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Title: Making use of my scraps
Post by: Bow Nut on June 18, 2011, 03:42:38 pm

I had a few scraps laying around so I thought I would put them to use.  I named this one scrappy lol.  It is only 33 inches t2t and pulls 30 pounds at 16 inches I am afraid to pull it any further.  I was just for fun but actually came out to a decent shooting bow.  could call it the pocket bow. 

Title: Re: Making use of my scraps
Post by: Elktracker on June 18, 2011, 07:56:40 pm

Awsome! that would make a great kids bow for a youngin. Way to make use of scrap and the tiller looks good too! Nice job! Is that a pawn shop your at? ;D

Josh

Title: Re: Making use of my scraps
Post by: blackhawk on June 18, 2011, 08:20:59 pm

Sweet lil shooter there.....ahh what the heck ... pull her back to twenty and see what happens.  ;D

I did this a lil over a month ago with a 30" scrap piece and experimented with a design. There fun to make n play with and don't take long to make it either.

Title: Re: Making use of my scraps
Post by: Bow Nut on June 18, 2011, 09:17:47 pm

yea I just might try to pull it further but it starts stacking bad.  yea I run a pawn shop in my spare time lol.  It is my dads shop I have been running it for 5 years now.

Title: Re: Making use of my scraps
Post by: mullet on June 19, 2011, 01:09:39 am

Neat little bow. I make them too and then give them to one of the kids in the neighborhood, I guess I'm the "Pusherman".

Title: Re: Making use of my scraps
Post by: Bow Nut on June 20, 2011, 01:11:09 am

Ok so i tried you suggestion and pulled it to 20 inches and it did fine.  it looked like a "U" but it held up.  I pulled 40 pounds at 20 inches.  and shoots like a rocket.  It actually fits in my pocket well enough not to fall out.  some short arrows I could have a pocket bow that could take a deer lol.  it is amazing what osage can do if tillered well.

Title: Re: Making use of my scraps
Post by: wildkatt on June 20, 2011, 01:12:48 am

 ;D Nice dont take much Osage to make a bow.



Katt

Title: Re: Making use of my scraps
Post by: blackhawk on June 20, 2011, 08:25:06 am

Awesome....Osage is some good stuff. Did u by chance snap a pic of that?

Title: Re: Making use of my scraps
Post by: dwardo on June 20, 2011, 10:22:44 am

Cool lookin bow. I might try and make something like it my self for playing indoors.

Title: Re: Making use of my scraps
Post by: ohma2 on June 20, 2011, 11:25:37 am

i to make alot of them , fun to hand one of them to a youngster and watch their eyes light up.

Title: Re: Making use of my scraps
Post by: Bow Nut on June 20, 2011, 04:53:39 pm

yea I took a pic on my cell phone but do not have internet service on it so can download it but could text it.  I decided while i was experamenting to take it further and I heat bent the tips into a recurve and they are curing now I am letting them gain a bit of moisture back before i mess with it any futher.  at 20 inches it felt like I hit a brick wall there was so much stack so I recurved it and I am going to see just how far it will pull with a lower sting angle.  I will take photos of that and post.

Title: Re: Making use of my scraps
Post by: Bow Nut on June 23, 2011, 01:52:13 pm

ok so I got the recurve done and cured here is the final product befor finish work.  it is pulled to 21 inches

Title: Re: Making use of my scraps
Post by: Ifrit617 on June 23, 2011, 02:03:45 pm

Damn!!! That is wicked!! I would love to have a bow like that to use out of a kayak!!! Awesome job and great tiller.. What does it pull at 21 inches and how much set did it take?

Title: Re: Making use of my scraps
Post by: wildman on June 23, 2011, 02:06:16 pm

Conceiled carry bow

Title: Re: Making use of my scraps
Post by: Elktracker on June 23, 2011, 02:08:27 pm

Quote from: wildman on June 23, 2011, 02:06:16 pm

Conceiled carry bow

 ;D


Thats looking NICE!!

Title: Re: Making use of my scraps
Post by: Bow Nut on June 23, 2011, 02:10:06 pm

pulls 42 pounds

Title: Re: Making use of my scraps
Post by: Elktracker on June 23, 2011, 02:11:28 pm

NICE! Well done!

Title: Re: Making use of my scraps
Post by: blackhawk on June 23, 2011, 03:04:13 pm

Whoooo-weeeee  :o.   Alright. That's one extreme bend. Awesome. So what's the set on it?

Title: Re: Making use of my scraps
Post by: Bow Nut on June 23, 2011, 03:08:25 pm

about 2 inches  set  it only shows about one but before tillering it had about 1 inche back set so it took 2 inches maybe a little more did not measure it.  shoots supper fast now I just need some dinky arrows for it.

Title: Re: Making use of my scraps
Post by: triggerfinger on June 23, 2011, 09:50:33 pm

Thats awesome!!  Do you think you can fletch one of those bamboo shish kabab skewers? ;D