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Offline tattoo dave

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New bow
« on: February 08, 2017, 10:03:38 pm »
Haven't made a bow since the trade bow last year. A buddy ask me to make him a light weight bow for him to shoot at a traditional archery league. It's a quarter sawn white ash board, leftover from another project. Wasn't sure a bow was in there, turns out there was. It's 62" long, and only 7/8" wide. It's 38# @ 28". Fun to shoot, I could shoot this thing all day, and that was the goal. I feel like the top limb could bend slightly more at the tip, but in other pics it seems to look fine. Anyway, thanks for looking.

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Offline half eye

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Re: New bow
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2017, 10:09:00 pm »
nothing wrong with that bow sir....He sure ought to like it Dave
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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: New bow
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2017, 10:15:07 pm »
Thanks Rich. Like I said it's been a while. Makes me want to make another!

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Offline ty_in_ND

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Re: New bow
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2017, 10:27:12 pm »
That's a sweet bow you made.  The flipped tips are a nice touch.  I'm impressed you got a bow close to 40 lbs from such a narrow board!  I'm sure your friend will be excited to have such a sweet bow for target shooting.

If you still have the bow or have a picture of it already, would you mind posting an unbraced picture of the bow?
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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: New bow
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2017, 10:54:47 pm »
Very nice work Dave.   Looks like it's a smooth shooter.
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Offline PatM

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Re: New bow
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2017, 11:00:06 pm »
Quote from: ty_in_ND on February 08, 2017, 10:27:12 pm
That's a sweet bow you made.  The flipped tips are a nice touch.  I'm impressed you got a bow close to 40 lbs from such a narrow board!  I'm sure your friend will be excited to have such a sweet bow for target shooting.

If you still have the bow or have a picture of it already, would you mind posting an unbraced picture of the bow?

 Unbraced in the second pic.  Nice little bow.
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Offline ty_in_ND

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Re: New bow
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2017, 11:06:16 pm »
Bah! I dunno how I missed that!! For some reason my brain registered that 2nd pic as a different view of the bow strung... Thanks for pointing it out.
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Offline MulchMaker

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Re: New bow
« Reply #7 on: February 08, 2017, 11:17:58 pm »
Nice bow man, looks perfect
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Offline Accipiter

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Re: New bow
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2017, 12:51:26 am »
Thats a great bow, love the FD profile
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Re: New bow
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2017, 06:30:16 am »
Very nice work
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: New bow
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2017, 07:00:44 am »
Really nice looking bow Dave. You got a lot out of that sliver of ash.
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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: New bow
« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2017, 07:13:50 am »
Thanks fellas! I know I like. It'll be tough to give it away, but sometimes that's the best part.

Tattoo Dave
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: New bow
« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2017, 07:23:01 am »
Looks great! I'm curious, It looks like the arrow is nocked dead center. Is the bow asymmetric with the top limb a bit longer?
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Re: New bow
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2017, 07:24:24 am »
I like it, very nice and a good weight to shoot all day, I don't see anything wrong with that tiller, looks dead on to me.
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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: New bow
« Reply #14 on: February 09, 2017, 07:26:34 am »
Nope, limbs are the same. It's nocked about 1/2" above center.

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