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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: fishfinder401 on February 17, 2011, 01:48:52 am

Title: mini experiment bow
Post by: fishfinder401 on February 17, 2011, 01:48:52 am

in a pile of trees that were cleared in a farm next to my house i found a small cherry tree, but the only thing was, that the stright part at the bottom was only 40in, so i decided, why not and after some heat treating( it aparently wasn't fully dry) it is now 36in 2in of set and ( heres he suprising part) 50@14in!
now i think thats pretty good, its going to be my little bow i take with me while fishing, and dont worry ill post pics tommorow after school ???
thanks for listening
noel

Title: Re: mini experiment bow
Post by: Del the cat on February 17, 2011, 10:48:38 am

Sounds good, gotta see those pics.
Del

Title: Re: mini experiment bow
Post by: fishfinder401 on February 18, 2011, 12:40:24 am

the pics will be up tomorrow, i just tried backing a bow for the first time, i figured, a 36 bow, sounds easy enough, i backed it with hemp twine broken down into fibers