first bow build underway
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2015 12:09 am
just getting back into archery after 20 years.
having been a longbow fan for a looong time, i decided to have a crack at bow making.
i'm learning alot, but barely scratching the surface of all there is to know.
found a 'plan', tweaked it here and there, researched, found some timber that is supposed to do ok for a lam longbow and sourced it.
silver quandong backing, spotted gum belly. with help from a work colleague and Rob Nicholl of Flatline Bows (he even gave me some beautiful black palm to build up the riser, not sure i'm doing such a beautiful timber justice, but what an awesome human being!!!!)
i'm doing ok, i think. There have been problems and discoveries and things i'd do differently - there are a zillion things i've probably done wrong that i don't even realise and may never.
Rob helped me make a string and i rigged a dodgey stringer. i'm having a crack at tillering now and it's an exercise in patience, persistence and observation. it's getting better, i think, but still a way to go.
having been a longbow fan for a looong time, i decided to have a crack at bow making.
i'm learning alot, but barely scratching the surface of all there is to know.
found a 'plan', tweaked it here and there, researched, found some timber that is supposed to do ok for a lam longbow and sourced it.
silver quandong backing, spotted gum belly. with help from a work colleague and Rob Nicholl of Flatline Bows (he even gave me some beautiful black palm to build up the riser, not sure i'm doing such a beautiful timber justice, but what an awesome human being!!!!)
i'm doing ok, i think. There have been problems and discoveries and things i'd do differently - there are a zillion things i've probably done wrong that i don't even realise and may never.
Rob helped me make a string and i rigged a dodgey stringer. i'm having a crack at tillering now and it's an exercise in patience, persistence and observation. it's getting better, i think, but still a way to go.