Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: KShip85 on January 20, 2013, 01:01:35 am
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Some of you probably saw my post on my experiment with a hackberry backed ERC molly. The whole point of it was to try and see how the design responded for a larger/stronger bow I want to make from a stave I've had set aside for awhile. Well, after I was satisfied with seeing the design should be ok I decided there was no need for this little bow that came in under weight for me, to just sit on the side an collect dust. I have a buddy who's into various primitive stuff/do it yourself projects that I spend some time with and a while back I was helping him build a cold smoker and brought my bow along to waste a little time on breaks. Well, his boy was pretty interested in it. His little sister just got two little toy bows for Christmas from family so I thought he could use one of his own :)
Bow is 52" long, 4" handle 1" fades. Levers are set at a little under 60/40 limb to lever and the top limb is 1" shorter than the bottom. Tillered out to 24" It hinged early and was my first attempt at a molle so I know I got it a bit wonky, but it still gets an arrow out good enough for a starter bow :) I'm not sure the weight on it as I never took a final reading. Last check it was around 20 lbs at 23" and so I attempted a cable backing, also a first, and am not sure if it added much or not.
The arrow set was my first real attempt at making a matching set and leaves a lot to be desired. They were cut from a poplar board, routed to an octagon and then sanded round. Length was around 24 or 25 inches and I believe thickness somewhere a little under 5/16". I think the spine is a bit stiff for the weight but they flew straight for me. I ended up cutting the fletching down because it seemed to impede flight. After doing so they seem to fire fine. Never got a full draw with me pulling it back, but I got a pic of the kid drawing it to where he could for the moment.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/kshipley85/null-134.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v652/kshipley85/null-130.jpg)
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I'm glad it found a good home and hoped it gets a little guy drawn into traditional shooting.
Kip
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Man, that looks nice, especially with the knots in the limb. I also like your idea of putting the nuts on the arrow heads. Nice blunts.
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nice bow and a good job passing it on.
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what seabass said