A bow for my 4 year old nephew

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KellyG
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A bow for my 4 year old nephew

#1 Post by KellyG » Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:55 am

Ok finished up this little bow for my 4 year old nephew. I am new to the bow building and learn on every bow and this one was no exception. It started as a failed bow back at MOJAM. I was trying out power tools and learned although you can make one fast you can mess on up even faster. So what was a bow for me now as to thin and short so I laid it to the side and figured my nephew need a bow.
So when tillering this one. I heard a pop and sure enough found a crack at the fade and handle. I decide to chase down another ring and found that got rid of the crack.
On with tillering I went. once to a short string I noticed that string was really closer to the one limb then the other. I scraped a bit on the one I thought was stiffer and it only made a small about of difference. I decide to heat up the weaker on and flip it's tip to match the natural on the other side. Once I did that the till was almost spot on. I evened it out and did a bit of side tillering to keep them from getting too thin.
This is my first skinning job. It had a couple of holes in it so I trimmed of what I know would not be on the bow and put them behind the holes and that seems to really hide them.
Well now I can focus on doing my swap and trade bows.

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Oh it is 42" ttt and is pulling about 12lbs at 20"
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Re: A bow for my 4 year old nephew

#2 Post by bigbob » Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:21 am

Very nice little bow there Kelly.Good to see a rescue job like that!
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Re: A bow for my 4 year old nephew

#3 Post by hotcam » Mon Feb 18, 2013 11:00 am

It looks like he's loving it! And isn't that the whole point... well done.
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Re: A bow for my 4 year old nephew

#4 Post by rodlonq » Mon Feb 18, 2013 1:40 pm

Looks like a great little bow Kelly, your nephew is going to have some fun with it. Glad to see you are still at it, look out the local squirrels and such....... :biggrin:

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Re: A bow for my 4 year old nephew

#5 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:54 pm

Good to see your still around and makin' wood shavin's mate. :biggrin: Congrats on the bow and I'm sure the young fella will have a ton of fun with it.

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Re: A bow for my 4 year old nephew

#6 Post by Gringa Bows » Mon Feb 18, 2013 4:41 pm

Lookin good Kelly :biggrin:
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Re: A bow for my 4 year old nephew

#7 Post by KellyG » Tue Feb 19, 2013 12:18 am

Thanks fellas

Oh I am still popping in and checking things out here. Just have not had much to post about is all.

I did not put a rest on this one and am glad I did not. He is right handed but I noticed that when he was drawing it he was turning his head so his left eye was lining up behind the arrow. So he is left eye dominate and I will teach him to shoot lefty.
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