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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

PICTURES!

I love when things work out. I now have pictures of my bow and work space, and I can take more.
But for now, those pictures:
Basic info:
Red oak pyramid design, 61" nock to nock length
Pulls roughly 53 lb at 28" with about 1.5" of string follow. The low amount of set is probably because of the width, starting at 2.5" at the fades and tapering to 1/2" at the tips.
 Unsanded, unfinished bottom nock. Notice the rub off from the red bowstring.

 The riser section, back down

 Handle section, from the arrow side. You can see the black mark where the arrow rubs against the riser as it leaves the bow.

 Braced 

 A closer, if blurry, view of the braced nock. You can see the rather poorly twisted string that I'm going to have to shorten and re-twist. It was made for when the bow was about 6 inches longer. I piked the ends 2.5 inches each to bring up the weight.

A closer view of brace height, which is about 4 7/8".

Full draw, basement in the background. The arrow is a Carbon Express 3050 with a field point, 28" long.

Not much of a workstation, but it's all I've got. The table is planks on sawhorses, about 4' by 2'5". All of my tools, clamps and sandpaper, my current unfinished red oak pyramid bow, and a hickory stave that's going to be the next one. 

Side view. You can see the chair I usually clamp my staves to while I tiller.

That's the overview. I'll follow up with more pictures (and maybe video) of me shooting and I'll show where I practice. That's all I've got for now though.

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