| From: Fling em
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| Date: 31-Mar-23 |
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Let's see those selfbows. Post some pictures of building/Bows. Great motivation. Thanks
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| From: Bjrogg
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| Date: 31-Mar-23 |
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Making some tip overlays from exotic woods I received in a giveaway. Not sure what they are but I glued these three pieces together.
Bjrogg
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| From: Bjrogg
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| Date: 31-Mar-23 |
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Did some rough shaping on my bench grinder and then glued em on.
I’ll have to wait until the glue cures before I can do more with them
Bjrogg
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| From: HRhodes
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| Date: 31-Mar-23 |
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One of mine. 60@27”
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| From: Don T Lewis
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| Date: 31-Mar-23 |
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Beautiful bows! You guys sure are talented! Outstanding!:)
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| From: bentstick54
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| Date: 31-Mar-23 |
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Started with a pretty good dogleg on this one. Got her straightened out. Osage 67” NtN, 46# a 28”.
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| From: Fling em
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| Date: 31-Mar-23 |
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Very awesome guys. Love seeing these things. Very new to selfbow making but this is my first one that's stayed together. Got about 150 arrows threw it now and still together so far. Fingers crossed. Is hand shock normal thing on these things?
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| From: bentstick54
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| Date: 31-Mar-23 |
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You should be able to keep hand shock to a minimum. We would need to see a full draw picture to possibly offer any suggestions. What is your bow length, and your brace height? And what kind of arrow are you shooting, wood, carbon, aluminum? How heavy of an arrow are you shooting?
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| From: Fling em
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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Bow is 69" ntn. 48#@28" brace is 6 7/8" shooting gt 400 29.5" with 100gr insert and 125 point. Giving me 530gr total weight. Thanks
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| From: HRhodes
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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It took me a while to realize how thin my tips could be. My first few attempts were thumpers in the hand. Tillered right with properly thinned, light weight tips, selfbows can be very dead in the hand and very quiet.
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| From: HRhodes
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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Tips on the Osage bow from the pic above…
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| From: Kwikdraw
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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This my 5th, a snakey Osage, 63", 66#@27", a great shooter and fun to play with!
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| From: Kwikdraw
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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Built the arrows as well, 565 gr w/ 125gr Snuffers.
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| From: HRhodes
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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I don’t shoot carbon or aluminum arrows with my selfbows. Nothing wrong with it at all, but it doesn’t seem right to me. Wood arrows go with selfbows like peanut butter and jelly.
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| From: Fling em
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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Here are couple pictures at full draw. Hand shock is not terrible but it's there. Just asking for ideas on the next build. Thanks
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| From: Bjrogg
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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Full draw looks pretty good Nathan.
How long is your handle area? Fades include.
I like it but it might help to give it another inch for the hand shock. Looks like you have it working pretty good right out of the fades too, but it doesn’t look like it’s to much. Might contribute slightly too.
You might be surprised how much you can reduce tips. That might help too.
All in all though I think you did a very nice job and I think you have a shooter there.
Bjrogg
Finished up my tips. Need to do a little sanding yet, but I think they should look nice with some finish on them.
Bjrogg
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| From: Bjrogg
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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Starting to feel like it should.
Bjrogg
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| From: Bjrogg
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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Full draw
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| From: Fling em
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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Yes looks very nice. My next one ill do tips like yours there. Reducing tips would probably be good idea. Probably all the extra weight getting thrown forward not helping hand shock. It shoots great but can't get it to bare shaft for nothing. Keeps throwing them tail right. But fletched they shoot ok. Any ideas out there??
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| From: Bjrogg
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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It’s certainly not the prettiest full draw ever. But this one has curves and kinks from one end to the other.
One for arrow pass that’s almost center shoot.
Bjrogg
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| From: Bjrogg
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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Here’s the unbraced profile
Bjrogg
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| From: Bjrogg
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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Shooting tail right bare shaft is to stiff yet if I’m not mistaken. Guessing you tried adding point weight ?
Bjrogg
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| From: Fling em
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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Yes. I've tried alot different stuff. Usually shoot gt 400. But even tried a 500 with 300 up front. Seemed even lil bit worse.
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| From: Fling em
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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Here pic of handle lay out I used. Got this from guy at ky trad fest last year. Very good people.
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| From: Jed Gitchel
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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Love the look of the bow's with flipped tip's. Nice work guys.
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| From: Bjrogg
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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That should be a good handle size.
Bjrogg
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| From: Bjrogg
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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Nice tips runner. And nice recurve shape too. That’s very close to what my recurve caul shape is.
Thanks Greg. I put the working area on my “straightening “ caul to tame it down just a little and give a bit of reflex. Then I put a bit more reflex in the tips just by hand. Both tips have some stuff going on right where there should be a nice recurve but it kinda works. The full draw looks a little stiff in the outers but they’re working. The reflex just makes them look like they aren’t.
Just put the first coat of tru oil on. She’s definitely going to be a looker
Bjrogg
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| From: Arvin
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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| From: Arvin
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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Here is a couple.
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| From: Eric Krewson
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| Date: 01-Apr-23 |
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I have made more selfbows than some, less than others, I am at 158 so far.
Here are a few in my shop, I have been making static recurves lately.
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| From: BowAholic
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| Date: 02-Apr-23 |
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sometimes the rings don't grow flat... :)
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| From: wooddamon1
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| Date: 02-Apr-23 |
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Very cool bows, guys!
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| From: wooddamon1
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| Date: 02-Apr-23 |
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Ironwood splits. Still drying in the shed for now.
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| From: Fling em
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| Date: 02-Apr-23 |
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Very awesome Bows!!! And great ideas for future builds.
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| From: WillMac
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| Date: 02-Apr-23 |
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A short bamboo backed R/D that I did. Was testing to see what arrows shot best in it. Seems to like the heavier ones.
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| From: Fling em
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| Date: 03-Apr-23 |
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That's awesome!!!! Love it. Made my boy one too. It's 47" ntn 10#@19" looks like your having fun.
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| From: PEARL DRUMS
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| Date: 03-Apr-23 |
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Looks to me like a looooong string of happy, healthy wood bow lovers :)
Good job guys. Enjoy every minute with them.
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| From: ken techau
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| Date: 04-Apr-23 |
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Great Post! Nice bows!!
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| From: Bjrogg
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| Date: 07-Apr-23 |
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Nice to see the knowledge passed along and in good hands.
Good thread
Here’s one I finished putting tru oil on.
It’s actually from a Osage plank that I split a stave out of and chased a ring.
You could say it’s straight as a board. It’s actually as straight as the grain inside the board.
Bjrogg
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| From: Patrick
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| Date: 07-Apr-23 |
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Brian that bow looks fantastic and very nice photo too. I like what you did with the tip
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| From: Selden Slider
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| Date: 07-Apr-23 |
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Boy, some of you guys are really talented. Like I've said before I can't make a toothpick from a Sequoia. Frank
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| From: Stoner
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| Date: 07-Apr-23 |
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Well done Brian, got a nice wiggle there.
I notice more people using a locator grip now. John
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| From: Bjrogg
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| Date: 07-Apr-23 |
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Thanks guys.
This one had a lot of wiggles and one was just right for an arrow pass. It’s almost center shot.
I really like seeing all the Selfbows here. Thanks for sharing everyone
Bjrogg
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| From: Primitive sniper
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| Date: 07-Apr-23 |
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62” 65# shoot off the hand Osage , has a little wiggle
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