finished and shot my first bow yesterday!

[canshooter]

It is 55lbs @28" but I draw it to 29.5".

I tried it at the club yesteray and was able to get 7-8" groups at 20 yards.

I am a new shooter having only started this summer so I dont know if thaqt is good or not but I was quite happy.      

[George Tsoukalas]

Very nice bow. Congratulations. Jawge

[Pat B]

Very nice bow with good tiller. Sounds like you are shooting quite well, especially for a beginner. With more practice your groups will tighten.
  Try shooting one arrow at a time then retrieving it before you shoot another. If you can put it where you want it, you are shooting good. Having a group of arrows in the target at one time can be distracting for me. By shooting one arrow at a time its just me and the target. Pat

[canshooter]

Thanks for the comments. Geez do I look like I need all that exercise, running back and forth for all those arrows? Lets face it basically Im lazy!

[mike fisher]

Very nice, can we have some info on materials? Thanks, Mike.

[canshooter]

Hey Mike...you are a neighbour. I am from Streetsville!

The board used was red oak, the handle was ash, and the backing is fibreglass drywall tape 3 layers glued in place with Rona's woodworking glue 3500lb strength.

[CheapShot]

Tiller looks real good to me. Good looking bow all the way around. I especially like the handle.  

[mike fisher]

Very Nice!, always impressed with this kind of work, keep going, Mike

[Focusource]

Nice job.  It looks like you used Sam Harper's instructions, as I did on the one I finished last week.  The bow likes a lower brace height, somewhere around 5 1/2 inches.  Take a look at the board bow design from Mickey "The Ferret" Lotz    here.   I am tillering this design now.  Again, you did a great job on this one.  Let's build some more.

[SoNevada Archer]

Looks great Ted! Congrats!!!
 

[The Gopher]

good job, that only looks about 100 times better than my first bow  

[Shaun]

Lovely "arc of the circle" tiller shape. Is it a straight bow unbraced?