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Offline TolkienFan

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New here... My first bow
« on: July 02, 2015, 08:07:59 pm »
Hi all, I am one week old on here and already am extremely impressed by you all.  Impressed with your bows, knowledge, but mostly kindness and generosity. 

Thought I would add my first bow on here.  This is the 2nd bow I have made.  The first was a mollegabet style after Mike from barrior bows youtube video. I made it from red oak board but it splintered bc I rushed it. 

This one is made from a Pine board (I now know it is a bad wood and the grain was also not great, but I knew nothing a month ago haha). It is 72" about #32 @ 28 inches and actually shoots pretty well to me.  I know now the tillering isn't great and the handle I glued on the back looks awkward, but I don't want to mess it will almost certainly break if I shoot it a lot.  It has formed chrysalis on most of the belly, so I will be careful with it bc I want to keep it for sentimental purposes. 

It was really fun to make a bow and shoot it in less than a week and I am now completely hooked! 

Since making this I have: watched hundreds of youtube vids, scoured this website and others, read a lot of the Bowyers Bible and started harvesting some wood on my own (which I was posting about and you guys have helped me a lot on).  You can see a couple of the maple staves in the background, which we were working on splitting today. I am working on two trial bamboo backed ones right now and just glued them up today.

Thanks!
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Offline Drewster

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Re: New here... My first bow
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2015, 12:04:54 am »
Keep at it.  You'll learn something new from every bow.......you're making progress already.
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Offline bubby

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Re: New here... My first bow
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2015, 12:44:43 am »
Oh you got it bad, real bad, there's no known cure for the bowyers bug  >:D, seriously welcome and enjoy the ride
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Re: New here... My first bow
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2015, 03:43:11 am »
Darn good effort for a pine bow!!Well done!
Get that maple roughed out to floor tiller next and it'll be dry very soon.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: New here... My first bow
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2015, 04:38:16 am »
Excellent. I like the way you have critiqued the bow, it shows how much you have learned.
Good to have you on board.
Del
(Google Bowyers Diary to see what I'm doing, I show the mistakes problems and fixes as well as the pretty stuff! So it's a useful resource)
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Offline Pappy

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Re: New here... My first bow
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2015, 04:59:57 am »
Keep up the good work,very well done for you first shooter, nothing like the first one.Looking forward to see more. :)
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Re: New here... My first bow
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2015, 07:04:56 am »
Yep, you've got the virus!
I detroyed a lot of bows in the beginning because I couldn't wait the seasoning. So grap every stave / wood you can get, it is so good to have a pile of nice staves in garage.
And I'm with Del and others  - you have already learned a lot. Keep it on!
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Offline TolkienFan

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Re: New here... My first bow
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2015, 10:34:46 am »
Thanks guys! Appreciate the encouragement and Del The Cat, I will check that out right now.
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Re: New here... My first bow
« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2015, 01:05:43 pm »
You're way ahead of me, so congratulations, and thanks very much for showing it! I'm sure it must be great to shoot an arrow for the first time from something you made yourself!  ;D
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Offline Chief RID

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Re: New here... My first bow
« Reply #9 on: July 03, 2015, 04:21:32 pm »
Welcome. You have found the best bow making site on the www. Look forward to your pics and updates.
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Offline Aries

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Re: New here... My first bow
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2015, 05:30:48 pm »
Good job man! I look forward to seeing your progress! I bet you Can't wait till that maple is dry ;D
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: New here... My first bow
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2015, 06:40:02 pm »
Welcome to PA. Congratulations on your first bow. Jawge
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Offline TolkienFan

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Re: New here... My first bow
« Reply #12 on: July 03, 2015, 08:23:00 pm »
Thanks guys.  Aries, haha us it is brutal waiting. I'm going to get some good practice making a few board bows in the meantime.
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Offline alwayslookin

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Re: New here... My first bow
« Reply #13 on: July 03, 2015, 09:27:06 pm »
Welcome to the addicting world of bow making. Nice work for making a shooting pine bow. Lots of info and great helpful people on here.
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Offline bubby

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« Reply #14 on: July 03, 2015, 11:49:12 pm »
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