A simple red oak board bow

[bubby]

 
 
 
 
 

[Wolftrail]

Nice job, I thought you were building mostly selfies now...?   How many shots do you normally do with these board creations.?

[mikkekeswick]

Again that is a nice red oak bow  
Wolftrail - it pretty much is a selfbow? I'll suggest an answer on Bubby behalf....as many shots as any other bow?? Why would you not? It looks to me like a very nicely made bow.

[Roy from Pa]

Very nice.

[YosemiteSam]

Nicely done!

Bubby, I see you're in Red Bluff.  I've had bad luck so far with the red oak at Home Depot -- pretty brittle stuff here in the Central Valley.  My maple bow is holding up very well but my red oak bows have both snapped within the first 100 shots.  I assume all HD's probably supply from the same company.  Are you getting your red oak from HD or do you have a better source up there?

[BMorv]

That's a nice one!  I'm in the process of building an "easy" board bow out of red oak.
Can you share some more details?  Steam bent re-curves?  Did you heat treat?  
I'm very interested.  It looks like your bow took very little set.  Well Done!

[bubby]

Thanks Mike and it is a selfbow, i expect years of shooting from my bows, i actually double posted this accidentally somehow

[bubby]

I steam/boiled the curves for about 45 mins i think and no heat treat. Just good floor tiller for low set, i went straight from floor tiller to 5" brace on this one

[George Tsoukalas]

Bubby, looks great. Very well done. Jawge

[forestdweller]

I'm even more impressed that it's unbacked. A lot of people say that the back can't be violated and so on or else your bow will fail but I disagree. Good on you!

Just curious, do you know what the cast on this bow is?

[Mark R]

Do you always shoot that right handed bow lefty

[bubby]

I always shoot lefty, even when i build a righty

[Wolftrail]

You are the master at these bows, lefty righty that is a tough one no doubt.    :eek:

[bubby]

Lol, wolftrail your DC right?

[Tim Y]

Nice build Buddy.
   I finished a similar red oak bow last month. No backing, cut to center, 45# @ 28 and 66" npn. It's a snappy, fun bow to shoot.
   Thanks for sharing.
-Tim

[Msturm]

Looks great!