All fired up

[Bryan Adolphe]

I too prefer a quad or my boot leather, fed a horse a carrot one day at the farm , turned my back and he bit me. That was the end of story for long face and i.

[Kirkll]

I too prefer a quad or my boot leather, fed a horse a carrot one day at the farm , turned my back and he bit me. That was the end of story for long face and i.

How was the meat on that horse after you butchered it? I never cared much for horse meat myself. 

[Bryan Adolphe]

Sorry probably shouldn’t be posting hunting pictures nonrelated bow building stuff ! So I removed it Kirk just to clear that up I didn’t shoot the horse we just parted ways I much prefer eating moose but I’ve never tried horse before. Lol Bryan

[Kirkll]

Your right.... we kinda hijacked this thread going off on silly tangents...  Kirk

[onetone]

Even though horses can be head strong, gotta say I can’t imagine shooting a bow from a galloping quad no matter how well trained it is! 

[Buggs]

Sorry probably shouldn’t be posting hunting pictures nonrelated bow building stuff ! So I removed it Kirk just to clear that up I didn’t shoot the horse we just parted ways I much prefer eating moose but I’ve never tried horse before. Lol Bryan

You never tried Alpo?

[onetone]

 So now back to the topic ... got the bow together enough to shoot for the first time to today although it is not finished yet.  I was rained out after fifteen arrows, but that was enough to get a sense of the bow which I like. Some pics of details follow, all self explanatory I think.

[Mad Max]

Nice job onetone   

[onetone]

Thanks Max. After your post above I decided to try bringing the limb width down and I got just shy of 1”. All that lam removal dropped the DW to just under 46#

[Mad Max]

  Did you use stable core on that one?

[onetone]

I did

[Mad Max]

Nice job on the 1" wide

[mmattockx]

That's some beautiful detail work, how does it look unstrung and on the tree?


Mark

[Bryan Adolphe]

Very nice work! 👍

[onetone]

You can see it unstrung on the tiller board if you go back a page or two.

Thanks for the comments guys.

Sorry, I’m traveling and sorta messed up in the airport. Anyway, mm here’s a an unbraced pic I found on my phone.

[onetone]

Got a decent snow recently and had some idle time in the shop so I am finishing up a couple of Ottoman style bows that have been in the works for awhile. This one below is curly maple 48” long BH 6 3/4” DW 44#

[Mad Max]

Who is all fired up now?
 

[Longcruise]

Got a decent snow recently and had some idle time in the shop so I am finishing up a couple of Ottoman style bows that have been in the works for awhile. This one below is curly maple 48” long BH 6 3/4” DW 44#

That is a beautiful piece of work!

[Kirkll]

First glance at your tip notch made me wonder how that's going to hold up?  Then i saw the I-beam in the tip wedge, and i get it now....  Pretty cool looking bows.     Kirk

[onetone]

Thanks guys! I have been fired up about these bows … thanks for striking the match Max!  They present an interesting challenge, but I really enjoy shooting them.