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Currently Bunnings appears to only have https://www.bunnings.com.au/lattice-makers-80-x-1800mm-black-bamboo-pole_p3041186 which is black and narrower meaning harder to get flat strips of sufficient width. I think I got a 60mm one last time which I split into 4. Each piece made quite a narrow strip w...

and that Brigalow bow is a pretty one. I thought at first that there were three layers but it's just shadow is one of the side on photos.

Clever gadget. Where do you find pole bamboo of reasonable sizes. I bought the biggest pole I could find in Bunnings a couple of months ago but it wasn't big enough.

Reading more about this I find that this question has of course been asked a thousand times on various forums. Stress on the wood, stress close to the handle, moisture content, width vs thickness ratio etc..... I thought I was well behaved on the first, perhaps the wood is too thick near the handle ...

Hi all, I've had another go at a spotted gum bow since the last one worked. I haven't fixed it up yet. I wanted to leave one working bow as at least a partial success. This one is a little shorter at 63" nock to nock. I extended it slightly with blackwood tips to fit a string I had and used a b...

Thanks Steve and thanks of course to Daryl for the help.

Kept going with the spotted gum. Bow has ended up 67.5" nock to nock. String is 66" so too long leaving only 4.5" brace height from handle. Perhaps a one inch shorter string would help. With that string I get 41lb at 24 inches. Haven't dared to go any further since 40lb is more than I...

The whole tillering process is stressful after you have already broken quite a collection. Don't really want to keep breaking them. Before you (Daryl) suggested a simple bend through the handle bow I had already started a couple of others. One was two pieces of wood laminated together. It failed vio...

Ahh... thanks.

I'm not up with terminology.

Back to the style of my first try. Perhaps I was too rough with the tillering on that.

Thanks for the comments. So I should try, 1. making the handle have a much lower angle (longer fadeout) so there is some bend within the handle fade out 2. have the bow narrow a bit more towards the tips 3. have a bit more decrease in the thickness of the belly wood towards the tips so start with a ...

Thanks for the reply. Apologies for the delay, I have been travelling. I guess it's a board bow or a flat bow. I'm not sure what the terminology is. Do the following photos answer your questions? The top attempt is backed with black bamboo from Bunnings The next one down is backed with fibre glass m...

I have been using a fibreglass Mongolian bow for years which is a 45# but thought I would treat myself for Christmas and bought a takedown bow specified as 50#. However on measuring with my luggage scales, I find it close to 60#. I'm not getting any younger and 60# is a fair bit for a casual shooter...

I have recently had trouble with a Topachery (sic) bow.