Ozbow

Well after about 12 tries to make a successful bow I finally did it.
I have now shot about 120 arrows through it.

The way I did it was as a Tri-Lam I finally had an oppurtunity to go to Ottos wood.
I went there to get a hickory stave the only one they had was bad had knots and bad grain.
They did have a great selection of pre cut 3mm laminates.
The had Hickory, Rock maple, Wenge, and Blackwood.
I got hold of 2 hickory 2 wenge and 2 maples.
I also found a good 40x50x200mm White Oak stave in there off cuts area witha birilliant grain.
I made my first Tri-Lam with Maple for the back the Wenge for the core and the belly with White Oak.
I was successful with the first one after tiller it was pulling about 45@28 I was very happy then I shaped the handle into the traditional handle and screwed up badly by cutting the grain too close to the Fades I was devastated.

Although that one failed I went again did the same this time I went with the Flatbow type handle and it works beautifully it is only 34@28 and is 70 n-n but it's great for a target shooter.

Here are the pics

Great result, well done!

Looks beautiful Mate, well done!

Great persistence mate- I'm not sure I would have been able to power through that much discouragment

I looked at that same hickory stave a Ottos last November- it's maddening that they have tons of larger hickory stock in their piles - just not interested in getting off their bums to cut another few staves to service the hobbyists.

I'm glad they had something for you though - again, well done!!! on and upwards from here!

Darren

Nice work sylakone
Those timbers look good together, what glue did you use?

cmoore wrote:Nice work sylakone
Those timbers look good together, what glue did you use?

I actually used Polyurethane Glue I got from Mitre 10 it has worked great so far.
I will let you know down the track if it ever delaminates.

Thanks all

I can say now that there is nothing more gratifying as shooting the bow you made yourself

I have already started my next bow this wone will have the more traditional handle and it is currently Whiteoak backed with Hickory

Wish me luck