Ozbow

the arrow factory is working overtime as we speak .... hope we won't need them all

I'm there, as part of the Yarra Valley crew - in the orange fluro top ....

Stephen, nothings changed ? just confirming your comp is still on

Thanks guys for the kind words .......

Tony, I (we) hope to make Dunolly (it's written on the calander) but we will be at Korumburra with the Leongatha mob on Sunday, will you be there ?

Jeff, I'm in (the best part of the world ) Healesville in the Yarra Valley, outer east of Melbourne.
Hazzard, We're very happy, it's hard when you have to leave for work each morning .....

Jeff, the embankment behind will catch any wayward arrows .... We have 10 acres, 7 pasture & 3 bush with a gully running thru the bottom, we plan to have a 20 target course (even with a tree stand) but thats a winter job ... here's the view from the other way, the paddocks lead down to the bush,...

Just finished building a fence around the horse menage and while the missus was away I added a some frame work for a target.
Now we have a 40mt range to practice on .....

we tapped some glow sticks (thin one's like drinking straws) to our arrows one night, looked great in flight (not as good as the fire arrows but a bit safer)

sad news, fantastic place for a shoot, even the good lady wife love's going to this shoot

Mick, they all survived , lost one under the tree behind the fox but my son found it after the wand shoot.
Also congrats on the wand win ............

Mububban, the shafts are sitka spruce which have been coated in Danish Oil with a dash of walnut stain for color.

Serpentes, they were printed by laser printer on special decal paper I got from a model aeroplane shop. Then applying them is easy. The time consuming bit was setting up a 'word' document with multiple images on it, beacuse I think you can only run the paper thru the printer once. I have another 140...

Don't worry Mick, I'll give you run for your money.

For the recent Lilydale trad shoot, I unpacked 12 new arrows during the previous week and proceeded to break nine on the Saturday and another two on the Sunday, so hopefully this 12 will last me .... (maybe I should try and hit the targets?)

no problem Jeff - my eyes play up enough now let alone after 6044 Ozbow posts .........

Jeff, they were sheild fletches until I cut them back to look like Traditional (just to be different ....)

the nocks are translucent, so I stained the shafts before gluing them on.

I've just finished my first completed set of arrows - they'll be getting their first shoot at Leongatha on sunday, hopefully I'll be bringing most of them home .......

When we lost our home and all of our archery gear in the bushfires, Mark sent my son two replacement targets (cat & rabbit) at no charge !!! - fantastic bloke to deal with, thanks Mark.

thanks to all from the Yarra Valley crew - great event,location,food and company. Special congratulations to Jayden (junior class), who won his first archery event. Great effort by both juniors as they both scored mid to high 600's Tony (broken arra) what happened to the 'Wand' event - that's the on...

try this at $14 - then it can be used on the garden when it breaks up (this keeps the missus happy)

I was next door at the pony club watching my daughter compete and we could hear the cheer's and hollerin' from there.
Next time we'll be there
My boy is still not talking to me.........

Thanks Steve, but I'm located in the Yarra Valley, east of Melbourne.
I don't mind a drive, but .........

I know a doz arrow's is about $120, but to get my spec's I don't mind paying more for the privilege.

I've been reading over the last year, all of the posts on 'building' the best arrow to suit yourself. As a newcomer to the 'sport' to get the correct spine, length, point weight, fletches, etc - will be a challange. In golf you can be 'matched' to the clubs by trying different variations to suit you...

Thanks for the photos

Now we know what quality of work we have to try and aim for .........

arn't we all just a little mad ...........

Everyone has talked about SWallace arrows - could someone post some photos or link so I/we can see some examples ?

Five footed prototype - shatered during finishing work .......

But .... the Twin-Tri Footed prototype worked.
Three 'legs' are 5" long - Three 'legs' are 2" long - now to make one that I can shoot ..........

Steven Fitter & Turner (toolmaker) by trade - at work Ive got a Bridgeport milling machine built for metal work but works well with wood. (in my spare time) A dividing head like a lathe chuck that can be rotated accurately into any number of divisions, x5 , x6 or what ever number you need. I mac...

Thanks for the welcoming words........I've been reading the forum for a while now but have never had anything interesting to add ......

I've split a rod into five using slitting saw and a dividing head on my milling machine but it wasn't perfect (hence lack of photo) - this bit I'm still working on

Great work !!
Have a look at what I'm working on .....