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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: deadpool on October 03, 2008, 07:44:00 PM
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yeaaa you read right lol, wen to home depot, and baught me some oak with a piece of poplar for the riser, took me about 6 hours to make, the bow, I dont know wat to call it lol, from the riser it starts out as a normal board bow for a few inches out, then the limbs become round I guess you can say like an English longbow, I have to buy a string for it since the ones I made can only last one shot lol, the bow is 66" long and pulls at what I feel to be 60+ pounds
not the prettiest bow, but eh, only cost as much as a pack of feathers when you think about it lol
(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r27/icardona08/10-03-08_1515.jpg)
(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r27/icardona08/10-03-08_1622.jpg)
(http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r27/icardona08/10-03-08_1621.jpg)
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Nice Job,
I will be out of town this weekend but Monday I will build you a string and mail it to you ASAP if you would like EMAIL your address and I will get it to you
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I made one from a fifty cent cutoff piece of hickory from the local hardwood store's scrap pile. Of course I had to name it "fiddy". Guess with the string I made and the scrap piece I used for the riser it's probably closer to $5 but still a bargain. Shot great for a while at 60lbs but didn't exercise it enough in building and lower limb got weaker over time. Still shoots though.
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Good job! Are you going to hunt with it this season?
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thanks sabas!!
and Ben, thats what I'm planning on, it hits pretty hard, and its quite and smooth! =D
I....think this is the first bow I ever made that I am completely confident in for hunting with!
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AAAAaaaaaahhhhhhhh....
Self-sufficiency....just what a good TradGanger needs in this shaky economy!!! My Pappy would be proud of you!
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Great job :thumbsup:
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Congratulations and good luck hunting.
Ron
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:thumbsup:
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Nice job Christian. :thumbsup:
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kool