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Almost, about 3-4" further from the riser. It might be a design flaw, or it may have been a chink in the grain where I knocked the bow off the bench in the workshop. Next bow is going to have shorter tip wedges and a greater taper (3/16" over 1m as opposed to 0.002" over 1m) so the lo...

So it seems the fibreglass cloth backing came out neat but I'm not sure of the context of your second picture. Some shots of the full bow at full draw, braced and unbraced can be good to understand how the mechanical parts of the bow are working. Ofcourse, that does assume the bow is fully tillered,...

I put a few arrows through her this evening and another splinter lifted, on the lower limb this time. It took a piece of the core with it this time, so I'm writing it off to experience and will get back to the drawing board.

The next one will be posted for comment!

Superb! The billet you had was a real nightmare, I'm amazed you managed to get a bow from it.

I had a crack at an Osage stave and managed to go through the ring, so I'm looking at backing with bamboo now. Just got to straighten out the limb...

If you right-click the image and select 'edit' the picture will open in paint. From there you can click 'resize' on the top tab and resize accordingly. If the image is 1mb, taking it to 25% of the original size will get it to about 90kb (1/8 of the original file size) which is about right for the fo...

Thanks for the kind words! I was shooting her in today and disaster struck - a splinter lifted on the back. splinter.jpg I've glued it back down but am unsure how this might fare into the future, aside from proving Colin right (again). Any thoughts? The next one off of this form will be backed with ...

Thanks for the feedback. I thought the right limb might've needed a bit of a sand but it's probably just that the bow is at an angle to the tillering stick. How does it shoot? Personally I would have got the outer limbs just inside the recurve working a little more so the timber at the fades was ben...

White Oak backed White Cypress Laminate Bow. Ironbark core, Red Gum & White Cypress riser, White Cypress tip wedges and Red Gum nocks. 62" ntn with a 14" riser and 12" tip wedges. Currently drawing 40#@26", I'm yet to draw to 28" but I believe it will go to 30" even...

Would fiberglass work? Fibreglass cloth with resin applied directly to the back of the bow would seal it from splintering, up to a certain poundage. It's basically the same as Bigbob has described - a cloth & a glue/resin to bind it. It won't win any awards for performance or long-term durabili...

You fella's and your big draw weights...

Impressive work, as always. Always good to learn from those overseas, too. Lots of knowledge to be shared.

Looks like I missed this thread first time around!

How do you guys attach rabbit skins to your frame? I've been stapling them to a piece of ply (stretched), scraping & salting.

Neil

Here's a few just off of the first page of this sub-forum - http://www.ozbow.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=16033 http://www.ozbow.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=15978 http://www.ozbow.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=15898 You might also want to check out www.poorfolkbows.com. It's got...

Luke - you'll need to back that Spotted Gum with something, even if it's just cloth.

I was fortunate enough to harvest some Yew last November from a nursery that had a tree that needed bringing down. But aside from that, I've had no luck finding any at all, let alone to harvest. I hear that there's a fair bit of Yew on the Victorian south coast, particularly west, perhaps around Por...

Good job! I think anyone would be proud to be using that at the range.

Looking good! Almost makes a bloke want to build a D/R trilam...

Bootifull, Bigbob! That Tulipwood almost looks like Cypress...

Love the actionwood & mosaic in the riser. A lot of care & attention in there.

Neil

Impressive curves! What tapers are you using on your lam stack?

left it strung for a day I understand that, as a general rule, the softer a wood is, the more set it will take (or perhaps, the more susceptible to set). Unless it's being shot, I wouldn't leave a wooden bow strung for more than an hour, maybe less. Glass bows can be left strung. You can remove set...

http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt146/cadet450/IMG_1651_zpsps4hg6t2.jpg http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt146/cadet450/IMG_1650_zpsxcx7djgz.jpg Is this the back or the belly? If it's the back, I'm amazed that it's held up this well! For wood bows I was of the understanding that straight (or a...

Perhaps you're right, Daryl - I did seem to miss the point. Still, it's good to keep an open mind about these things. There are more than one way to skin a cat, as they say, and one sword sharpens another. Well done on taking the time to put the comparison together, it will be a useful resource for ...

Do you hold shares in Smooth On, Daryl? You sure do like EA-40! I understand it is a great product, one that is specifically formulated for bow making, so for that application you can't go far wrong. I believe that if ‘thicker’ epoxies can not be levelled in the bow laminating process one may face a...

Since Perry was brave enough to suggest something other than Smooth On or Techniglue... For laminate bows & backed bows I use an industrial epoxy, Australian made and available from most composite retailers (I forget the name of it, I'm afraid - it's all numbers & letters, not a snappy produ...

Oh right I see what you mean. On a video I was watching the bowyer said you need a strong growth ring as the face to maximise strength. Would the second oak in that image be okay since the ring are on an angle? A single growth ring on the back of the bow is desirable when working with staves cut fr...

However I did last week get a new bandsaw. The throat is big enough to fit the body of my old bandsaw through it without touching the blade, and the motor is three times bigger. So I'm pretty happy about that. I'd be wary of using that elm as a backing. I tried a bit with a fairly catastrophic fail...

I've been a huge Cornwall fan for years now. I'm surprised no-one has mentioned The Winter King books - the author himself has said these are his best works, and he's not wrong.

The Winter King, then Enemy of God, then Excalibur. I would've read them a few times now, they're superb.

I don't usually drop by this part of the forum, so only just seen this.

Much appreciated, fellas!

Hey Nezwin, yep a little hot right now but compared to Cairns not too bad. Daryl, on this occasion I boiled the tips but I tend to prefer dry heat with oil, trick is just to take your time to heat the timber without scorching it. One thing is for certain, every time I make a bow or attempt to make ...

One of the great benefits to making bows from cypress is the wonderful smell when carving it. And compared to the likes of Ironbark and Spotted gum, it is almost buttery under a bladed tool. Good work on the bow Nezwin. Going to try some of that CTP sometime soon? Thanks for the comments, Yeoman! I...

By the numbers, "Australian Blackwood" (I assume this is the same as Tasmanian Blackwood?) has a relatively low Crushing Strength for it's Elasticity. It has a fair Mod. Rupture though. http://www.wood-database.com/lumber-identification/hardwoods/australian-blackwood/ My instinct is that t...