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IIRC Bowhunter Joined Jan 2007 Posts 5295 EE 100% (19) OH, USA	Posted: 1/18/2012 12:37:38 PM EDT [Last Edit: IIRC] Lets see some pics and descriptions of what you've made. ETA: I'll add some pics later..

loonybin non compos mentis Joined Oct 2001 Posts 2865 EE 100% (6) KS, USA	Posted: 1/20/2012 2:47:52 AM EDT [#1] Originally Posted By IIRC: Lets see some pics and descriptions of what you've made. ETA: I'll add some pics later.. Ed first! I'm thinking of building a bow stand like his.
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IIRC Bowhunter Joined Jan 2007 Posts 5298 EE 100% (19) OH, USA	Posted: 1/20/2012 6:58:34 PM EDT [Last Edit: IIRC] [#2] Please excuse my crappy cell phone pic and cluttered basement. I made a couple bow presses for myself. Only thing I outsourced was powdercoating. From raw steel to CNC'ing the fingers, I made them in my shop. Fun project

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Posted: 1/31/2012 10:35:32 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By IIRC:

Please excuse my crappy cell phone pic and cluttered basement.

I made a couple bow presses for myself. Only thing I outsourced was powdercoating. From raw steel to CNC'ing the fingers, I made them in my shop. Fun project

http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l369/IIRC/IMG-20120120-00361.jpg

http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l369/IIRC/IMG-20120120-00360.jpg

How much?

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IIRC Bowhunter Joined Jan 2007 Posts 5306 EE 100% (19) OH, USA	Posted: 2/2/2012 9:50:59 PM EDT [#4] Thanks, but they're more of a labor of love than something I wanted to make money on.

vwtechal Joined Jan 2012 Posts 45 EE 100% (11) TX, USA	Posted: 1/26/2017 12:02:45 AM EDT [#5] I need to make one of those

AZ_Sky Living vicariously through myself Joined Mar 2002 Posts 27777 EE 100% (1) AZ, USA	Posted: 2/18/2017 9:55:03 PM EDT [#6] http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_15_8/15_Making-a-traditional-flat-bow.html
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Posted: 3/29/2019 2:01:34 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By IIRC:
I made a couple bow presses for myself. Only thing I outsourced was powdercoating. From raw steel to CNC'ing the fingers, I made them in my shop. Fun project.

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Year ago I built a knock off EZ Press and a knock off X Press. I've pressed hundreds of bows on the X Press, but since I'm so much more used to it, I only use the EZ Press on super short limbed bows. I moved to a different house and I had to remanufacture my press stand. If I can get it done this weekend, I'll take a few pics. Neither of mine are anywhere as purty as the OP's though.

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Posted: 4/1/2019 8:12:08 AM EDT

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My old bow press setup that I've used for 10 or 15 years:

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My new archery service area is smaller than my old one, so I needed to make my bow press stand a little more compact:

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ETA: I kinda jacked up my first try at the braces, so they're a little more refined in the next pics.

The new stand used an old steel table frame that I had laying around. In the end, I 'm not sure that I gained that much in the smaller footprint department, but now my presses are on a cart with wheels, so I can at least easily roll it up against a wall. I also freed up a good, heavy set of sawhorses. Finished product:

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AZ_Sky Living vicariously through myself Joined Mar 2002 Posts 36449 EE 100% (1) AZ, USA	Posted: 4/2/2019 11:49:10 PM EDT [#9] https://www.ar15.com/forums/Archery/Making-a-traditional-flat-bow/8-15/
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