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Offline danny f

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ash board bow
« on: June 22, 2012, 05:09:44 pm »
hi all, i have more or less completed my second bow, its sister stave from a piece of ash board. it is 55 pound at 28". i have put a yew riser, and yew and hawthorn tip overlays, the bow is finished with a few coats of medium brown wax polished up with fine wire wool. the pics arent great as its not stopped raining for 2 days. i will try and get a full draw and unbraced shot tomorrow. thanks for looking.




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Offline rossfactor

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Re: ash board bow
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2012, 05:54:27 pm »
Really even tiller! Good job.  Looks like there are some grain runoffs.  Is it pretty tight grained ash?

Gabe
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Offline danny f

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Re: ash board bow
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2012, 05:58:56 pm »
cheers, this bow is an edge grain bow. the grain runs very straight and tight  down the back of the bow. i will try to get better pics tomorrow if this rain ever stops. :(
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Offline rossfactor

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Re: ash board bow
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2012, 07:55:28 pm »
Gotcha.  I dig the overlays as well.  Been thinking about using yew overlays on a piece of plumb I'm working on.

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Offline randman

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Re: ash board bow
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2012, 10:06:44 pm »
Dang Danny, your really addicted now! That's a fine bow, great bend, nice tips. Rossfactor, yew would be a good color for the inner layers of a multi layer overlay but it's much too soft for the final layer (your plum is much harder). I have used cut-offs of ocean spray for tip overlays. It's not extremely pretty but they don't call it ironwood for nothing.
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Offline lesken2011

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Re: ash board bow
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2012, 09:52:07 am »
Nice job, Danny. I like those tips!
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Offline ErictheViking

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Re: ash board bow
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2012, 11:33:46 am »
very nice tiller  on that.  should make for a smooth shooter
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Offline Sparrow

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Re: ash board bow
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2012, 11:45:11 am »
That is a fine looking bow.Does it take any set ? I'd say you got that tiller spot on.  '  Frank
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: ash board bow
« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2012, 11:54:38 am »
You got it now....  there should be some sort of bowyer's anonymous group near you, but there isn't.....  That is a good looking bow.   :)
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Offline danny f

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Re: ash board bow
« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2012, 12:40:23 pm »
thanks everyone. yes  the bow has taken about 2" of set. i only have a couple of carbon arrows at the moment, and i think they are to light for the bow as they dont fly well but they definately go fast. :)
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: ash board bow
« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2012, 03:16:03 pm »
Darn nice for a second bow. I would have no problem buying a bow like that, and if I didn't know it, I would never think it was only the second bow someone had ever made. Very nice job!
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