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- Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:50 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Stickbowhunter's Bamboo Bow Buildalong - Manual
- Replies: 8
- Views: 31859
Re: Stickbowhunter's Bamboo Bow Buildalong - Manual
Where to buy fiberglass?
- Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:42 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: I like Chinese (Bows)
- Replies: 32
- Views: 5109
Re: I like Chinese (Bows)
Where did you brought fiberglass?
- Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:38 pm
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: So what is Robin Hood doing with a Hungarian Horse Bow?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2625
- Wed Dec 06, 2006 1:06 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Japanese bows
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2603
- Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:46 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Japanese bows
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2603
Lower limb is shorter because they wanted to eliminate hand shock. In all bows there is hand shock because nodes of oscillations of 1st and 3rd harmonics are above and under hand grip. Japanese put handle in lower node because it is more practically and in that way eliminated 3rd harmonic and lower ...
- Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:37 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: beautiful horsebow
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4963
- Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:19 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: beautiful horsebow
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4963
- Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:38 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Building a 14th century French castle by hand!!!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1142
- Sun Sep 03, 2006 12:55 am
- Forum: Humour
- Topic: Ted Nugent, Heavy Metal guitarist and bow hunter
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1550
- Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:46 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: SuperTiller V6R00 Anyone else tried it?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1598
Supertiller is excelent program.
It can be find in this forum.
http://www.flightarchery.com/forum/index.php
If there something you don't understend you can ask directly author of that program.
It can be find in this forum.
http://www.flightarchery.com/forum/index.php
If there something you don't understend you can ask directly author of that program.
- Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:41 am
- Forum: Humour
- Topic: What Religion is Your Bra?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 877
- Sun Jan 01, 2006 4:12 am
- Forum: The Cutting Edge
- Topic: How I make them (very pic heavy)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2811
- Sat Dec 31, 2005 5:11 am
- Forum: The Cutting Edge
- Topic: How I make them (very pic heavy)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2811
- Fri Dec 30, 2005 7:22 am
- Forum: The Cutting Edge
- Topic: How I make them (very pic heavy)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2811
- Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:25 am
- Forum: The Cutting Edge
- Topic: How I make them (very pic heavy)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2811
- Mon Dec 19, 2005 6:37 am
- Forum: The Cutting Edge
- Topic: Cutting leaf spring for draw knife!!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3131
I am from serbia and montenegro. That montenegro part to be precise. I make my own draw knife because I don't know where to buy it. And because I love metal work. I realy love metal work. I didn't made nither one bow. I am going to make a english longbow. I need draw knife for rough work and than sp...
- Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:11 am
- Forum: The Cutting Edge
- Topic: Cutting leaf spring for draw knife!!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3131
Now, I am going to soften that piece of steel in order to make it perfectly streight. After that I will use special grinding plate for sharpening. The main problem is how to temper steel. This type of steel. I find out that leaf spring is tempered 2 times. Firs to mecome very hard and that in lover ...
- Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:59 am
- Forum: The Cutting Edge
- Topic: Cutting leaf spring for draw knife!!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3131
- Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:50 am
- Forum: The Cutting Edge
- Topic: Cutting leaf spring for draw knife!!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3131
I use this cutting plate. It is for inox steel but what the hell... it is good for wood cutting also. It is 1mm thich and I must say that it cut exatly 1mm. What means 13300 rotation in minute? It is max speed or min speed? My bosch hand grinder or how ever you call it can max rotate at 11000 rotati...
- Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:38 am
- Forum: The Cutting Edge
- Topic: Cutting leaf spring for draw knife!!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3131
- Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:33 am
- Forum: The Cutting Edge
- Topic: Cutting leaf spring for draw knife!!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3131
- Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:27 am
- Forum: The Cutting Edge
- Topic: Cutting leaf spring for draw knife!!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3131
Cutting leaf spring for draw knife!!!
Yeah!!! Is is job for man!!!
- Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:59 am
- Forum: The Cutting Edge
- Topic: japanese blade
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3797
I am not knife expert. I know that japanese knife is made of pure hard steel. Well, used to. Kitchen knives are made of 2 layers of steel. One soft and another hard. Hard steel is made by lamination. Blade is usually ground on one side. Maybe this knife is made of 3 layers. But I hot know why that j...
- Sun Dec 04, 2005 2:39 am
- Forum: The Cutting Edge
- Topic: japanese blade
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3797
- Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:58 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Mary Rose
- Replies: 39
- Views: 5880
- Tue Oct 11, 2005 1:37 am
- Forum: Shooting The Breeze
- Topic: Mary Rose
- Replies: 39
- Views: 5880
- Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:15 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Few questions about Toxophilus.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 674
Few questions about Toxophilus.
Is written in Toxophilus what must have English traditional bow in order to be called "traditional"? Is there a drawing of bow that can be used as model? Can you send me a picture?
I know few rules example 5 to 8 rule but I don't know what must change if you want stronger bow. Please help.
I know few rules example 5 to 8 rule but I don't know what must change if you want stronger bow. Please help.
- Fri Aug 12, 2005 12:29 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Medieval Fletch Profile
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4742
- Wed Jul 13, 2005 1:57 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Historical battle
- Replies: 41
- Views: 7498
There must be 6th rule. Why? Because there is 5 : 8 rule and all other rules. This is STANDARD . I think that there is 6th rule. The question is can you call any bow longbow? Well you can if it is very long bow. But can you call it ENGLISH LONGBOW ? No, because it doesn't fallow all 6 rules. I think...
- Tue Jul 12, 2005 8:20 am
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Historical battle
- Replies: 41
- Views: 7498
Does anybody know rules for longbow making? I know 5 rules but I need last one 6th rule (that rule them all). First rule: limb width : limb thick = 8 : 5 Second rule: the unstrung bow is height as archer is plus 4 fingers Third rule: Brice height is 1/12 of height. Fourth rule: Bow's width-es part i...