New guy looking for advice
Hello everyone. Ive been reading this forum for the past few months and decided it was time to join and get some good advice. Im a lifelong woodworker (decoys, cabinets, furniture, etc.) and...
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Welcome to the forum! You can certainly harvest your own wood. You didn't mention what region you live in, but I'd imagine hickory would be a readily available wood and appropriate to an Iroquois bow....
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+1 to starting with boards! i’m a fellow beginner (3 bows), and found the luxury of a board’s square sides a good thing to have in the beginning. you can lay out your bow with a straightedge, making...
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Check out www.poorfolkbows.com. Read Sam's Red Oak board bow build along, it's very good for a first time bowyer. From my own experience and from my best buddy's experience, it's takes a few tries...
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If I was you, I'd avoid red oak. Up in Maine you have a great hardwood forest. See if you can get access to some tree trimmings somehow. But first read the Bowyers Bible, in order to get the proper...
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PoetArt wrote:If I was you, I'd avoid red oak. Up in Maine you have a great hardwood forest. See if you can get access to some tree trimmings somehow. But first read the Bowyers Bible, in order to get...
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Here's some info. Hickory is a great bow wood. Jawge http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/seneca.html
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IMHO red oak is a brittle wood. Hickory on the other hand is very flexible.
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PoetArt wrote:IMHO red oak is a brittle wood. Hickory on the other hand is very flexible.hickory is a great wood, but not exactly readily available at every home depot or lowes you go to. if i had to...
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If you get a good enough board you can turn it into a stave by chasing an unbroken back ring. Not to say that I have never made a board bow. I did once, without chasing a back ring and it was...
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Good pictures Rod. Have you had a chance to complete the hickory bow from the stave? Gary
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The guy lives in Maine. Not in Arizona. No need to depend on the HD for his lumber. I say go with the best wood you can get your hands on for the first bow. In the same way I say give yer kids canvas...
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PoetArt wrote:The guy lives in Maine. Not in Arizona. No need to depend on the HD for his lumber. I say go with the best wood you can get your hands on for the first bow. In the same way I say give...
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You can definitely make a usable bow on the first try, but you have to know where you are ad where you are going. Oak is fine. Hickory is better, because it simply will do everything, but break. Board...
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Hey Thumper,We're not married are we? Didn't know it was a "honey do" situation. :-)Seriously it's OK, been sitting in a warm place waiting to be tillered while I've been collecting, tuning and...
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Made lost of bows from red oak boards and some from staves. If one is using boards, choose straight grained stock. Jawge
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Hey Rod , my relatives came from Wales in the 1600's and then co-mingled with the Cherokee so we may not be comparable. :-) I relate in the cataract situation - had the left one repaired last...
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thumper and rod, i still remember vividly when my late grandma had her cataracts repaired. she’d been living in her house in a good old routine for years, but the first day after that OP, she came...
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