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thanks guys

Hey guys tried to email John has he changed his email address ??

thanks for all your input gentleman I have made a few bows and only used smoothon I was going to try Techni glue so I put this post up just to see your professional opinion was, it has been about 5 years since I have built one though, as I got married the family grew had to find a bigger house and h...

Hi Guys
just like to know what glues do you bow builders use

hi everyone ,done some shooting out of the bow today the bow is 58# @ 28 I am a 27" Draw so minus 3# which is 55# @ my draw lenght and shot her through the Chrono the arrows I made for her weighed from 620 gn to 626 gn and were pushing through the Chrono @ 162 - 164 FPS and I am very happy with...

hi guy`s as requested here is the bow at full draw and thanks for the great feed back


Mark

Hi guy`s made a new form up and this is what it created 62" ntn 58# @ 28" vertical bamboo f/b core lams and black glass with charcoal dymondwood riser nice shooter

thanks everyone,
I still have 3 more to sand and finish off as well have to make more arrows too

Mark

Here`s bow 3 & 4

Hi Rod, Mate I was over adventurous with the First bow as I wanted to put a recurve tip on it as it goes to prove it was to much I could probably use the form as a recurve form instead but I was fortunate to only put a 14-15 inch handle in as I wanted more working limb ,anyway I am a big fan of the ...

Yes I dip,I don`t use the gasket though have been using water base flooring polyurethane watered down a little and is a satin finish(cabot`s) just dip and drip

Mark

Hi Guy`s Just started making bows a couple of months ago here are the first 2 the first one, made me work to get a bow out of but we got there sort of, well it is a shooter(58"NTN 65# @ 27) put it that way! It came out of a mistake and set the platform for a nice 58" bow that shoots great,...

Great stuff there Bear mate if you like to try and get more weight up front try some woody weights from 3 rivers they start @ 75gns - 200gns and they have test packs too

Cheers

Hi Matticus
I use musk ox silencers From 3 rivers they work great!!

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Thanks for that Grahame I think I have worked it out


Regards Mark

hey guy`s sorry about the photo`s being so Huge new to this stuff any hints helpfull

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Bowshu

Fixed. Resize them to 600 pixels wide before you upload them.

Regards
Grahame
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here are a couple more

hey greybeard I use a digital camera canon S2IS found it to be good for a beginner like me

met this fellow when looking at a few waterholes one wet season

more photo`s

Hey guy`s got my new bow on Thursday From Stace I have a slight problem as I can not pull it back as I dislocated my elbow :cry: last Friday playing silly buggers with some mates getting a bit old for that but the young blokes put out the challenge. :twisted: It has 2 sets of limbs 75# & 65# at ...

Thanks for that info poppy I will give the cheap stuff the flick lucky I have only made a few arrows will keep an eye on them when we get some wet weather out here

Cheers Mark

hey guy`s i have just started making my own arrows and have been put onto loctite 454 gel it is good for fletching very quick but expensive but if you want a cheap one I went to a dollar shop and picked up some superglue for $1 a bottle (25ml) which I used for glueing the nocks only too thin glue li...

Hey guy`s I have been toying around with knife making for some time and just got my shed built and would like to set it up!! some help with grinders & belt sanders and what ever might do the job and if i am not to cheeky maybe some photo`s of your setup`s of your sheds or some idea`s that could ...

Thanks Guy`s for the reply as i am just getting started in trad and getting a bow made and wanted to get some arrows made (timber shafts)for when the bow turns up just spoke to Keith from V A Shafts and he put me on to townsville indoor archery who have mercury nocks as for the grizzly broadheads ju...

I am trying to find somebody who sells speed nocks (mercury by ultra or jim dandee) also grizzly broadheads can anybody help me as I am interested in hunting buffalo in NT at some stage any help appreciated

Hi guy`s, Goldtip traditional are a woodgrain carbon arrow and hear they are a good arrow !!

hey losty I anchor from the corner of the mouth

Sorry about the shortage of info I am located in Mount Isa
I use fingers and right handed and about 5 foot 11
the bow I am using is a Martin couger 55`-70 and I have it cranked right up so that aside what poundage do you think I should be pulling on a recurve