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Offline mitchman

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ash eastern woodland bow
« on: June 28, 2008, 12:02:18 am »
made this like two months ago and never posted it.   sorry  . thanks to hillbilly for the stave and advice on the bow building process. 64" like 40 pounds(don't have a scale) @28". sweet shooter. I'm not a very good shot though so it isn't used to its full potential.this is all i can post of it ow i might be able to post more later of the front and everything. it took about 2 inch set:(

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Offline Justin Snyder

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Re: ash eastern woodland bow
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2008, 12:19:34 am »
Good work young man. Keep practicing and you will be shooting like Byron before you know.  Justin
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Offline david w.

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Re: ash eastern woodland bow
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2008, 12:30:57 am »
Very nice! Nothing wrong with 2" of set :)
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Offline Dane

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Re: ash eastern woodland bow
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2008, 08:32:00 am »
I'm no Annie Oakley either in the marksmanship department. Thanks for posting the bow. Simple is always nice.

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Offline Hillbilly

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Re: ash eastern woodland bow
« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2008, 09:37:08 am »
Looks like you did a good job on it, and congratulations on getting a shooter. Don't worry about the set, it won't hurt a thing shooting-wise. The tiller is a little bit uneven, as you build a couple more and get practiced up, the tillers will get better and the set will get less. 2" isn't bad at all, anyway for a short ash bow. If I remember correctly, that stave was dead straight with no reflex or deflex, so a degree of set is inevitalble when you're dealing with wood-the only way to avoid follow is to induce reflex into the stave. Remember in the TBB vol. 1, Tim Baker considered about 1 1/2" of set to be normal and good, and used it as a standard for testing bows. All in all, looks like you did a great job, my first few bows either broke or required no bending at all to brace them. :) Let me know when you're ready to build another one, and I'll head another stave your way, let you try some different kinds of wood.
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Offline kayakfisher

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Re: ash eastern woodland bow
« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2008, 11:48:36 am »
Great job young man nothin wrong with that bow! Hillbilly your alright
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Offline Ryano

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Re: ash eastern woodland bow
« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2008, 11:55:29 am »
The tiller looks pretty good on the top limb, the bottom one has a slight hinge at mid limb and is stiff there out to the tip. All and all I think you did pretty well for your first bow..... 8)
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Offline mitchman

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Re: ash eastern woodland bow
« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2008, 12:59:56 pm »
thanks guys. cant wait to make more. going to maine for the summer and will make some with my grandpa. probably birch wood. thanks hillbilly ill probably buy/trade another around september.

Offline snedeker

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Re: ash eastern woodland bow
« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2008, 01:48:00 pm »
Hey that's great.  I have been thinking of making one of those on an ash stave I have.  How wide is it at its widest?

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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: ash eastern woodland bow
« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2008, 07:18:28 pm »
Very nice bow. Congratulations! Jawge
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Offline 1/2primitive

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Re: ash eastern woodland bow
« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2008, 10:30:50 am »
Very good. I'm looking forward to more pictures.
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Re: ash eastern woodland bow
« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2008, 11:34:33 am »
Good looking stick bow. And bookmarked, too, for June  8) Self BOM
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Offline The Burnt Hill Archer

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Re: ash eastern woodland bow
« Reply #12 on: June 29, 2008, 08:10:01 pm »
nice bow, looks like a good shooter.

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Re: ash eastern woodland bow
« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2008, 07:24:28 am »
Good looking bow,nice job ,you will enjoy that one. :)
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Re: ash eastern woodland bow
« Reply #14 on: June 30, 2008, 08:55:25 am »
Great job on your first bow, congrats! ;)
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