I have been lurking on this site for quite some time now. I was introduced to the site by Larry Surtees after some bow fishing trips on Chris' boat. Since that time I have been waiting patiently to have the time available to get started building some bows. To say that I am impressed by the craftsmanship on this site is the understatement of the century. So on to the questions, thanks to 4est trekker I have the idea in my head to start off building some board bows. My first question is what draw weight do those of you with kids think that a six year old girl could reasonably pull. The first bow I am building is going to be for me with the hopes that I can build a successful bow. In the chance that I have to come up with an alternative plan for the bow due to a lack of skills on my part, I hope that I can salvage it into something that my daughter can use. I also have four nephews and another daughter that I plan on building bows for. My oldest daughter is going to get the first of the kids’ bows regardless of how the first one comes out. Another question is after I figure out what the target draw weight is, how do I come up with the dimensions for the bow? The last question I have for the time being is when finishing a board bow is there any reason not to just paint the bow? The reason being is that I have quite a few leftover colors of paint from past wood working projects that I could potentially use for the kids bows. Sorry to be so long winded on my first post. Thanks for all of the great information and wonderful site.
Kris
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