Ozbow

haha your such a bully coach, didnt he just say that he was fairly new, basicly what he means green is do you have some pictures of your groups? and what distances do you shoot at if it where possable for you to provide us with pictures of you groups at various distances it would help, oh and welcom...

isnt it cool shooting mad heavy arrows from a compartivly light bow and watching them fly slowly then sink half way into the butt

once again guys i have run out of antler, Im acctuly looking for 2 tines for my next long bow if any1 knows where i could get some that would rock

nice work mate. every1 hase been geting into arrow making lately its a nice turn of pace

now those are some trad arrows awsome, the best arrows i have seen in a bloody long time mate

insperation thy name is ozbow, grate work all round guys.
coach footing the shaft makes them stronger so its not a lost cause, time consuming yes but well worth results like this huh.

Dave

if you where interested in skipping the jig all togearther you can buy little hand plains for hobby stores, mine is only 2.5" long and works a treat and the damage on it was under $15

well if your folloing the english then ash or birch was used in some of the war arrows, if your going for the american idians then river cane with for shafts, hickiory or dogwood

nice work mate, those d/r still look scary to me at full draw cause im used to elbs, bloody nice

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mate the materials for a long bow will cost you $100 max and that includes the titebond3, i have seen your bows you can make one of thease easy and that way you can build a real longbow

as i have said befor guys, why not acctuly do something about it, write emails, when you display a picture make sure its tastefull etc its easy enough to say "goorsh bugger off tree hugger, your not a hunter". when that guy shot those roos,there was nothing done by hunters, when we should ...

mate from whati know of it its a awsom self bow wood but i would have to try astave or 2 to know

yeap yew is indeed that expensive.... depressing really, besides that i wouldnt wantto be burning it since its poisonus...the nabiours may rise against you. i wouldnt coat the lot otherwise theres no where for moisture to escape i also bet that it has been bandsawed out so if u want keep an eye out ...

yeah belive you me i know all about the virtues of hand tools hehe it will be nice not to need to bring out the guns on the next few bows anyway, i really cant wate to get into this one acctuly, im making it a brand new tiller stick and everything

ok well no doubt he will have coated the ends of the stave, i personaly would also cover the sap wood with a pva type glue to stop any checking through the bows back, and store it indoors, probably somewhere coolish (like my place :D). how much in total did geting the staves cost you.... i sent them...

it would depend on weather they where handmade or not but generally they really artnt cheep.
also grahmn do u think that they would have been used in war, or just reserved for hunting... i wouldnt want to be a fletcher and get an order for 500 sheves of footed arrows thats for sure, nice work mate.

thanks 4 that john, though im not sure how much use the bandsaw will acctulys see other than thickness reduction due to the charicter

heeh thats good to but there are more than 2 lumps.....that image is creepy anyhow i got 2 new blades for the bandsaw 1 is 3/4" wide and 4 tooth per inch and a 1/4" with 6 tooth per inch its about time to prior to thease new blades my bandsaw just burnt through wood oh and btw my band saw ...

darn, i wish i knew they where on i would have been there with bells on!

very nice what brand of fletching glue and paints do you use, i hate making a nice set and having the feathers peal off and take the glue wit it?

hehe it sure will, i got new band saw blades in anticipation of this project, i think that if i can get it to work i will name it taylors d" arc. Wat do u think LP?? in addition i Want to say thanks for the extera bits there are deffinatly enough footings in there to make a interesting set of a...

well ladys and gents i am now the proud owner of a stave of osage, and some other bits. i have dicided to do a build along on this 1 (and acctuly finish it) but ill make the whole lot and put it out as a compleate file. anyway its all very exciting for me and i cant wate to put away the thicknesser ...

hmm very interesting numbers, i dont know if there is a way to test it but, with 4lbs at the start of the draw and the deflexd portion of the limb taking the straing early on would that section be more strained than that of an ELB, it sounds obvious that it would but considering that that aria dose ...

all i can say is that at least we still have the oppertunity to hunt, unfortunatly now its a privlage not a right, i forget where it was but there was a tread about weapons proficiancy tests, i think that and bag limits would be a beter alternative.

darn it graham iwas counting on you! hehe, it just seems to me that the smaller working aria of the limb would naturally be a high stress aria naturaly because of the amount of bend there, im sure the deflex helps some what but with the long stiffer outer limbs acting a levers it would add even more...

lindsey,
16,000 years dosent count, nothing is in correct proportion.

well ill be happy to look at any numbers if any1 has them...graham?

wow do you boys need some tissues for you issues? how much dose a licence cost? is it more than all that meat? and the hide? and all the fun? god knows its unfortunate that that hunters are seen in such a bad light as it is, the last thing bow hunters need is to be known as poachers aswell. count yo...

well gents i hope your all perfect marksmen.....

This 1 will be up grahams ally,i am wondering how old the D/R design really is, from what i can see form early examples such as the replica of a 5000 year old yew made by tim baker in 1 of the TBB books it just looks like a shallow recurve which has taken more set due to the slight recurve. to me an...