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Post by blacksmith on Oct 21, 2015 23:19:34 GMT -7
has anybody try to make a bow from cross country skis I thought on the web and while back just want to know anybody try to make 25 To 30 pound bow
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Post by Cwi555 on Oct 22, 2015 1:23:43 GMT -7
Can't say as I have. I can see the potential though.
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Post by blacksmith on Oct 22, 2015 1:57:28 GMT -7
and they are really light weight
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Post by geron on Oct 22, 2015 2:44:34 GMT -7
Not from cross country skis but I'm working on 3 long bows from Hickory - - - If I can ever get this house finished!!!! Seems a ski would work quite well. I've made a bunch of bows from PVC water pipe some of them pushing 40-50 lbs. Just don't have that many skis available here in the South
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Post by Redneckidokie on Oct 22, 2015 20:38:16 GMT -7
Bois d' arc, or (bodark), and hickory are mostly used here. I have some well seasoned still waiting on me to use.
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Post by blacksmith on Oct 22, 2015 21:27:14 GMT -7
Yeah there are some good wood out there but this is a bow that can be made in 30 min.and comes in under 3 lb
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Post by thywar on Oct 22, 2015 21:46:21 GMT -7
Do you have a link by chance, blacksmith?
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Post by USCGME2 on Oct 22, 2015 22:22:53 GMT -7
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Post by geron on Oct 23, 2015 2:21:55 GMT -7
Bois d' arc, or (bodark), and hickory are mostly used here. I have some well seasoned still waiting on me to use. Gonna get me some Osage Orange one of these days. My Hickory's been "under the couch" for about a year now.
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Post by woodyz on Oct 23, 2015 7:58:45 GMT -7
wtrfwlr had a good thread here on bow making
hickory and Osage orange/hedge apple/horse apple/monkey ball/bois d'arc/bodark/ or bodock
whatever its called where you live
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Post by blacksmith on Oct 23, 2015 23:20:23 GMT -7
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Post by geron on Oct 24, 2015 3:50:03 GMT -7
That is just downright neat. Now I gotta find a pair of skis.
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Post by thywar on Oct 24, 2015 4:51:22 GMT -7
That's very cool. I saw a pair of skis at the habitat store the other day I think. I chuckled to myself about snow skis in Oklahoma. While we have 'mountains' and snow there isn't much call for skis. But this article changed my thoughts now. Great information
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Post by woodyz on Oct 24, 2015 11:44:36 GMT -7
Good article
looks like a lot of work
which is fine for someone who wants to do it
i think i will stick with my auto leave spring crossbow
heavy yes, but quick and easy and 100# + draw
but this was good info
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Post by woodyz on Oct 24, 2015 11:57:07 GMT -7
thywar
the skis have other uses, as shown here
another would be a drag sled
don't need snow if the path is clear or across dead grass
but a kids plastic sled works good too
we used to carry a 50 gallon propane tank and a poo poo load of supplies a mile into the woods to get to a duck blind
a good frost or a little snow and 200+# was no problem
(yeah I know. The duck blind was heated, had 12 shooting spaces, (think flip up cover setting on a bar stool type chair) a stove, sink and an outhouse. And comfortable seating for 6 more shooters who were waiting for an opening or eating ham and eggs) (it was a company lease thing where corporate and guests could go and shoot ducks and geese on the Ohio river)
But the point is the drag sled
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