Author Topic: heartwood hickory longbow (Read 8917 times)

ballista · « **on:** December 19, 2008, 12:27:38 am »

I apologize for the pics, having trouble with a digital camera- this bows name is xilo, a greek word meaning stick-shes 67inch n2n, thick tips, lotta bend midlimb- I took about a week tillering this bow.stacks a bit, but a real nice shooter. the brace is a little low, the bows shorter than most of the bows i make, but its come out to a whopping 58 pounds at 28 inches, perfect for me. (the highest weight I've ever achieved so far)
its nothing special, tough as nails, finishd with 3 coats of truol in the pics, its got 8 now. hope you guy like it, next time the pics will be better. <a href="http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll112/jimboadio/?action=view&current=heartwoodhickorybow018.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll112/jimboadio/heartwoodhickorybow018.jpg" border="0" alt="58 @ 28"></a><a href="http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll112/jimboadio/?action=view&current=heartwoodhickorybow004.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll112/jimboadio/heartwoodhickorybow004.jpg" border="0" alt="braced"></a><a href="http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll112/jimboadio/?action=view&current=heartwoodhickorybow006.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll112/jimboadio/heartwoodhickorybow006.jpg" border="0<a <a href="http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll112/jimboadio/?action=view&current=heartwoodhickorybow005.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll112/jimboadio/heartwoodhickorybow005.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>href="http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll112/jimboadio/?
action=view&current=heartwoodhickorybow021.jpg" target="_blank"><img
src="http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll112/jimboadio/heartwoodhickorybow021.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>" alt="very little set"></a><a href="http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll112/jimboadio/?action=view&current=heartwoodhickorybow020.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll112/jimboadio/heartwoodhickorybow020.jpg" border="0" alt="the tiller"></a>

ballista · « **Reply #1 on:** December 19, 2008, 12:30:37 am »

oi. if you couldn't tell, having a bit of trouble with the posting aspect of this... sorry id its on the other site, the darker bow is a different bow I made last year, not xilo. jimmy

Pappy · « **Reply #2 on:** December 19, 2008, 06:03:29 am »

Try to post the pictures,go to the bottom left of the post and hit Add.Options,then bottom
middle and add pictures.Can't tell much about it ,the way you have it.Looking forward to seeing more.

Pappy

Pappy · « **Reply #3 on:** December 19, 2008, 06:06:15 am »

I tried again and most wouldn't open up big enough for me to see,and some only showed half,
May just be me.Hard to tell.

Pappy

DanaM · « **Reply #4 on:** December 19, 2008, 07:13:53 am »

Looks like a keeper to me well done

I didn't open all the pictures takes to long.

ballista · « **Reply #5 on:** December 19, 2008, 11:21:09 am »

thanks, Im going to try to post a few new pics (on the site) the pics arent the best, ill get some real good ones right now- do you use photobucket pappy? thanks for all the compliments-jimmy

Pappy · « **Reply #6 on:** December 19, 2008, 11:33:58 am »

No,I have them saved on my desktop.Some do but I can't tell you how.I am sure someone
will come along and tell you how to do that.[Justin]

Frome what I could see it looks good.
Pappy

George Tsoukalas · « **Reply #7 on:** December 19, 2008, 12:22:24 pm »

ballista, you are bringing back memories. I don't know how many times I heard this, "The fas xylo!" Go to photobucket.com and get an account. Send the pics to them and we'll show you how to post them here. Jawge

Pat B · « **Reply #8 on:** December 19, 2008, 12:41:58 pm »

Your bow looks very nice. The tiller is good. One concern I have is you cut into the back of the bow with your string grooves. That is asking for the wood to split right at the string groove. If you want a groove on the back, add an overla first then you can safely cut across the back. Pat

Justin Snyder · « **Reply #9 on:** December 19, 2008, 01:57:08 pm »

It looks great. Try the bottom picture link. You are using the direct link not the IMG code.

OldBow · « **Reply #10 on:** December 19, 2008, 07:54:20 pm »

You don't need Photobucket. This site is perfect for posting bows.

Badger · « **Reply #11 on:** December 20, 2008, 03:40:57 am »

The bow looks great, I don't think the bow is stacking at all, your string angles look good. I think it just feels a tad heavy to you. After a few weeks shooting it I bet the stacking sensation goes away. Steve

George Tsoukalas · « **Reply #12 on:** December 20, 2008, 09:39:04 am »

Old Crow, you don't need phobucket to post here but there was a blur from a mod a while back asking us to not over stress the server and to use a hosting service. Are you saying we don't to have anymore? Jawge

George Tsoukalas · « **Reply #13 on:** December 20, 2008, 09:39:52 am »

Outstanding bow! balista, you did well. Jawge

Justin Snyder · « **Reply #14 on:** December 20, 2008, 10:07:27 am »

George, we can post pictures here, it isn't an issue. We filled our storage capacity but we have since addressed that issue a little. It will happen again I'm sure. What I was asking was that people use photobucket for all of their non-archery related pictures. All those anything else photos use as much space as archery photos do.

Justin

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