Ozbow

Been a bit slack posting lately so here's a couple of my latest.
The first one is an MC2 62" 40#@28". I put together with a friend who has now returned to Germany to get married and live the quiet life in a small coastal town. He wanted to learn how it was done so stayed with me for a few weeks and did all the grunt work i.e. sanding, grinding etc. Now he's got a little bit of Australia to remind him of the time he spent in the lucky country.

Timbers:
Riser; Black Gidgee, Sandalwood, Silver Ash, Red bean and Red phenolic.
Limbs; Back-Red Tulip Oak, Belly-Tasi Blackwood.
The next is another white themed (Silver Ash) bow which seem to be quite popular, (Great bow timber) you have to reduce the individual lam thickness by about 4 thou per lam to account for it's rigidity.
Flatline Raptor, 58", 40#@28".
Timbers;
Riser; Purple Gidgee, Silver Ash and Red Bean.
Limbs; Silver Ash.
Continued in next post.

That's all folks, Rob.

Very nice Rob! I didn't think I'd like the mostly silver ash bow, but I do.

I've been shooting my new Flatline Raptor for a few weeks now and I can't get over just how quick it is, particularly seeing as it has just a 41# draw weight. It's a great bow. I shot a round of animal target IFAA the other day, with targets right out to nearly 50 metres and I was hitting them with the tip of my arrow well underneath the targets. The arrows I was using were 35-55 GT traditionals with 125 grain points, not a particularly light arrow. I still don't know what the 'spot on' distance is with this bow, but it's probably well beyond 50 metres.

You make a good bow Rob.

Good to hear mick, I was starting to wonder how it was going cause I hadn't heard from you or spotted a post about it.
How is it treating your dodgy shoulder?

Rob.

Always love these bows.

One day I may be lucky and get one.

Eddie

Beautiful Silver Ash there, very nice. My first Aussie timberwork was with Silver Ash making a rudder for a dinghy so I'll always have a soft spot for it! I hadn't realised it made good bow wood though, I had read somewhere it was prone to compression failure but it seems it's plenty tough enough for working with glass.

Beautiful bows!

Beautiful work as always Rob. I like the silver Ash as well for bows, and yours have turned out very nice.Excellent!

Rob these bows are absolutely beautiful mate!! Genuine works of art. Your timber working skills are astounding to say the least.

Newzin, The Silver Ash is not good for all timber bows, I've tried it and it just cant handle the compression (in ELB's anyway) Yet to see how it will go as a flat bow but its on the list of tests to be done.

Flatliner wrote:Good to hear mick, I was starting to wonder how it was going cause I hadn't heard from you or spotted a post about it.
How is it treating your dodgy shoulder?

Rob.

Hi Rob.

The shoulder lasts a bit longer before it starts to complain with the lighter bow. I should have been able to post up a photo or two of the new bow, together with a fox. That is, if I could actually hit one. I've called up 4 this week and so far, I've managed to miss them all. The first one stopped at 20 metres, giving me the perfect broadside shot, but my arrow skimmed under his chest, my razor sharp broadhead taking a few hairs off in the process. The next shot was one that wouldn't come any closer than around 35 metres and my shot landed between its front legs. I put more time and effort into getting the next two in very close, coaxing them in with tantalising squeaks. I then proceeded to shoot over the top of them both at less than 5 metres! I don't know what it is with foxes, but my success ratio sure is pathetic. It sure is great fun though! I'm loving the bow too.