Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Thesquirrelslinger on June 07, 2013, 04:52:23 pm
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Here it is :P
A red oak ELB style longbow, nuthin special, about 1 3/4 inch set.
I am guessing around #80@28". 67" NTN, bends in the handle, jute bowstring. I don't have a sort of scale to measure.
Other one- an elm I am working on. I need to sand it a bit, finish the tiller, then coat it with varnish. And it needs a jute bowstring.
(http://s20.postimg.org/3na91jtsd/IMG_0953.jpg)
(http://s20.postimg.org/8xf7sue19/IMG_0954.jpg)
Here is the elm, unfinished and I didn't even take the bark off.
(http://s20.postimg.org/98wo5luh9/IMG_0951.jpg)
(http://s20.postimg.org/h08sqf98t/IMG_0952.jpg)
-Squirrel
BTW I don't have anyone to hold the camera, don't really know how to use my camera anyway, so I just used a draw board- a 28" of white pine.
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Both look pretty decent. I know I've been a critic of some of your posts and it's nice to see some of your work. I doubt that top one is anywhere near 80#, but it seems like a decent bow. Maybe you can use a bathroom sale to get an idea of what it is pulling. I like the bowstring!
Jon
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Not bad but there's no way that bow is pulling 80 pounds I've tryed jute on a forty pound bow it breaks after a few shots and 80 pounds it would break just being braced
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Not bad but there's no way that bow is pulling 80 pounds I've tryed jute on a forty pound bow it breaks after a few shots and 80 pounds it would break just being braced
That string is quite thick. I cannot nock a normal arrow on it. It is about 3/8ths thick. I also cannot draw it past 22", and I can full draw a 60#@28 bow.
I know its over #65.
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Not bad but there's no way that bow is pulling 80 pounds I've tryed jute on a forty pound bow it breaks after a few shots and 80 pounds it would break just being braced
I've had Jutte break while the bow was braced standing against the wall, it was 50#.
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WAHOOO!!!!!
Major props on finishing a bow. Seriously, I would buy you a slice of pie if I was there and that's not sarcastic.
Shoot that oak, take some pics, promise a parent/guardian some extra chore work so they will snap a full draw pic for you.
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Not bad but there's no way that bow is pulling 80 pounds I've tryed jute on a forty pound bow it breaks after a few shots and 80 pounds it would break just being braced
That string is quite thick. I cannot nock a normal arrow on it. It is about 3/8ths thick. I also cannot draw it past 22", and I can full draw a 60#@28 bow.
I know its over #65.
That I'll believe when I see it on a scale. But ether way, congrats on a shooter.
Jon
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looks like pretty decentl bows to me! 8)
concerning that red oak...it looks like to me it's bending a tad too much in the center, but then it's probably just me.
I also am sort of doubtful that it's 80 pounds. I have made tons of these sorts of red-oak board ELB things, and I have never had one come in at 80 pounds. The heaviest I got was 50 pounds--and on this bow is full thickness of the original board in the handle (3/4")
it's 72" nock to nock, though, but I don't think piking it down to 67" would raise the weight all the way to 80. :-\
It's sort of hard to see, but it looks like to me that you could really reduce some mass down on the tips...just my two cents. I remember my first few bows had real thick tips and pretty mediocre cast, but they seemed pretty wonderful to me at the time.
I hope that thick string is only your tillering string ;D
here's my 50-pounder
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looks like pretty decentl bows to me! 8)
concerning that red oak...it looks like to me it's bending a tad too much in the center, but then it's probably just me.
I also am sort of doubtful that it's 80 pounds. I have made tons of these sorts of red-oak board ELB things, and I have never had one come in at 80 pounds. The heaviest I got was 50 pounds--and on this bow is full thickness of the original board in the handle (3/4")
it's 72" nock to nock, though, but I don't think piking it down to 67" would raise the weight all the way to 80. :-\
It's sort of hard to see, but it looks like to me that you could really reduce some mass down on the tips...just my two cents. I remember my first few bows had real thick tips and pretty mediocre cast, but they seemed pretty wonderful to me at the time.
I hope that thick string is only your tillering string ;D
here's my 50-pounder
Nope, thats the real string. It is the thinnest string I have that can take the strain. I can actually tie it to a branch and hold on to it, putting all 130 pounds of me on it... and even swing from it.
I hand-twisted it from jute fiber painstakingly pulled and washed out of jute cord. I only took the fibers longer than 8".
It took about 150 feet of jute cord to get the fiber. less than half of the fibers are long enough.
As I said, @ 28 inches, it is probably close to #80. I don't have a scale that can measure it- fancy electronic bathroom scale stinks and the kitchen has a max of 2 pounds :o
This is 67"... 5 inches makes a difference. But I know its quite high, at least 70# cause I can only draw it to 22" and I can full draw a #65 bow 28"(my uncle has a #65 recurve, and I have shot a #60 longbow once)
Once I can measure it(I might hang weights from the bowstring) I will report the actual weight.
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Great job , Id like to try making one like that seems like all mine turn int flat bows again great bow.
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I measured it by tying some weights to the string with rope. 70 pounds pulls it to a little under 27", 75 pulls it to a bit over 28".
It was a lot of work to measure.. tape yardstick to handle, then tie weight, then lift up...
I am proud of this one.
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Congratulations on your first one.