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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: My first finished bow
« Reply #15 on: April 30, 2014, 08:44:10 pm »
Turned out very nice
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Re: My first finished bow
« Reply #16 on: May 01, 2014, 03:08:08 am »
Not bad kiddo! Pretty dang good bud:)

The fistmele is a good way to get your brace hieght set.

Now.....grab another stave!:D
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Re: My first finished bow
« Reply #17 on: May 01, 2014, 04:37:18 am »
Got'er Donc, nice work on that OS keep 'em com in

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Re: My first finished bow
« Reply #18 on: May 01, 2014, 12:40:21 pm »
Nice job Don. She looks pretty good from here.
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Re: My first finished bow
« Reply #19 on: May 01, 2014, 02:14:48 pm »
Good job Don. I was a bit surprised when I saw it was your first. I brace my bows at 6 to 6 1/2" mostly because of feather clearance. 5 to 6" would have worked on some bows but feather clearance has always been a nagging issue to me.
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Re: My first finished bow
« Reply #20 on: May 01, 2014, 05:11:55 pm »
Thanks again everyone. I hope I didn't lead everyone astray, this isn't the first bow I've made. It's actually the fifth but it's the first one I've finished. The first one worth showing off. See the first post of this thread.
Thanks again
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Offline bow101

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Re: My first finished bow
« Reply #21 on: May 01, 2014, 07:46:14 pm »
Looks good Don,  time to build another.......... :)
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Re: My first finished bow
« Reply #22 on: May 01, 2014, 10:55:59 pm »
Good job!  Looking forward to the next one.   ;D
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Re: My first finished bow
« Reply #23 on: May 02, 2014, 04:44:11 am »
Congrats on your first one, you made a fine stick!
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Re: My first finished bow
« Reply #24 on: May 02, 2014, 09:30:57 am »
That's a fine bow Don.  Great job

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Re: My first finished bow
« Reply #25 on: May 02, 2014, 06:03:49 pm »
Nice job don,looks great!
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