My first self made arrow
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- Stephen Georgiou
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My first self made arrow
I would like to thank all of the fellows from ozbow at the LB100 who took the time to show me a few things about making stuff. I would especially like to thank Steve Murray who showed me how to make my own arrows. This morning I attempted my first arrow. It took me a total of 1 hour to make it. The time included selecting the timber. (douglas fir). The arrow spined out to 550. total weight on 440 grains. I used my arrow wraps that I had made and a single full feather hand wrapped with bohning fletching tape and 480 super glue for the tip.
I will keep you informed as I progress..
I will keep you informed as I progress..
- stringnstik
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Re: My first self made arrow
Nice lookin arrow Stephen. I must try one fletched like that.
Wasnt it great to catch up with some of these wise old owls and gleam experience and thoughts out of them. I hope our eagerness to listen was as much a thrill for them as it was for us to learn.
Wasnt it great to catch up with some of these wise old owls and gleam experience and thoughts out of them. I hope our eagerness to listen was as much a thrill for them as it was for us to learn.
"I am the arrow..the arrow is me...together as one...I fly to thee"
"the stick maybe crooked and the string hath no form,
then married by bowyer, transforms when first drawn"
"twang....thud"
"the stick maybe crooked and the string hath no form,
then married by bowyer, transforms when first drawn"
"twang....thud"
- Stephen Georgiou
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Re: My first self made arrow
I was walking around in awe of some of these fellows..
I had the pleasure to shoot with Tony Endersley, spent time with Steve Murray, Nev and his sons Tristan and Liam. All fabulous people. I also met a lot of interstate people too many to mention but I must say that I did not want this weekend to end.
I had the pleasure to shoot with Tony Endersley, spent time with Steve Murray, Nev and his sons Tristan and Liam. All fabulous people. I also met a lot of interstate people too many to mention but I must say that I did not want this weekend to end.
Re: My first self made arrow
thanks for the kind words mate, I'll make sure steve gets to read them i think at these things we all learn something .
...nev...
...nev...
i hunt animals because they have legs and can run away ................plants dont
Re: My first self made arrow
nice job on the arrow Steph.
like your avatar!
and you were talking about Nev. weren't you? you got the right bloke?Kerille was talking about getting him banned:)
like your avatar!
and you were talking about Nev. weren't you? you got the right bloke?Kerille was talking about getting him banned:)
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- Stephen Georgiou
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Re: My first self made arrow
Yes it was nev not that kerrile fellow
Hue we can keep the secret that I actually missed the target with that shot...
By the way thanks for the photos. The only problem is that the bloke shooting the arrows was a little bit fatter than me..
Hue we can keep the secret that I actually missed the target with that shot...
By the way thanks for the photos. The only problem is that the bloke shooting the arrows was a little bit fatter than me..
- Gringa Bows
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Re: My first self made arrow
nice job how does it fly..................Rod
- Stephen Georgiou
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Re: My first self made arrow
Out of my 50lb longbow it appears over spined. tends to fish tale a little. I will put proper feathers on it and see how it goes. Just working on a better way of planing the shafts down. At the moment it is done by hand and in the melbourne heat it makes it a hard job. When I find a good way to get the shafts round I will post the method on ozbow. I must say that the douglas fir seems pretty tough. The timber is out of a demolition I did 10 years ago and the lumber has been in the open since then so it is well weathered. Most of the timber is as straight as the day it was put there. It is 90 x 45 studs from an office demolition I get about 10 shafts per piece and I have around 200 pieces. So if this stuff works I'll have enough shafts to last me a fair while.