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Yeah, i am going to get some carbide bits to try it that way, i think it just overheated and shattered.

Yeah, i was thinking about that.

I just need to figure out how to drill the blade without it shattering as its only currently being held by epoxy.

Here is my first knife that i made out of a hacksaw blade, i wanted to make a longer knife and had i shaped and was going to drill it but when i drilled it it must of got too hot and it broke in 2, this knife i made out of the small remnant of the big one. I used a drill press and a proper metal dri...

Thanks Craig.

I have made a few selfbows but never a laminated longbow, which effectively is what im after

PM Sent Dave

Had to read it twice to pick up on that

Yeah, they were the first ones i read. I will have to have some more goes. What does tapering a shaft do?

Funny how such a small margin can change the spine so radically. I tried making a few shafts the other day but they come up shotty and rough, used them as garden stakes. I made the mistake of making the blank to big and the plane i had did a bad job of thinning them down. I will have to make some mo...

Did you find that the shafts come out at the same spine?

Some nice looking bows there, its a very similar site/setup to Cliff at Turbows,

http://www.freewebs.com/whitecompany/tu ... rbows.html

Thanks for all the replies/pm's fellas, I will keep in touch as i have a fair few offers and they are all good and generous.

Terry, is the bow from Turbows?

He's from Cedarvale, 4285

I was meant to send some feathers last time i was down in Brisbane but forgot too so i know his address. Didnt want to put the full thing just to be safe.

Thanks for that Kevin, i have had a few offers within the budget so i dont think i will get one made anyway.

Should have looked more closely

I am looking at buying my first longbow and wanted to buy a second hand one to experiment. My budget that i am currently working with is anywhere up to $250 ( much more and i can just get a new one ) I would like it in the range of 40#-50# if possible as thats what i am currently still working with....

I cant see them either

Is that a barracuda?

Right Nice tat too

What kind of fish are you chasing out there? Most of my fishing is targeting pelagics but caught a few nice trout last month.

Well done on the goats, that meat looks pretty damn edible alright

Thats good then, this post might help you also.

http://www.ozbow.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.p ... +us#p79331

I have not personally bought a bow from the US but have heard that the shipping is the real downfall. Whats the length of the bow? Takedown? and type of bow? From what i have heard its better to buy several bows at a time or get a mate to join in shipping to save costs.

Ok, i tried using normal paint and that failed so im going to take a trip to the craft store.

Simply beautiful, i am not a big fan of complicated risers and like the simple but elegant riser in yours. Now you just need a set of arrows to go with it

Do you use the paint from model shops?

looseplucker wrote: I was going to call it "Blonde with 2 Lumps" if I had made anything.

What size would the armguards fit, would they fit most people?

Looks like something out of a movie

Very nice. how did you get the bottom layer of orange on?

Looking forward to it dave. Hope to see lots of pics and information too