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Offline canshooter

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finished and shot my first bow yesterday!
« on: November 23, 2008, 08:44:00 AM »


It is 55lbs @28" but I draw it to 29.5".

I tried it at the club yesteray and was able to get 7-8" groups at 20 yards.

I am a new shooter having only started this summer so I dont know if thaqt is good or not but I was quite happy.      

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Re: finished and shot my first bow yesterday!
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2008, 09:18:00 AM »
Very nice bow. Congratulations. Jawge

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Re: finished and shot my first bow yesterday!
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2008, 10:54:00 AM »
Very nice bow with good tiller. Sounds like you are shooting quite well, especially for a beginner. With more practice your groups will tighten.
   Try shooting one arrow at a time then retrieving it before you shoot another. If you can put it where you want it, you are shooting good. Having a group of arrows in the target at one time can be distracting for me. By shooting one arrow at a time its just me and the target. Pat
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Re: finished and shot my first bow yesterday!
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2008, 04:58:00 PM »
Thanks for the comments. Geez do I look like I need all that exercise, running back and forth for all those arrows? Lets face it basically Im lazy!

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Re: finished and shot my first bow yesterday!
« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2008, 07:51:00 AM »
Very nice, can we have some info on materials? Thanks, Mike.

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Re: finished and shot my first bow yesterday!
« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2008, 04:28:00 PM »
Hey Mike...you are a neighbour. I am from Streetsville!

The board used was red oak, the handle was ash, and the backing is fibreglass drywall tape 3 layers glued in place with Rona's woodworking glue 3500lb strength.

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Re: finished and shot my first bow yesterday!
« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2008, 06:01:00 PM »
Tiller looks real good to me. Good looking bow all the way around. I especially like the handle.  :thumbsup:
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Re: finished and shot my first bow yesterday!
« Reply #7 on: November 25, 2008, 08:20:00 PM »
Very Nice!, always impressed with this kind of work, keep going, Mike

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Re: finished and shot my first bow yesterday!
« Reply #8 on: November 25, 2008, 09:07:00 PM »
Nice job.  It looks like you used Sam Harper's instructions, as I did on the one I finished last week.  The bow likes a lower brace height, somewhere around 5 1/2 inches.  Take a look at the board bow design from Mickey "The Ferret" Lotz    here.   I am tillering this design now.  Again, you did a great job on this one.  Let's build some more.
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Re: finished and shot my first bow yesterday!
« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2008, 01:08:00 AM »
Looks great Ted! Congrats!!!
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Re: finished and shot my first bow yesterday!
« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2008, 06:45:00 PM »
good job, that only looks about 100 times better than my first bow  :)
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Re: finished and shot my first bow yesterday!
« Reply #11 on: November 27, 2008, 10:37:00 PM »
Lovely "arc of the circle" tiller shape. Is it a straight bow unbraced?

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