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Mar 24^th, 2011 at 2:17pm

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I always have something under construction, all kinds of things. This time it was a longbow.

It started out as an ordinary red oak board from the lumber yard and a piece of walnut rescued from the firewood stack.

Full draw.

I don't intend to hunt with this bow, it's just for recreational target practice. Because of that, I made it light with only 35 pound draw weight. I don't need more than that for shooting hay bales.

Well, thanks for looking. Dare I ask has anyone else here ever made a bow?

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Reply #1 - Mar 24^th, 2011 at 3:10pm

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Bee-yoo-ti-full! Nice work, I love the craftsmanship!

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Reply #2 - Mar 24^th, 2011 at 3:46pm

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Strawberry Yogurt wrote on Mar 24^th, 2011 at 3:10pm:

Bee-yoo-ti-full! Nice work, I love the craftsmanship!

I 2nd that. You have great craftsmanship... you want to build me a Kayak???

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Reply #3 - Mar 24^th, 2011 at 6:14pm

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Like they said, that is some great wood work. I used to shoot archery but I used a compound.

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Reply #4 - Mar 26^th, 2011 at 8:44am

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Gorgeous bow.

I shot compounds for several years, but never had a longbow. Always wanted one though. Don't have the skills or tools to make one.

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Reply #5 - Mar 26^th, 2011 at 8:32pm

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Thanks for the compliments guys.

It's not as hard as you think to build a bow, check out http://poorfolkbows.com/ I built one following the directions under "red oak board bow...". Once I had learned the ins-and-outs and how the dynamics of a wooden leaf spring work I changed the design a bit and made the one pictured above. So I can't take all the credit, but you have to learn this stuff from somewhere. Wink

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Reply #6 - Mar 27^th, 2011 at 3:29pm

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Very nice craftsmanship! I love the way the wood is layered like it is near the grip. Check this girl out in the pic, she takes the longbow to a whole new level.. Cool

Flying with twins is a lot of fun..

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Reply #7 - Mar 27^th, 2011 at 5:03pm

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Pfft! I do that all the time. Trust me, it gets boring after a while. Roll Eyes

Joking of course... Wink

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Reply #8 - Mar 27^th, 2011 at 6:04pm

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Flying with twins is a lot of fun..

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Reply #9 - Mar 28^th, 2011 at 9:21am

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Wonderful work... Wink

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Reply #10 - Mar 29^th, 2011 at 4:45pm

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Steve M wrote on Mar 27^th, 2011 at 3:29pm:

Very nice craftsmanship! I love the way the wood is layered like it is near the grip. Check this girl out in the pic, she takes the longbow to a whole new level.. Cool

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hahahaha! Grin

very interesting, yet pretty funny at the same time

-Jake

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