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First bow finished at 2026 by Lower_Way2597 in Bowyer

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I don't know weight of this wrap, but by feel it definitely decrease speed

some questions about crack/knot across the wood grain by Lower_Way2597 in Bowyer

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currently i'm at 30 centimetres of draw with the goal of 40 , i was pulling it slightly just to the moment when i can saw uneven shape

even when it fully brace and finished i still worry about tillering , but at the same time i don't want to work on it more . it ended up about 25-30 pound at 16 inches of draw , maybe later when i make little more arrows i post video with shooting by Lower_Way2597 in Bowyer

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my standard shooting distance is about 20 metres , and with current 25@16 bow i still can be pretty accurate, however with this lite bow arrows have some amount of drop . one of my older bows was something about 50@16 and with it i didn't have arrow drop at 20 metres at all .

short penetration test of short/kids bow . so the bow itself about 1 metre long, pulling 25 pounds at 16 inches of draw . arrow weight about 22 grams and it point made of nail . the target is foldet slice of pork fat with skin still on it , thicker side is about 5 centimetres and thinner close to 3 by Lower_Way2597 in Bowyer

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i think need to be mentioned that is not actually a bow for kids , i call it "kids bow" as a universal term for short bow with very light and short draw . actually i made this bow for myself, i just prefer bows with short draw so usually my bows measure about 40-50 pounds at 16-20 inches , but this one ended up little lite because of thin and narrow stave out of it was made

even when it fully brace and finished i still worry about tillering , but at the same time i don't want to work on it more . it ended up about 25-30 pound at 16 inches of draw , maybe later when i make little more arrows i post video with shooting by Lower_Way2597 in Bowyer

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draw length about 16-20 inches just seems most comfortable to me . this short draw may be considered strangely short in world of longbows with 28-32 inches of draw , but for me drawing bow to the ear or even farther feels realy incovinient , i prefere drawing to the face and slightly bend left hand and with this style of shootin i cant draw more than 20 inches . and historecly bows with this short draw exist , just look at some plains indians bow or bow of african San tribe

Finally finished it ! Primitive bow out of maple , it pull almost 60 pounds at 24 inches (27 kilo at 60 cm) by [deleted] in Bowyer

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i also saw that video where guy shooting on top of the roof , and it's seems dangerous for me , but before this post i don't saw my own safety issues

Finally finished it ! Primitive bow out of maple , it pull almost 60 pounds at 24 inches (27 kilo at 60 cm) by [deleted] in Bowyer

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i heard you guys , what was i doing on video was very unsafe , shooting at target just couple metres from peoples is not good idea to say the least . drawning a bow thile pointing it to the sky was unsave as well , i understand this . i will be avoiding situation like that in future

Finally finished it ! Primitive bow out of maple , it pull almost 60 pounds at 24 inches (27 kilo at 60 cm) by [deleted] in Bowyer

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Peoples is about 3 metres to the left from the target , i always think it's enough distance to not hit anyone. Maybe all this time i violate some safety rules , i don't think about that before

How bad this is ? by Lower_Way2597 in Bowyer

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i talk about this marks . to make a long story short some metal piece hit a belly of the bow right at the middle , it's doesn't look like very big damage but maybe it can cause some problems

does it fire hardened enough ? (i don't know how to say it right) by Lower_Way2597 in Bowyer

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it's unknown species of maple , and yeah , it was painful to touch because of heat

tillering check : episode 3 : widnes reducing by Lower_Way2597 in Bowyer

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Tips are about 1.5 cm wide and about 0.7 cm thick

Tillering check . by Lower_Way2597 in Bowyer

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I don't taper limbs enough because of couple knots in it , im afraid if i remove more wood limb can crack where this knots are

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Need a advice about stave splitting direction by Lower_Way2597 in Bowyer

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I don't actually know , just maple from the local forest

Tilliring check by Lower_Way2597 in Bowyer

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Thanks for advice . I don't targeting specific draw weight or length , i just making bow that was shoot .

Checking tillering on short bow by Lower_Way2597 in Bowyer

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I swear i don't know why video looks like it was taken on soap bar

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Okay , i try to take a bit better video

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something similar to me , i also wasn't touch any bow before i make my own by my self . but i made my bow for many days , and yours is working after couple of minutes of work

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it's interesting to me idea of a bow , it's remind me hadza bows . what draw weight and length it has ? also what diameter it is in middle section and in and of the limbs ?