Ozbow

Thanks for the response the current weight is 45lb @ 28" although I can handle loosing 5lb. Here is the photo of the full bow. I used Poly Eurethane Glue for all of it I have another Tri Lam bow which I glued with the same glue and it has been shooting well for about 2 months with no delaminati...

Hi Guys Ok so I have been making a tradtional handled longbow the last few weeks on and off. It is an Hickory Backed White Oak bow with Jarrah handle and Tips. Now on the weekend I almost finished the tiller was looking ok and I was happy but after I did the finish sanding the handle popped of :( An...

Nice work sylakone :biggrin: Those timbers look good together, what glue did you use? I actually used Polyurethane Glue I got from Mitre 10 it has worked great so far. I will let you know down the track if it ever delaminates. Thanks all :) I can say now that there is nothing more gratifying as sho...

Well after about 12 tries to make a successful bow I finally did it. I have now shot about 120 arrows through it. The way I did it was as a Tri-Lam I finally had an oppurtunity to go to Ottos wood. I went there to get a hickory stave the only one they had was bad had knots and bad grain. They did ha...

Well unfortunately the molgabet I was working on with the merbau wood cracked at the handle fade when I got to half brace I was exercising the limb when the fail happened :( It cracked where the Raw hide ended I had only put raw hide from the outside fade to the inside fade. on each limb so the work...

Hi Dennis I can look at putting up a photo of the fail the break was a clean snap not just a crack like the first one it also looks like a bad grain runoff was where the fail happened. This was a standard long bow design with a shallow d shaped belly so it had the full taper from the handle to the t...

Well annoyingly and unexpectedly my bow broke in a completely different place than the problem area I showed you. So weird. It broke about 3 inches up from the bottom knock the complete opposite limb to the problem area I posted. Oh well I have already started on another bow so hopefully I will have...

.....I was also hoping to get 2 bows out of the piece of wood...... Sy, I would be happy to get one good bow out of the board. The grain orientation looks quite good, looking down the edge of the board does the grain run parallel to the back / belly or does it run off at an angle between these surf...

Hi Guys Unfortuantley I have not been well for the last 2 weeks so I have not been able to start my molgabet with a piece of spotted gum I have. Now I am getting close to being well enough to start the cut just a few quick queries. The piece of Spotted Gum I have is a back sawn piece so the growth r...

Thank you I spose I meant to half the thickness from the dimensions as a starting point before tillering and as you have pointed out reduce the draw weight as I tiller. I am still quite new to bow making so any tips anyone can give me is always a great help. Thanks for your sage advice. Cheers Sy

So I will need to look at making the working limbs almost half the thickness?

Cheers

Sy

Thanks guys I think I will try to copy the dimensions you put up greybeard with alterations to make the full 68" or 70" n - n. My draw weight at the moment is between #30-#40 and my draw length is around 29". That will help a lot I am surprised how low the dutch elm specs are compared...

Hi Guys Beautiful bow. I am actually about to start making a bow in this style with spotted Gum. What would you suggest be the measurements for spotted game same max width 1 5/8th or wider? I am trying for 68" n-n the build alongs I have watched were an american design which wanted to go for 2....

Thanks for the ideas. This was my eighth bow. It's the first one I made to actually shooting arrows with good draw weight. I already have a piece of spotted gum which is planned for my next bow plus I have another red oak floorboard to try again my first red oak floor board bow chrysalled then snapp...

Thanks from what I can see you might see it in the third photo there is a definite crack at the grain runoff and when drawn that splinter has lifted the glass. I was thinking of either super glue or maybe even some more fibre resin and see if I can base the lifted glass again but not sure if I can g...

Hi Guys here you go The Dimension are 35# at 24" draw 70" nock- nock 1.5" wide. IMAG0096_BURST001.jpg IMAG0094.jpg IMAG0091.jpg IMAG0090.jpg I am thinking of supergluing the crack and binding it with some serving string. What do you think or do you have a better idea? You can see that...

Good work Sy! Looking like we should have an Adelaide Bowyer's meetup soon! I know a few places down south.... FWIW my boo-backed Spotted Gum is almost to the point of gluing up (going Perry Reflex style). Just need to find a few 30 min stretches to get it there :-P That sounds good it would be gre...

Hi Guys I have almost finished my first homemade Longbow. I have made it our of Merbau wood and backed it with fibreglass. Unfortunately after a few shots and then trying to measure it's draw weight again on a tilliering tree I heard a crack!! :( After inspection of the bow I found that the wood had...

I too have hit the walls everyone else has here as well but I have had some luck. I am still very new at bow making. I am south of Adelaide. Deyoungs salvage will sell you some re-purposed red oak floorboards I have not had heaps of success here but I was able to get a selfbow to the half brace stag...