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First BBO of the winter
« on: December 10, 2010, 05:22:00 PM »
66 inches tip to tip, r/d, 48 #'s at 28". Osage backed with boo with an osage riser, buffalo horn tip over lays.
 

 

 

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Re: First BBO of the winter
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2010, 05:45:00 PM »
Looks really nice!  Are gonna take it out when archery season comes back in after Christmas?
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Re: First BBO of the winter
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2010, 06:03:00 PM »
I SO badly want one of those! I just blew my Ipe bow build, so osage is next. Is that from stave or board?

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I want that beer in the back ground too! The smokes look even better, but Im 3 years past them now.

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Re: First BBO of the winter
« Reply #3 on: December 10, 2010, 06:12:00 PM »
Congrats on the smokes, I need to throw them away also. It's from two board billets Z-spliced together.
 

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Re: First BBO of the winter
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2010, 06:15:00 PM »
Looks nice Roy. Can we see a full draw pic?
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Re: First BBO of the winter
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2010, 06:46:00 PM »
That is pretty. I like the green stain.
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Re: First BBO of the winter
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2010, 07:01:00 PM »
How's this Pat? The camera is off to the left here, so it distorts the looks a little I think.
 

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Re: First BBO of the winter
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2010, 08:24:00 PM »
nice looking bow roy.
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Re: First BBO of the winter
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2010, 08:25:00 PM »
nice looking bow roy.
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Re: First BBO of the winter
« Reply #9 on: December 10, 2010, 08:30:00 PM »
love that green. im so jealous. i love the simple clean lines of the r/d's

too bad you cant give karma here..
ain't got no gas in it...mmmhmmm...

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Re: First BBO of the winter
« Reply #10 on: December 10, 2010, 10:43:00 PM »
Very nice bend Roy. With those long levers I bet she'll spit an arrow!
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Re: First BBO of the winter
« Reply #11 on: December 10, 2010, 11:23:00 PM »
Pat, I always made my BBO bows around 60 to 62 at the most. This is my first try at 66 inches, and I'll never make a shorter bow now:) This bow is the best shooting bow I have ever made. Very quiet, very fast, and very accurate. And it draws so smooth. And I will add, with the longer limbs, it just seemed so much easier to tiller.

Spent 5 hours in the Bow Shop tonight, tillering  another one just like it. Seems the more I make, the more I learn and the better they come out. And I have  another 66 incher waiting in the drying box:)

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Re: First BBO of the winter
« Reply #12 on: December 11, 2010, 01:05:00 AM »
Looks like it turned out real nice Roy.  I noticed how quiet your pulley is on your tillering tree.  I look forward to getting together again after Christmas.  I'll bring your sweatshirt.

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Re: First BBO of the winter
« Reply #13 on: December 11, 2010, 09:27:00 AM »
Roy, it is amazing how much difference a few inches will make. Longer bows are more accurate to shoot, more forgiving of a less than perfect release and can be faster than a shorter bow.
  When I started making 60" recurves it took me almost a season to feel comfortable with the way they shoot and when I switch back to a longer bow my conbsistancy improves tremendously.
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Re: First BBO of the winter
« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2010, 09:44:00 AM »
Roy

That is a beauty!

I like everything about it!


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Re: First BBO of the winter
« Reply #15 on: December 11, 2010, 09:58:00 AM »
Nice looking bow,
Build alongs are aways welcome. The more I watch yall build the more I think I my beaable to pull a build off myself. I love the smooth ness of your tree and pulley system.
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Re: First BBO of the winter
« Reply #16 on: December 11, 2010, 10:40:00 AM »
Thanks guys and girl. I use a 1/8th steel braided cable on the tillering tree, with a 3 inch pulley on the bottom. It is really smooth, but sounds like the pulley needs a drop of oil again:)

Ok Alan, see ya in a few weeks.

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Re: First BBO of the winter
« Reply #17 on: December 11, 2010, 11:44:00 AM »
Great bow, Roy. Clean limbed and looks smooth.
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Re: First BBO of the winter
« Reply #18 on: December 18, 2010, 03:15:00 AM »
That's a nice looking bow.

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