Speaking as a proud Grandpa, I have the 2 most beautiful grand baby girls in the world. Can you argue?
When they came to visit this past summer they were fascinated with my bow building and wanted their own bows and arrows. Since we were going to visit them for Christmas, my wife and I decided to go all out and make bows, quivers, arrows, and arm guards. I generally make all wood bows, but recently tried my hand at two bows with modern glass materials. Since I wanted a little more protection for them, I elected to make their bows using fiberglass. They are 3 and 4 years old, but the 4 year old is almost 5. For the younger one is used a 36-40 inch reflex-deflex form I got from JamesV. For the older one I made pretty much a straight form for a reverse handle design with reflexed tips.
Details and pics below:
Bow 1
40" t2t
38" n2n
.95 inch wide
riser 12" tiger wood with black walnut I-beam
white coretuff belly with black glass back both .030
core black walnut .120
total stack = .180
.0035 per inch taper from the fades with pyramid taper to 3/8" tips
tip overlays white glass, black walnut, and yellow heart
handle overlays are white glass and black walnut
Bow 2
46" t2t
44" n2n
.95 inch wide
reverse or forward handle riser 10" eastern red cedar with hard maple I-beam and hard maple, black walnut, and eastern red cedar handle belly lams
red coretuff belly with black glass back both .030
core red elm .140
total stack .200
.0035 per inch taper from the fades with pyramid taper to 3/8" tips
tip overlays white glass, black walnut, and eastern red cedar handle overlay white glass and black walnut
both pull about 1# per inch
arrows 16" made from 48" long 1/4 " dowels cut into 3 shafts
quivers made from 3 to 4 oz split cowhide doubled and glued with kangaroo lacing.
The bows were a big hit. Two new archers hit the trail!!
Topic: Archery stuff for 2 girls at Christmas (Read 495 times)
