first kids bow

[Teke]

Let me start off by saying thanks to everyone who answers questions and posts how too's. This is a great site full of dedicated crafters.
This is my first post, but I have been lurking around for a while.
I decided to make my daughter her first longbow. She wanted me to use figuard eucalyptus for the limbs and padauk for the handle. I did alot of searching on here and dove into it about a month ago. I'm pretty pleased with the outcome, and I think the last pic shows that she is to.

working together
 
in the oven
 
ready for the dremel tool
 
applying the finish
 
all prettied up
 
first shot off her new bow
 

 
one happy camper
 

[razorback]

That is fantastic. Love the fact that she had so much input into the construction. What are the specs of that bow.

[broketooth]

very cool  

[jcar315]

Beautiful bow! All the better that it was a project for you and your daughter. Very nice pics. Is this your first bow?

[Eastern Hunter 14701]

Awesome looking bow. It is great to see your daughter and you making this bow together. Maybe one day she will be making them on her own too. You are defintely a hero in my book.

[reddogge]

That's great, making something for your daughter to use and share some time afield with you.

[eman614]

thats a great looking bow.what are the specs on the bow(draw weight length things like that). i would like to make one for my brother and cousin.
eric

[Teke]

Thanks for the kind words everyone. No, I am no hero just a loving father who believes that a family that plays together, stays together.

I had to wait till today to get a poundage. The bow specs are 48" long, 18#@20", 23#@24". The limbs are figuard eucalyptus lams with maple core. The handle is padauk.
 
Last year while at ETAR she was supposed to get a new bow, but after looking at some of the prices she decided to keep shooting the one she had.(8# 36incher) I decided If she was going to make a big girl decision like that then she needed a big girl bow.

This is my first kids bow. I have made two other bows for myself but they are recurves. I've already decided to make the carbon copy of hers in a 64".

Dan

[Bob Sarrels]

Very nice little bow.  It has really nice curves.  How does it shoot?

[eman614]

she shoots better than i do! do you by chance remember what the lam thickness wasi made one for myself that was 64in and 56 lbs something tells me this would be alittle much for my little bro(he is 12)!again sweet bow.
eric

[BenBow]

Now that's cool. Great job

[Teke]

Bob, it shoots suprisingly good. Wasn't sure about the the extra brace height I built into the handle? Seemed a little too much to begin with. I wanted to make sure she wouldn't smack her arm all the time like her old one.
Hard to tell with a kids bow but, it seems to cast an arrow pretty good.

eman614, some of the times she shoots better than I do.(little stinker) She should, cause she's been doing it since she was two.
The limbs are made of .050 glass, .030 parallels and .025 lams. giving an overall of .210. I was aiming for more in the range of 22#. I guess trial and error. Next one I'll add another .010 to the parallels.?

Dan