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I'm looking to buy or borrow a used L/H takedown recurve in the vicinity of 50# - 60#.

MarkP

I haven't made sufficient selfbows to wade into the debate in a technical manner here. What I have done however is shoot Glenn's selfbows, all-wood composite bows, and laminated fibreglass bows on many occassions, and again as recently as last weekend. Knowing the topic of tiller was current I paid ...

Yep - I've sent my email to the Minister.

One approach to achieving consistent weight arrows is to apply additional coats of finish to the lighter weight shafts in each batch. I normally weigh all shafts just prior to commencing the coating process. I'll put aside any that are excessively or ridiculously heavy, then determine the weight of ...

Shane

I wouldn't recommend paulownia. It has no feature, no character, and few of the structural properties suited to bow building. Particularly for a first bow I would stick with timbers that are already well proven.

Mark

As a guide I made a few laminated lonbows, without the aid of any power tools, in about 10-12 hours. This time excludes glue drying. Power tools - particularly a bandsaw and electric sander - will shorten the time to less than 10 hours. However you might find the more bows you make, and the more too...

Bob, I don't have recent experience in the area but in a former life I spent a fair bit of time in those parts. As you would know, parts of Samford are surrounded by the D'Aguilar Range which does hold relatively small and very wide ranging numbers of pigs. No doubt they make the occassional visit d...

Not an option in QLD National parks

MarkP

Bushman Unless its a collector's item its not much use unless you can fling a few arrows with it. To be gentle on it you might want to string it and "warm it up" so to speak by progressively drawing back starting with very short draws and gradually increasing draw length until you get to a...

Guy

I have emailed a pic to Erron. If its no good Erron or yourself can let me know and I'll supply another.

Cheers
MarkP

Well maybe I got my order mixed up and drunk all the beer before hitting the button - because after another try its now working. I notice on another campfire members have been discussing appropriate and 'less than appropriate' animal pictures. I think there might be one or two images on the current ...

Guy

I've done what you suggested and "hit the button and sat back with a beer".

Just as well I only have a few beers in the fridge because I'd be well and truely plastered by now waiting for an image to appear. I can get half of Ayres Rock and thats about it.

Running XP.

MarkP

Guy Most recurve risers will be able to take inserts without any negative strength effects - however its a bit hard to be definate without seeing the riser. If you can post an image of it you'll get a pretty reliable indication from myself or other bowyers. Achieving a good alignment for inserts mig...

Bob You cannot hunt on public lands such as State forests, national parks or most other kinds of public land - at least not without a permit. I believe that current policies do not support permits for hunting in all but exceptional circumstances, such as where a forest neighbour has a demonstrated p...

Here is the reply from Mark Burrows of the ABA to the email I sent howdy mark. sid green passed your email onto me in answer to some of your questions. what is the aba doing? all branches have been informed of the situation and should be currently contacting their local members and also the police m...

Erron I think Fred Asbell, and most other good instinctive archers, place a great deal of importance in having a consistent anchor. It doesn't matter so much where it is, or how long you hold it, but ideally it needs to be consistent if the brain is to learn to shoot instinctively through repetition...

Erron I think your draft looks pretty good. I would offer the following suggestions; - You get the best out of a letter to a State Minister if you ask one or more questions that require answering. In this way public servants in the Police Department - and normally those closely associated with the i...

Here is a copy of an email I sent this evening to the executive of the ABA. We will wait for a reply. Dear Sir/Madam, I am a member of the Ozbow website www.ozbow.net where a great number of archers, bowhunters and so forth meet to exchange views and information. Recently a post was made suggesting ...

Erron Is there an email contact for the national executive of the ABA that you're aware of? I don't get Archery Action so I'm not up to speed with their details. Perhaps one of us could email them and ask for an update on what they are doing in all states and territories of Australia to inform respe...

As well as lobbying your State police Ministers we should try and make submissions directly to the Firearms Policy Working Group - as they appear to be the ones who will provide recommendations to the police ministers. Do we know who is on this working group, or where we could send a submission to b...

Tim, Tassy myrtle is the same species as myrtle beech that occurs in some parts of Victoria - Nothofagus cunninghamii. Glenn is correct in stating that our beech (Qld & NSW) is white beech and I doubt it would shape up much as a selfbow - too soft. If however as you have indicated that NZ beech ...

I have a Powershot G5 and am very happy with it. I don't know a great deal about digital cameras but I would recommend this one. You have to charge the camera battery at home but I've found that it lasts for a very long time. My camera goes a month or two between recharges so I've never had any trou...

Mik, You can use it for selfbows, cut and grind laminations for laminated bows, use it to build a composite bow, a bamboo backed bow after you've cut it into slats ........ and so forth. Smaller stuff could be used as accent stripes in risers, nock tip overlays, etc. My advice would be to grab as mu...

Russ, As a rough guide many laminated longbows are in the 60-70 inch range. 62, 64 & 66 inches are all fairly common lengths. Selfbows can be just about any length depending on design. Laminated recurves are often in the 58-64 inch range, but this length is not the length along the string, its t...

Erron, It really depends on the type of bow you wish to build. Comstock's "Bent Stick" is an excellent reference for selfbows - but not bows from boards. Some other good references are; Torges - "Hunting the Osage Bow" a really enjoyable and informative read, even if you never bu...

I think modern agricultural practices are beginning to work in our favour. I meet people all the time who, like myself, are concerned about the rubbish that is fed to cattle, chicken, fish and so forth. None of these supermarket meats taste anything like their wild cousins - and its a growing concer...

Good rains in Cairns too over the past week - many many inches. And we desperately needed it - its been as dry as a nun's nasty up this way. Tinaroo Dam has been so low that old town and road infrastructure that has never been seen since the dam was flooded has been well above water level for months...

Like Jeff I also bevel the back of all my field points. A further refinement is to drop down in the diameter of your field point. For example a 11/32 field point with a bevel back on a 23/64 shaft should be the end of all your field point problems.

MarkP

Glenn,

Are you sure it wasn't your cooking that shut down the party?

Northern Qld is hard to beat. I reckon somewhere up in the tropics but at high altitude is ideal. That way you get the north Australia experience but with a mild climate. The Atherton Tablelands would be hard to beat. I reckon between April to September Cairns is tops. Great fishing and hunting clos...