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Thanks Neil. I used the drop saw to take out the wood to the depth of the worst of the knot and while the dark wood is gone there are still growth rings around it. By the looks of it there won't be enough wood left by the time it's all cleared and still lots of evidence of it on what would be the ba...

Hi Daryl, thanks for your feedback. I hadn't even thought about maybe having to splice it. The board at the other (good) end is 35mm deep so I suspect if it's cut in half then I'd mirror image the halves to keep the thinner wood at the tips. I suppose it's a case of thin the board just in that area ...

Hi All. I've got a Canadian Rock Maple board which I'm starting to plan out what to do with. I intend on backing it with bamboo and was looking at something around 66" all up. Would love to achieve something like one of Greybeard's 'boo backed bows. In looking at the board it has a knot through...

Thanks Nez. Original photo of bow attached. I'm looking at around 20# at 20" at this point but suspect I'll have to play with that weight a bit depending on how they go.

The thing that has me most concerned at this point is the twist and how to deal with it.

Thanks for the input guys. I don't have any string material so far so still using paracord. I've shortened it to get maybe a 1" brace off the handle. Did a bit of scraping as suggested and put it back on the tree. Pic of outcome as below. DSC_0034.JPG Since that photo I did a touch more scrapin...

Thanks cmoore. The left limb seems to bend more quickly straight off the handle. Will scraping mid-limb on the left release some tension in that area so the bend at the fades will even up?

Not a lot of progress but did get the linen backing on the kid's bow. I think I'm more excited about that one than I am about my own. Here's a pic of it at 20lb. Still a bit to go. Any thoughts on how to tiller from this point on greatly appreciated. Not sure if the camera was perfectly level for th...

Thanks for the advice Yeoman. I won't get too hung up on the mass but for a first timer I'm finding it's not a bad guide as to whether I've still got way more wood to remove or not.

Tillering with a cabinet scraper is a slooooooow process. At least I am not making mistakes quickly.

I reckon having the available time to go hunting would help.

Pic of where I'm up to. Currently around 40lb as shown. Need a better background to cut down some visual distortion. Top limb is on the left. It's probably a tad stiffer than the other at present. Bow as yet is unbacked. Current mass is 24.3 Oz and need to remove around 5 of those. I've decided to l...

Got the limbs bending to about brace height pulling about 35lbs. So a fair way to go to get it to 45 at 28. Next job is to put the backing on. I bought linen but that was before I learnt that linen ain't linen. All I know is it was expensive linen. Also since learnt that linen shrinks when wet and s...

Handle is glued onto the larger bow and shaped and things are roughed out. All starting to bend with some floor tillering. Tomorrow I'll knock up a tillering tree. As yet I don't have any string material so will use some paracord for a long string. What do you guys do for tillering nocks? Do you fil...

Check this thread out; http://www.ozbow.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=14776

Daryl, in looking at your above linked bows it seems if you are backing with bamboo then the grain of the main stave can be far from perfect, yes? This would save me a lot of time at various timber suppliers. Hijack, sorry.

Ah Colin, that's a bummer. Some serious timber and time invested in that beast. Any chance of saving the core and back or not worth the effort?

Thanks Yeoman. I've already cut a section of spotted gum which is about 11mm thick. I'll glue that on and then plane down to suit. Will also be good for tip overlays.

Yeoman, thanks for the input. I think I understood that. Essentially you're saying to keep full 19mm depth to the end of the 4" handle, then taper to 15mm halfway into my 4" parallel limb section, then taper to 11 to 12mm at the tips. Is that right? I was thinking I'd glue on an extra sect...

Thanks Nezwin. I have been looking at which string material to get and it was between B50 and D97. B50 is certainly a bit cheaper (looking at ebay US supplier). Any sellers on here? AMSO? As to the photos, the longer bow has not yet had the limbs thinned so a bit to do yet. The shorter bow has had t...

Got a couple of bows on the way. Small one is for my kids. 50" long, 3.5" handle, 2" fades out to 42mm. 2" parallel before tapering to 1/2" at tips. I've thinned the limbs down to around 11mm and seems to be bending well on the floor. Left the handle at 19mm and graded that ...

So I've read as far back as page 7 of Traditional Crafts so far and have found some good starting points including this one; http://www.ozbow.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=14289

Off to Masters now to look for some more boards.

Thanks Hunter and Nez for the input. Some good advice there. I'm keen to start thinning but will try control myself. I'll get the handle glued on soon along with some tip overlays and hopefully Dave can chime in with his knowledge.

Cheers, Indie.

Hey guys. Finally making some time to make a board bow. I sourced a decent looking red oak board which is 42mm wide and 19mm thick. I've laid out a not quite full pyramid with spec's as follows; Total length 68" Handle 4" Fades 2 1/2" Parallel limb 4" Taper to 1/2" at tips. ...

Hi Jim, thanks for the info. Sounds like you were moving, avg of 25km/day leaves not much time for exploring the islands once you take out time for packing up and setting up camp. Plus that's some pretty open water. I did a 3 night/4 day trip coming up from the Gold Coast to Brisbane and with some s...

Looks like a very enjoyable trip Jim. I've wanted to paddle Hinchinbrook for ages but never even thought of the Palm Group, it does look nice. How long was the trip? And did you get a barge over and back? I see it's around 14km to do the crossing to the mainland. Mick, I've also had several kayaks a...

That's a very useful and versatile style of knife, and as already stated just beautifully crafted, they look superb. Also interested to hear where you source your metals and how the 416 holds up to use.

Hi Stuart, A lot of the guys I kayak fish use them and I do have one but not as experienced at using it. It's very applicable to yak fishing as all the action is at the kayak and the extreme wide angle captures everything. For bow hunting I'm not sure the extreme wide angle is as good as much of wha...

Rod, not sure if these will be a bit hard core for you but I've walked halfway across the country in them and up to Everest Base Camp. http://www.k2.com.au/product/trek-pro Super comfortable, especially if you put orthotics in them and bullet proof. The vibram sole on them has not ever let me down a...

A very nice picture Jeff. You did well to get that shot with no people/cars/campers in it. We stopped there for a couple of nights two years ago and the kids still ask about going back. We plan on doing just that early next year. We did the drive up to Bluff Hut, that was indeed interesting when squ...

From what I have read bunnies are not an easy target. So well done on bagging 3 of them.

Thanks for the advice all. I've had a chat to John, a most generous and helpful man for sure. Morgan, thanks for the link. Amazing how the simplest of devices can often do the job and I'll have a crack at that at some point for sure. Woodie, I'll see how I go with the cheap bamboo arrows first up. I...