Red Oak Bow: Advanced design.
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Great Bow, good job! Thanks for showing. Greetings, Sepp
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Hey, I've been making red oak board bows also. I was wondering if you've had a chance to take your bow to the bow shop and shoot it through the chronograph? My 50lb@29" bow shoots a 500 grain arrow 135fps, and my 43lb@25" bow shoots a 450 grain arrow at 127fps. I don't want to sound obsessed with numbers, but I would like to know what I'm doing right or wrong. No sense in making inefficient bows because I don't have all the information.
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Very sweet one day I plan on making a selfbow but as for right now I just shoot a blackwidow longbow. I was going to ask the same thing about limb backing, you didnt put any deer senew on the limbs?
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Any backing on that bow? How about a finish?
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I have not run mine thru a chronograph---wish I had one. FOr me, the balance is in getting rid of any excess wood on bow (especially near tips) without having too much 'set' from the wood being overstrained. I try to change or adjust bow designs with every bow. My favorite resource is the Bowyers Bible vol 1-4 for tips. I would like to see some photos/video of your bow.
ChadHClifford 3 months ago
Hi guys,
Sorry for taking a while to respond. No backing on the bow---it is so long that those narrow tips don't add much strain on the working limbs. I have used sinew backings on shorter recurved bows where the limbs are strained a lot. I finish my bows with bees wax, and sometimes a mixture of bees wax and paraffin wax.
This was a fun bow to make---but leaves me wondering what to try next. I do have a maple stave... .
Best of wishes with your archery and any future bow making.
Chad
ChadHClifford 5 months ago