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I thought there was a reason people don't do them. I always thought it was because of the power needed to get through the skull, but interesting points on the head moving and the fact that you have to hit the brain as well.

I was asked an interesting question that i hadn't really thought about much before the other day. It was basically asking whether or not you could go for a head shot as a quicker way of killing something? I was thinking you would probable want something more like a target point and a bow around the ...

In the past when drying wood I have painted the ends with beeswax this tends to prevent splitting. you can also take the bark of to speed up dry times. i haven't personally dried olive wood. but i have dried some small logs of celery top and horizontal scrub very successfully using this method the c...

What i do which seems to work pretty well is just wrap it in an electric blanket and than bung that in an old sleeping bag when i do this i wrap up the whole form well in plastic so that its clean and wont ruin you blanket i do this and can hold it at about 55°C

There are two different types of uni directional carbon tape. One like norm said has polyester or nylon thread but there is another which has fiber glass thread. if you can get the later it works to my very limited experience. I made a horse bow with it in my earlier days but didn't taper the lams i...

Thanks for the comments guy's, I just ended up getting 6 of the Tusker spirit broad heads. they looked to be the most solid out of the light weight ones.

A big welcome to you

Just wandering if anyone hear has had any experience with Tusker broadheads. I'm particularly interested in what you guys think of there durability and ability to maintain an edge.

Not sure if anyone has already asked this question, but does anyone here know how to make a homemade target that can withstand broadheads?

I am not sure as to what resin the fiber glass arrows are made out of but if they're a fiberglass epoxy mix you just need to get them around the HDT(heat deformation temperature) usually 60-70 degrees Celsius for most epoxy's once at this stage they should be able to be straitened much like a wooden...

thank you all for the informing quick reply

just wandering f any of you know the legality of hunting walaby with a bow in Tasmania. It's on private property i ask this because a friend of mine was considering hunting them for food
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sorry Jeff :lol: Your right it is confusing but I can explain. the first set of photos where taken with the camera in my mac book. This camera acts A lot like a mirror in that it well mirrors stuff for example i just took a photo of my water Blader and as you can see the writing on it is back to fro...

in contrast to the dodgy photos i posted before i thought i would post some picture of the handle with some water on it to show you what it might look like with varnish as i won't be able to finish it off for a few weeks (going for a holiday up to Adelaide for a week tomorrow) oh and by the way the ...

OK its almost finished. I had a bit of an issue with the tiller as it looks asymmetric yet the most the limbs differ from each other is 2mm so it very close (for me at least :)) I still have to varnish it but i have shot it a few times and it seem pretty god all in all i am very happy with my first ...

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The bow has stayed at about 65C for the last 24 hours ( i let it cool before) So I pulled the bow out and was wandering what dimension do you think I should cut the limbs to? The current width is 1.5 inches and the limbs are all parallel in thickness.

the end is in sight

Just thought I'd keep anybody who is interested informed about the progress of my bow so far. I have just completed the final major glue up of my bow which was gluing the belly fiberglass lamination up after fixing the belly of the bow up. I managed to get the belly thickness to a variations .001 Th...

so when making cuals do you just make 3 or so exactly the same width as the form and bow ord do you make them so they taper in a pyramid like fashion

okay just some picture about whats happened and in answer to your post Steve i have not been using cauls though shall make some today and the sand shouldn't make the edges thicker as only the belly is rounded 5the back of the bow was in direct contact with the form so it is dead flat. sorry about so...

OK.... i have had some problems.... me being the very curious inquisitive and unpatient person that I am. I was starring at the bow and having a bit of a peak at it by moving the inner tube a tad(i know i'm a bad person :lol: ) anyway i notice there was a very distinct ridge in my bow after further ...

I'm in Tassie so the car does not heat up much atm. Looks like another day of thinking of something to do. to answer your questin about the glue it is still a tad bit tacky arounf the outside of the container

Thanks for your reply
Moss

Okay I am currently working on my first recurve. I am using technique epoxy and was wandering if you guys know what the general dry time without a heat box is before you start work on the bow shaping limbs etc... It has been drying at 20 degrees Celsius for the last 24 hours and I'm very keen on sta...

I believe that some horse bow are designed to use a stringer as they have a second set of nocks. IMHO this would be the best way to string the bow.

these are the pics of the arrow i ended up making up

Okay so I got back of the boat a while ago now (few weeks) I was shooting with a 33# hickory self bow. Seems as i did not have time to machine some heavy wooden arrows I just brought some 8mm solid fiber glass and used a normal 125 grain glue on tip drilled a whole through the tip bent some piano wi...

It was in an indoor pool but still on the cold side walking back out to the car a block away... raining. Stupid me thinking i can't be stuffed getting changed

Turns out I'll have to glue the bow up tomorrow morning I'll keep you guys informed.

Moss

The handle is about 24" I think. I just brought .030 fiber glass for two bows so I don't think I'll be buying more any time soon. I'll probable just glue the bow up when I get back from water polo tonight and see how it goes so the final thickness should be around the .240 range.

ok a few pics

will get one up shortly