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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Mountain Maple Recurve, with a little character
« on: September 09, 2009, 09:39:07 pm »
This is one of my latest bows. I made it for one of my friends who wanted just a cool looking bow that was fun to shoot. So I made this one out of a Mountain Maple sapling a little less then a inch and a half in diameter. It is 64" long and pulls 35# at 28". It's 1 1/4 at the fades to almost 7/8 up the limb then it tapers to 3/8. I left alot of cambium on the back to give it a camo effect and hopefully the cool look he wanted. The stave was one of the most crooked I have ever worked with and most of the time spent on this bow was steaming and straightening it. I have never had so much trouble getting good string alignment. Being so narrow it has taken some string follow, around an inch, I could have lengthened the bow to reduce it but he wanted it short. I gave it to him a while ago and he loved it, so i'm happy with it.

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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Re: Mountain Maple Recurve, with a little character
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2009, 09:40:48 pm »
Another pic

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Re: Mountain Maple Recurve, with a little character
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2009, 09:47:42 pm »
very nice 8)

nly 1" follow,more than acceptible
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Offline youngbowyer33

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Re: Mountain Maple Recurve, with a little character
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2009, 09:48:42 pm »
i like it, very simple but very nice :)
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Offline PeteC

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Re: Mountain Maple Recurve, with a little character
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2009, 09:57:03 pm »
I like it,good job.I'd say you live in the desert huh? God Bless
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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Re: Mountain Maple Recurve, with a little character
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2009, 10:06:33 pm »
Ha Ha, yeah I live in the desert. It's a lot of fun trying to get wood here, that mountain maple came from my last trip to Montana. ;D
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Re: Mountain Maple Recurve, with a little character
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2009, 10:07:58 pm »
apparently yew grows in montana too
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Re: Mountain Maple Recurve, with a little character
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2009, 10:27:37 pm »
Cool bow. Simple but effective.
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Re: Mountain Maple Recurve, with a little character
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2009, 11:16:17 pm »
looks nice ...but I would like to see it pulled to 28 inches.....can't really see the tiller at the Draw the Picture was taken at
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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Re: Mountain Maple Recurve, with a little character
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2009, 11:46:50 pm »
Yes Radius yew does grow in Montana but I never was able to find it. I haven't stopped looking though. I noticed that I didn't get it to full draw in the picture but it's too late to take more sorry guys.
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Offline JustAim

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Re: Mountain Maple Recurve, with a little character
« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2009, 05:32:14 am »
l like it. Great job.
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Re: Mountain Maple Recurve, with a little character
« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2009, 06:37:02 am »
Love it,great looking bow,should be fun to shoot ,great job on a challenging stave. Well done. ;) :)
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Re: Mountain Maple Recurve, with a little character
« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2009, 08:19:19 am »
Very fine job on a challenging piece of wood!
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Re: Mountain Maple Recurve, with a little character
« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2009, 12:24:01 pm »
You are doing really good work with mountain maple. This wood is common around here and I have had some luck with it. I can't imagine it is growing where you are. Where are youi getting mountain maple?
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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Re: Mountain Maple Recurve, with a little character
« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2009, 04:51:02 pm »
Thanks guys! Old Bow, Mountain maple doesn't grow around here I used to live in Kalispell and my dad still does so when I visit him I make sure to load up my car. I love Mountain Maple it's one of my favorite bow woods.
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