There were 3 things that caught my attention particularly.
The bow toss by the 2nd archer when he missed the gold.
The 3rd archer torquing is arrow off to the side - something I remember doing more than a few times myself.
And the girl, breathing out to a state of relaxation prior to loosing.
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- Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:40 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Trad Archery in upcoming movie.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1562
- Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:41 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Trad Archery in upcoming movie.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1562
Trad Archery in upcoming movie.
Some excellent shots in this trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... Omc2GzWtSE
Ok. It's animated. But awesome nonetheless.
Pixar's upcoming "Brave"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... Omc2GzWtSE
Ok. It's animated. But awesome nonetheless.
Pixar's upcoming "Brave"
- Wed Dec 21, 2011 11:54 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Father Son Time...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1958
Re: Father Son Time...
I went to the blacksmith club meet in Brisbane today ... PS If anyone in the Bris area wants to have a go you are most welcome and it will be the best value you can get for 10 buck which includes a nice lunch too. Thanks for the head's up. I'll definitely look into that my my kids. Any contact, web...
- Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:00 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Bow Making Supplies
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1739
Re: Bow Making Supplies
I made myself a bow using an Ausbow kit. From personal experience I can recommend it as a starter.
My buildalong can be found:
http://www.ozbow.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=10025
I still shoot it today.
My buildalong can be found:
http://www.ozbow.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=10025
I still shoot it today.
- Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:01 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: new hacker heads up
- Replies: 6
- Views: 992
Re: new hacker heads up
Rule of thumb.
If the email asks you to send a copy to everyone you know - it's a hoax.
"PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS E-MAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS" for instance.
If the email asks you to send a copy to everyone you know - it's a hoax.
"PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS E-MAIL TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS" for instance.
- Sat Oct 01, 2011 11:25 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Young people changing attitudes...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1821
Re: Young people changing attitudes...
Awesome story.
Love it.
Love it.
- Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:55 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Son asked me for a bow...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2338
Re: Son asked me for a bow...
Another option - if you want something quick or simple is a Rattan bow. Very quick to make but quite low poundage. I used the guidelines from here: http://bowyersedge.com/kidsbows.html Sourced a few cane staves from a cane furniture place in Brisbane (about $15 each). Cut the stave in half, then tap...
- Wed Aug 24, 2011 9:32 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: building a sander
- Replies: 5
- Views: 836
Re: building a sander
Heya. I've been looking into doing the same thing for a while now. In fact, that was one of the justifications I used in my head to buy the lathe in the first place :) Plenty of guides available online. Have a look at: http://www.stwt.org/drumsander.pdf or http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthrea...
- Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:04 am
- Forum: Photography
- Topic: We love Australia!!! (Pic heavy)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4287
Re: We love Australia!!! (Pic heavy)
Beautiful photos. Esp the first set.
I was going to say it looked like home when I realized it was
Lions road is a hidden gem of a road, tucked away amongst miles of unsealed stretches.
I was going to say it looked like home when I realized it was
Lions road is a hidden gem of a road, tucked away amongst miles of unsealed stretches.
- Mon Jul 18, 2011 8:06 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: draw knife advice
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4696
Re: draw knife advice
http://www.carbatec.com.au/scraping_c260
Or similar.
When used properly they perform somewhere between sandpaper and a fine woodplane.
Or similar.
When used properly they perform somewhere between sandpaper and a fine woodplane.
- Fri Jun 17, 2011 5:03 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Replacing nock tips
- Replies: 2
- Views: 878
Replacing nock tips
Heyas. I was given an "Indian" fibreglass bow today - almost certainly this one or very similar. http://www.sportime.com.au/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=638 However it only has one string nock and even that one looks like it's on its way out. I know this is hardly the i...
- Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:21 am
- Forum: Humour
- Topic: Cheap Flights ?!?!?!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2001
Re: Cheap Flights ?!?!?!
AWESOME!!
- Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:40 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: What poundage for a starter?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3494
Re: What poundage for a starter?
Yeah. I'd have said 40# to 45# too. Lower range for trad or recurve, higher for compound. HOWEVER. The poundage you can pull as a raw starter and the poundage you can pull a few weeks later are very different things. You will tone up rapidly and the weight that was only just able to be pulled will p...
- Sat Jan 22, 2011 3:38 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Sourceing Glue
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3225
Re: Sourceing Glue
Techniglue is classed as a corrosive so extra precautions are needed (ie - cost) when sending it by post.Hamish wrote:$55 for postage! You could have that parcel airmailed to you from half way round the world for less!
Buy it locally or find someone that will send it by normal parcel post.
- Sun Dec 26, 2010 12:07 pm
- Forum: Scene & Herd
- Topic: toy guns
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3160
Re: toy guns
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2010/1 ... tnews.html
12 yr boy arrested at gunpoint and handcuffed for playing with toy guns.
Ok. That's only half the story but still...
12 yr boy arrested at gunpoint and handcuffed for playing with toy guns.
Ok. That's only half the story but still...
- Thu Aug 05, 2010 8:06 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Weapons that made Britain
- Replies: 4
- Views: 968
Re: Weapons that made Britain
I watched some of these a while back.
What impressed me the most was the presenters PASSION for his subject.
What impressed me the most was the presenters PASSION for his subject.
- Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:47 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: First LamBow buildalong. Very long. Lots of photos.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14593
Re: First LamBow buildalong. Very long. Lots of photos.
Looks good mate, I like your handle design that looks different...Roscoe I'm not yet sure I like the riser design. It's not... I have no idea. But I've seen some beautiful fluid designs. I'll play with it a bit more till I'm satisfied. Like I said - I can always take off more later. If it's your fi...
- Wed Jul 28, 2010 4:36 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Happy Birthday ppofandt !
- Replies: 2
- Views: 472
- Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:33 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: First LamBow buildalong. Very long. Lots of photos.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14593
Re: First LamBow buildalong. Very long. Lots of photos.
Over the next few days I gradually sanded it down smoother and smoother - with increasingly fine grades of sandpaper. I sprayed it with a polyurethane based clear coat and buffed it down between coats with 0000 steel wool - that was a learning experience too. Never sealed anything like this before a...
- Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:32 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: First LamBow buildalong. Very long. Lots of photos.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14593
Re: First LamBow buildalong. Very long. Lots of photos.
I shaped the riser as I planned. Marked out the arrow shelf starting at 2" above center. I marked a line from the edge of the limb - 3" up from the top of the shelf down to 3/8" in at the shelf. Made a series of cuts most of the way down to the line with a hacksaw and chiselled the wo...
- Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:32 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: First LamBow buildalong. Very long. Lots of photos.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14593
Re: First LamBow buildalong. Very long. Lots of photos.
While working on that I also finished a quick Flemmish String making jig and made a few strings following the excellent guide here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXaUxSqu63o My first string seemed to turn out quite suitable (loops were a bit too big. I made another string later) http://i227.photobu...
- Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:31 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: First LamBow buildalong. Very long. Lots of photos.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14593
Re: First LamBow buildalong. Very long. Lots of photos.
The next stage coming up was shaping the riser. This is a critical step and another of the "No going back" stages. Once I remove some of the riser wood there's no putting it back. so I traced out the shape of the riser section onto some framing pine and made a few practice risers. I'm seri...
- Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:31 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: First LamBow buildalong. Very long. Lots of photos.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14593
Re: First LamBow buildalong. Very long. Lots of photos.
Now. Nock tip overlays. My materials included a piece of phenolic - resin impregnated cloth. However I was rather impressed with the look I saw in another build-along where the bowmaker used some extra backing glass with a layer of wood on top. With that in mind I took stock of what materials I had ...
- Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:30 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: First LamBow buildalong. Very long. Lots of photos.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14593
Re: First LamBow buildalong. Very long. Lots of photos.
That done I stripped off the masking tape protecting the glass (was getting a bit tatty by that stage), added new masking tape and marked out the centre line and shape. http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd237/ppofandt/archery/1stlambow/IMG_1822.jpg Rather than subject my rather underpowered bandsaw...
- Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:30 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: First LamBow buildalong. Very long. Lots of photos.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14593
Re: First LamBow buildalong. Very long. Lots of photos.
Glueup time. I was more than a little nervous here as this was a one way process. Excited but nervous. No going back once started. Exceited but nervous. I mixed up the 2 parts of the Epoxy (Techniglue) - probably making too much but for a first time run I preferred too much to too little. I covered ...
- Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:29 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: First LamBow buildalong. Very long. Lots of photos.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14593
Re: First LamBow buildalong. Very long. Lots of photos.
I started with a set of materials purchased from Ausbow. 4 pairs of core laminations, Bubinga riser block & 2 lengths of black fibreglass. http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd237/ppofandt/archery/1stlambow/IMG_1776.jpg While reading up (memorising actually) on the construction steps that would ...
- Wed Jul 28, 2010 11:28 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: First LamBow buildalong. Very long. Lots of photos.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14593
First LamBow buildalong. Very long. Lots of photos.
Heya. I thought I'd share a Laminated Flatbow build I recently completed. I'm a little self-conscious about posting this as it isn't anything particularly special. It's a run-of-the-mill, bog standard laminated flatbow. HOWEVER, it's the first serious bow that I've made and I'm hoping to encourage a...
- Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:58 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Scouting project - cubs actually.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1501
Re: Scouting project - cubs actually.
Thanks for all the suggestions.
I think I'll spend a bit of time this w/e looking to see what materials are available and possibly making a trial piece.
Probably will be a bamboo pyramid bow. I'll do a trial to see just how fiddly it is and what sort of weight it comes out as.
Thanks again.
I think I'll spend a bit of time this w/e looking to see what materials are available and possibly making a trial piece.
Probably will be a bamboo pyramid bow. I'll do a trial to see just how fiddly it is and what sort of weight it comes out as.
Thanks again.
- Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:24 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Scouting project - cubs actually.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1501
Scouting project - cubs actually.
G'day Now that my kids are getting a bit older my wife has been hauled back into the Scouting movement and is now the Cub Leader for our local Scout group. She's been looking for projects for the cubs to work on - wanting something a little different to the usual paper machie and sticks jobs. Given ...
- Mon Jun 21, 2010 12:02 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: baby bow
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2040
Re: baby bow
Beautiful looking baby bow there mate.
My boy has been picking at me to make him one now that I've finished mine.
Maybe I'll give it a try.
My boy has been picking at me to make him one now that I've finished mine.
Maybe I'll give it a try.