New self made bow

[adam_myers]

I've always felt the need to make my own bow, many times i've tried and every time i failed i selected a nice piece of wood but rushed the bow and finished it in just a few hours, of course they all broke after a few tugs on the sting. so a few days ago i sat down and decided to take my time and make a good, strong and functional bow, i went to my local woods and harvested a nice straight almost knot free ash log and after some time i got it home. the log was split down the middle and the bow making begun.

here's some photos of the final bow:

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The bow still need a few tweaks here and there and it needs drying out fully so i can reach its maximum draw weight, the finished mesurments are:

62 inch unstrung
59.5" from notch
58 " string
0.5" tips
draw weight at the moment is 35lb but will increase once the wood is fully dry.
overall the bow took 3 days to make, as i said above i didn't want to mess it up so i took plenty of time.

Thanks for reading if i missed out or you would like to know anything don't hesitate to ask please

[Dreadhead]

nice bow looks braw

[southey]

That looks brilliant Adam, How much more work is there to do?

[Bushcraftsman]

nice work mate, my first attempt have all ended in the same result, SNAP! its heart breaking isn't it! this one looks nice though is that just normal string or have you used a proper bow string?

[adam_myers]

How much more work is there to do?

Quite a fair bit, the main work is making it from a split log down to the rough shape which took about a day just to do that the rest just takes a very long time because you have to slowly take wood of so the limbs bend equally.

[adam_myers]

[QUOTE=bushcraftsman;1124343is that just normal string or have you used a proper bow string?[/QUOTE]
Just some normal string I found in he house. It was just to test out the bends and to have a few practise shots I do plan on making my owns string woods still got some drying to do before it's string properly.

And for your bow making, check out this video helped me loads. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6eWDgNrLYps

[Dannytsg]

Very nice work mate

[crosslandkelly]

Very nice looking bow,nice one.

[andyc54]

nice one adam get some bow string its cheap enough on ebay bring it with you tomorrow we can have a go

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[dwardo]

Great work

Once its dry increase the brace hieght to about a "thumbs up", about 5 or 6 inches or the sting will slap your wrist....Hurts alot!
Tiller looks good from what i can see

[DeSilva]

Well done mate- I hope she shoots well.

[adam_myers]

Thanks.

Already experienced the wrist slap stung loads got the bruise to show it to.