to just a few inches short of the tips...your almost there ;). Good luck....Brian
Title: Re: First Hickory Board Bow: Input Welcome!!
Post by: Jesse on December 23, 2008, 09:19:38 pm
Looks real good. I think it should be bending a bit more in the outer limb on the right. could bend a bit more in the fade on the left as well. mid limb is bending the most. especially on the right but its looking real good :)
(http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/roofus5/Hickory%20Longbow/IM000747.jpg)
Title: Re: First Hickory Board Bow: Input Welcome!!
Post by: OldBow on December 23, 2008, 10:15:52 pm
Post it on this site when you have it all done.
Title: Re: First Hickory Board Bow: Input Welcome!!
Post by: George Tsoukalas on December 23, 2008, 10:30:35 pm
Looks good but get more of that near handle wood bending to make what you need for your draw length. Jawge
Title: Re: First Hickory Board Bow: Input Welcome!!
Post by: roofus on December 23, 2008, 11:01:26 pm
Post it on this site when you have it all done.

Will do!
Title: Re: First Hickory Board Bow: Input Welcome!!
Post by: roofus on December 23, 2008, 11:02:32 pm
Looks good but get more of that near handle wood bending to make what you need for your draw length. Jawge

I will work on it. Thanks alot to everyone for the advice! Priceless, I mean it.