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Daerir
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Bows!

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Here in the next few months, I am going to begin construction on two bows. One, a board bow (Im not sure on the wood I want to use yet), and the other is going to be a laminate recurve bow. They are my school projects this year and hopefully my teacher allows me to take some pics of their progress and I'll put them up as I get stuff done.
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Good luck on your projects. Sounds like both will be pretty enlightening - making a self bow and a laminate. Look forward to seeing the process and of course, the finished product!
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Look forward to seeing the project as it unfolds! :mrgreen:
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Turns out I'm starting out with the recurve. Gets ask my laminations. The two woods are osage orange and hickory. More pics will follow as I make progress

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Got the main body glued together and ready for sanding and shaping :mrgreen:

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