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by shrimp
Mon Aug 03, 2015 8:51 pm
Forum: Traditional Crafts
Topic: Aussie wood for bows
Replies: 17
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Re: Aussie wood for bows

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by shrimp
Mon Aug 03, 2015 9:31 am
Forum: Traditional Crafts
Topic: Aussie wood for bows
Replies: 17
Views: 6866

Re: Aussie wood for bows

Thanks for the help everyone, I did a run around my back yard to see what kind of trees i had to work with and there's some sort of gum tree in my back yard with a straight 2ish meter branch about 20cm wide and from what i could see from the bark it had a slightly wavy grain but it seemed to be most...
by shrimp
Wed Jul 22, 2015 3:17 pm
Forum: Traditional Crafts
Topic: Aussie wood for bows
Replies: 17
Views: 6866

Aussie wood for bows

Hi everyone I am new to making bows and I was wondering what aussie timbers would make good self bows and how i should treat each timber, i.e. whether i should use the earlywood or latewood for backing, what concentration of earlywood and latewood I'm looking for and which design would help me get t...