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Hi matt, looking at getting back into archery now works calmed down, have sent you an email about the bow in pictures 3 & 4.

Thanks mate

Thanks guys for the quick replies, registered post numbers have been sent to your inboxes. Please let me know when your items arrive safely.

Free to good home if postage is payed for.

1x Finger tab
1x Leather Armguard
1 dozen 5/16 field points
1 dozen 5/16 nocks, 3 different colours (red, white, orange)

Little Chopper 4" Shield Cut = $10 + postage SOLD

Gday fellas, been a while! Been totally neglecting my love of archery due to work commitments and location problems, moved into an apartment in town. Im going to brisbane to study a business degree and i would hate to see my archery gear go to the dump. I have a few bits and pieces lying around the ...

I have had a few offers for the chopper and i am currently finalising the deal.

In regards to the white feathers i might be using them for another deal

Email and pm sent alex.

TTT

I had only seen limb savers not a full cover but looks good.

Broadheads taken care of, thanks craig.


Still looking for a leather armguard and some other bits and pieces, happy to consider knife making materials too.

Another set of 12 x full length right wing feathers up for grabs (white)

I had the same problem but i realised i was using the nock taper rather than the point taper

I have always unstrung my bows mainly because it can sometimes be a month between shooting them, also in NQ i was told the humitidy can sometimes be damaging to the bows so yes i have never left them strung.

Got some items up for trade - Will consider anything but i am looking for some 125 grain glue on broadheads, leather arm guards, fletching tape, 40-45# woods, various strings and stringers for 66-70" bows and what not, camp knives, flint etc 1. 4" Little chopper shield cut feather cutter (...

Right, gotcha.

I thought you meant lengthways so i was a little confused. Got my new High Speed Steel blade so time to rough cut it out. I am going a little wide and taking it sloooow.

longbow steve wrote:air conditioned comfort in the kitchen

I would if we had aircon.

What do you mean by both sides?

Also, i managed to get a small amount of glue on the fibreglass, my first thought was to sand it off but i was worried that i might scratch it. Any suggestions?

GrahameA wrote:Morning Toby.

pdccr wrote:It seems that the epoxy i used is known to have a very short pot life so i was in a bit of a rush to get the glue up done.

Wait until a warm day comes along.

I'd rather not!

Today i will rasp the lams square and mark out the bow so i can hacksaw it down.

Yeah mate you might be surprised the number of left handed shooters around. :D I look forward to seeing your progress with the bow. Jeff I have known people to change hands becuase they couldn't find a LH bow, but then again they dont appreciate the traditional style bows. Not that fibreglass is tr...

Interesting.

I will keep the post updated with how im going (hopefully with no mistakes!).

When you rush you make mistakes!!! Jeff It seems that the epoxy i used is known to have a very short pot life so i was in a bit of a rush to get the glue up done. I am going to attempt to take it slow but its all to exciting to let myself sit down :lol: Say what? All my bows are left handers. :wink...

I wasn't patient enough to make a full airhose form


I am going to wait untill the morning to give the glue plenty of time to dry before i start shaping it. I also found out that fibreglass actually does blunten blades QUICKLY! I already need a new blade after squaring the ends.

Rod,

I used G-clamps to clamp it together but i tried to use 2 curved bits of wood to clamp the fade-outs down.

Would it matter if i used normal glue to fill the gap? Without a hotbox the waitings killing me

Unfortunately, i'm not left handed, which is good in any case as bows are hardly ever left handers.

I am waiting to cure it before i do any work. I will post some more pictures in a few hours. After that i will try to fill it with glue to see how that works.

Found another mistake. One of the glue lines is actually pretty bad.

Is there any possibility that i can just fill this one up? This is the only one, the other fade-out is fine. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Yes. So going up the fadeouts i have 1 core lam, 1 bamboo lam and glass. This is my first lam bow so i'm not sure how it will turn out. The glue lines look relatively good though i read that beginners usually use to much glue so i tried to minimise the glue wastage. I will take some photos after i t...

I recently glued together a laminated longbow. I have made a few mistakes in the process which isn't unusual but i need some help as to whether it will affect the end result. The first mistake i made was instead of putting the glass/bamboo/core x 2/handle/boo/glass i split the cores up and put the h...

I am looking for some 125gn glue on broadheads. I pretty much will accept anything from 100-125, can be new or used.

Very nice

Nice clip, in regards to the target, has anyone tried a rope style target butt?

Looking good so far

The only bow woods i have used is spotted gum, ironbark and white ash (mountain ash). I have been most successful with spotted gum though. The only slight downside is its fairly hard to work with, especially hand tools. For my first bow, it took many hours of scraping. There are many other good bow ...