Interesting article; thanks for posting it up here.
Jeff
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- Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:56 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: What is the suitability of Australian species for self-bows?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2449
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:34 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: The Wrong Way, Again!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13053
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 6:21 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: 2023- 24
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3412
Re: 2023- 24
Sorry I'm late to this but the same to you Eddie and the members here; all the very best for the New Year!!!
Jeff
Jeff
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 8:22 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: My New EV.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3751
Re: My New EV.
Seems like you have your battery charging all sorted and hopefully will not have any problems. I have not had any problems either but, like you, I don't leave my batteries on the chargers unattended. Interesting you mention your EGO battery powered mower; we have a couple of EGO tools as well. We ha...
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 7:17 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: My New EV.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3751
Re: My New EV.
Jeff, The trike comes with a smart charger which shuts down when the battery reaches the correct level. It would appear that a lot of the battery fires occurring in scooters and the like are caused by people using inappropriate chargers i.e. buying a faster charger online to reduce charging times. ...
- Thu Nov 23, 2023 6:06 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: My New EV.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3751
Re: My New EV.
Great it is able to make life easier for you Daryl. My concern is the charging of the lithium-ion batteries on these types of things. Just seems too many fires are being caused by them. Stay safe.
Jeff
Jeff
- Thu Nov 23, 2023 6:01 pm
- Forum: Scene & Herd
- Topic: Rumoured ban on bowhunting in SA
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6516
Re: Rumoured ban on bowhunting in SA
Good balanced reply; not common these days.
Jeff
Jeff
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 9:26 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Three Different Limb Profiles.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3329
Re: Three Different Limb Profiles.
It looks good strung too. I would prefer a thicker handle section also.
Jeff
Jeff
- Mon Nov 13, 2023 6:22 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Three Different Limb Profiles.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3329
Re: Three Different Limb Profiles.
Good comparison. One can see why the Assyrian bow has such good performance.
Jeff
Jeff
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 12:32 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: New Indoor Arrow Backstop.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7200
Re: New Indoor Arrow Backstop.
That's thicker than I thought it was. Looks a good filling.
Jeff
Jeff
- Sun Oct 29, 2023 7:50 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: New Indoor Arrow Backstop.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7200
Re: New Indoor Arrow Backstop.
Looks great Daryl. I hope the styrofoam won't melt onto the arrows. Also you will only be shooting lighter bow & arrow combos I guess as it isn't very thick?
Jeff
Jeff
- Mon Sep 25, 2023 8:59 am
- Forum: The Cutting Edge
- Topic: Drop point hunter
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11423
Re: Drop point hunter
A nice functional knife that one; good work.
Jeff
Jeff
- Sat Sep 16, 2023 8:16 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Bows on the wall
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7103
Re: Bows on the wall
Good to have them up on the wall for sure.
Jeff
Jeff
- Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:49 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: New Life for an Old Bench Grinder
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6755
Re: New Life for an Old Bench Grinder
Very nice!
Jeff
Jeff
- Wed Aug 09, 2023 10:29 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: New Life for an Old Bench Grinder
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6755
Re: New Life for an Old Bench Grinder
Should work a treat.
Jeff
Jeff
- Mon Aug 07, 2023 5:31 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: New Life for an Old Bench Grinder
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6755
Re: New Life for an Old Bench Grinder
Good setup there.
Jeff
Jeff
- Thu Jul 20, 2023 8:17 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Bingham's Projedt
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5326
Re: Bingham's Projedt
Went to Bingham's website and started looking for what I need......started noticing the lack of lots of materials....like black glass , certain wood laminations , riser blocks in certain woods.... Sent a e-mail and they said they are closing...... Alex. That is sad to hear after all these years. Th...
- Thu Jul 20, 2023 8:12 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Woomera longbow by Ausbow Industries.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6041
- Sun Jun 25, 2023 8:21 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Woomera longbow by Ausbow Industries.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6041
Re: Woomera longbow by Ausbow Industries.
The maker wouldn't agree with me I'm sure but to me they were rather average. I'm relating to the bows made back in the 1980's and 1990's. They had horrible Australian made glass but that may have changed to Gordon's glass in the later 90's. They were chunky, flat laid with 18" risers and the f...
- Thu Jun 15, 2023 9:21 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: The Wrong Way, Again!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13053
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 6:27 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: The Wrong Way, Again!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13053
- Tue Jun 06, 2023 8:14 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: The Wrong Way, Again!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13053
Re: The Wrong Way, Again!
Wasn't you Daryl, I just read it wrong sorry.
Jeff
Jeff
- Mon Jun 05, 2023 8:27 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: The Wrong Way, Again!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13053
Re: The Wrong Way, Again!
The bow doesn't look to be a three piece with the limbs bolted on backwards to me but it is strung backwards and she is drawing it backwards. You would think they would check such things.
Jeff
Jeff
- Mon May 29, 2023 9:29 pm
- Forum: Site Announcements
- Topic: The future of Ozbow
- Replies: 14
- Views: 15414
Re: The future of Ozbow
Daryl and Jeff I have always been open to anyone that has been open the making a donation to help run the site. Eddie Eddie, Please put up account details in a new post saying 'Donation details for Site Hosting Costs' or similar. If you don't wish to do that ask people who would like to donate to P...
- Sun May 28, 2023 1:12 pm
- Forum: Site Announcements
- Topic: The future of Ozbow
- Replies: 14
- Views: 15414
Re: The future of Ozbow
I still come here and try to post on any topics that have been posted up. Thanks for all you do to keep Ozbow going; much appreciated Eddie. Perhaps put up a fund raiser such as a voluntary donation to keep the site going as there is a lot of valuable information stored within the forums. Sadly, I t...
- Fri May 19, 2023 7:20 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Rainbow #1 (pardon the pun)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4248
Re: Rainbow #1 (pardon the pun)
My comment regarding the reflex being different in the limbs was because in the photo of the strung bow it looked like the reflex point was sharper on the top limb compared with the bottom. It may just be the angle of the photo. I would like to see a photo of it at full draw just to see the bend in ...
- Fri May 19, 2023 11:49 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Rainbow #1 (pardon the pun)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4248
Re: Rainbow #1 (pardon the pun)
Good onya for making your own bow. A couple of observations, those limbs look uneven in the amount of reflex in each. Have you got a photo of the the bow at full draw? Another suggestion is to not have a square cut shelf like you have as when the riser (handle) flexes, and it will, it can cause it t...
- Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:20 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Australian bow woods.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11176
Re: Australian bow woods.
G'day Nicholas, I refrained from replying as I am a novice self bow maker having only made a couple of Osage self bows which shoot just fine. One of my best mates was the late Dennis La Varenne, who IMO, was one of the very best self bow makers in the country. He used Alphitonia excelsa (Red Ash or ...
- Thu Apr 06, 2023 8:55 am
- Forum: Video Links
- Topic: Ambidextrous Bow.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9734
Re: Ambidextrous Bow.
A silly idea and an ugly bow IMO. They don't even know the limb design, calling it a reflex/deflex rather then correctly calling it deflex/reflex design. Also when describing the bow at the beginning he says right hand but shows left handed and then left hand and shows right handed.
Jeff
Jeff
- Tue Feb 07, 2023 9:45 am
- Forum: Mastering the Traditional Bow
- Topic: American Semi Longbow (ASL)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8687
Re: American Semi Longbow (ASL)
The American Longbow is not to be confused with what is now marketed as a modern longbow or hybrid longbow which is just modern marketing pseudo term for what was called a semi-recurve prior to the 90's. IFFA (The International Field Archery Association) does not recognize the modern or hybrid long...