Diminsions of a board bow?

[BHTGdogs]

Have made a few but finally found some hickory boards. Want to hear some diminsions of board bows you have made or what you think works best.

[Walt Francis]

I'm not into board bows, but Mickey has a good tutorial on his web page:  http://groups.msn.com/ferretsarcherywebpage.

Jawage, has some good instructions on his site too:
 http://mysite.verizon.net/georgeandjoni/archer.html

[BHTGdogs]

I have been to most board bow sites. I just want to hear some peoples personal experinces.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

I did one that came out under weight.. I was to fast and didn't check weight like I should have..Anyway I did a Red Oak that was 2.25"fades to .75" nocks...4" handle ... cloth fiberglass w/ TB III

I'm doing a build along with a Members son starting Tomorrow after dinner... I'm doing a 72" tip2tip 71"n2n 1.25" fades 4"X1" handle .50" nocks... I'm using Mickey's site as a guide, since I'm making mine little longer. I'm shooting for 55-60#@24"(back of handle). The other member is fyrfyter43's son Lee, I think He will be using Mickey's youth bow site...

[John Scifres]

For a nice bendy handled bow, take your 68", hickory board and make it 1-3/4" wide.  Rip it to just over 1/2" thick.  From center, mark 4" on both limbs.  A straight taper from there to the center of the end and you will have your profile.  Cut nocks 1" from the tip for a 66" NTN bow.  It should be pretty well tillered assuming a good board and decent wood removal.  Tweak tiller and shoot away.  It'll be around 50# at 28".

I just made one that as 72" (70" NTN) from red oak this week.  It finished at 40# at 28" and follows the string by 1.5".  It shoots nice after I narrowed the last 8" of the limbs to about 3/4".  Kind of Holmegard like.

Have fun.  make bows.

[tim-flood]

68" long 10" fade to fade 4" handle in center 2" at fade 1.75 1" above mid limb then taper to 3/4 at ends tiller then narrow tips to 1/2 or less.
Will work with almost any wood and way overbuilt for osage

[Shakes.602]

Hickory is what the World Uses for Axe Handles, and Shovel Handles too, Right?     Or did I dream that??