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My prediction is that physical exhaustion will overcome me from staying up half the night watching telly way before they get to Paris.

Graeme

Thats what I like to hear -- a liberated woman!

All the best--- Graeme

Hi All This bow is similar to the recurves that I make for export with the exception that the riser is one that I have hand made as a special for my self. The bow is 50# at 28" and 62" AMO. The riser is Brigalow with Osage accents and the string overlays are also in matching Osage. Price i...

Hi Moss
Good to see your persistence has paid off.
Bow looks good - I am sure your next will look even better

Graeme

Arrrrrrr -- where the hell is my circular slide rule when you need it.

Aren't numbers wonderful - seems amazing you can get out of high school without knowing much about them these days.

Graeme

Sorry to see you go jape -- there are few enough of us without stuff like this thinning our numbers.

Graeme

Hi Steve
What has happened to Jape?
I like certainty and having people just pop off unsettles me.
Need more info.

Graeme

Skype is a good thing -- I use it for nearly all my phone calls as well as Skype to Skype with video. The phone calls cost next to nothing compared with fixed line calls but you get screwed with calls to mobiles because the mobile companies charge Skype heaps to let them link up. I seem to do better...

Hi Simon I like "Wattyl craftsman stains" they are spirit based and wipe on easily to give an even finish. For a top coat I like Wipe on Polly from "Mini Wax"available from Bunnings. It sounds hi tech but it is really just like danish oil with a catalyzing hardener that makes it ...

Sound like you are having fun -- the best part is the learning bit and fortunately that goes on for quite a while.

Graeme

Looks good Steve -- but I think the old one had more character.
Does it use a lot of fuel being petrol.

Graeme

If you want to make the flame more neutral you need to either provide more air or reduce the fuel but Jindi is right you are better off with a carbonising flame as long as its not too extreme. Often if your flame is too fuel rich you find you have trouble achieving your desired temperatures because ...

Hi Moss
The normal way to do it is to glue up a block with the pattern in it then you cut veneers off it. This way the pattern is all glued together and can not slide about.

GKL

Hi Steve

The description in some of the searches suggested that only the heart was patterned and that it tends to look like Zebra wood but I guess it would be like most timber and have lots of variation from one tree to the next.

GKL

Hi Steve
Lazarides in Bris list it as usually available as lumber

http://www.lazaridestimberagencies.com/imptimber.php

GKL

I am with Dave -- bamboo is less than the ideal material for a belly, its just not that strong in compression. Still you obviously made it wide enough to make it work since you have not experienced heaps of set.
In the end it is a great looking bow and very well done.

Graeme

Hi Kevin -- Yes been a little more than busy lately -- Blackwood would grow about as fast but it does not make much of a self bow. Hi Steve -- I reckon that 5 years should make it big enough to get a couple of bows out of and I am planing on being around for at least that long. Hi pdccr -- Aint it m...

This is my attempt at growing a bow -- seems to be working -- just need to be patient.
The small photo is Jan 07 and the large is today

GKL

Holly make good bows --- GKL

Steve could be correct but it could also be any one of many similar trees like Salicifolia which grows up that way. You really need a photo of the flowers and seed pods to make a good identification.

Graeme

Hi Steve
Looks great!!!
Wonderful result from such a light bow.

Graeme

Less glass the better -- 10 thou of glass seems to be about the norm.

GKL

Hi Grahame

The main reason is that the carbon, especially unidirectional, is notch sensitive when highly loaded so small bumps and dings end up causing catastrophic failures. The glass is a protector but at the cost of performance.

GKL

Why the hell not -- everything from NZ seems good to me -- but If you want to give me a few possums I already have enough, thanks.

Graeme

Hi Moss
Wipe on Poly is not a wax -- it is a synthetic drying oil with a polyurethane hardener.
If you needed to glue anything to the bow you would just need to sand the surface like
you would with any other paint finish.

Dont know why the company is called "MiniWax"

GKL

I like wipe on Mini Wax Poly --- Bunnings have it
Easy to use and gives an excellent waterproof finish that is easily touched up if necessary.

Graeme

Hi Moss
The leatherwood looks good -- not surprised it is better than Hickory because like Glenn said you never really know what type you have and the timber really only makes a fast bow if the MC is very low which is probably difficult where you live.

Graeme

Doubt that Mountain Ash or the Cedar will make a good bow - The ash will be very similar to the Tassy Oak you tried and the Cedar while it is probably possible to make a bow from it it would require quite a bit of experience to get it to work. Where do you live in QLD and what are the native trees a...

Looks great Mark --- GKL

Interesting -- you can see in the one that broke that the limb that fails is bending more than the other,

GKL