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- Wed Mar 23, 2022 8:37 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Second Spotted Gum bow
- Replies: 7
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Re: Second Spotted Gum bow
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...
- Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:34 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Second Spotted Gum bow
- Replies: 7
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Re: Second Spotted Gum bow
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.
- Mon Mar 21, 2022 5:45 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Second Spotted Gum bow
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3911
Re: Second Spotted Gum bow
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.
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 10:11 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Second Spotted Gum bow
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3911
Re: Second Spotted Gum bow
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 ...
- Sun Mar 20, 2022 1:09 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: Second Spotted Gum bow
- Replies: 7
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Second Spotted Gum bow
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...
- Mon Mar 14, 2022 9:16 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: First bow attempts with Silvertop Stringybark
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4875
Re: First bow attempts with Silvertop Stringybark
Thanks Steve and thanks of course to Daryl for the help.
- Mon Mar 14, 2022 12:26 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: First bow attempts with Silvertop Stringybark
- Replies: 13
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Re: First bow attempts with Silvertop Stringybark
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...
- Thu Mar 10, 2022 5:15 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: First bow attempts with Silvertop Stringybark
- Replies: 13
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Re: First bow attempts with Silvertop Stringybark
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...
- Mon Feb 28, 2022 7:59 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: First bow attempts with Silvertop Stringybark
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4875
Re: First bow attempts with Silvertop Stringybark
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.
I'm not up with terminology.
Back to the style of my first try. Perhaps I was too rough with the tillering on that.
- Fri Feb 25, 2022 6:45 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: First bow attempts with Silvertop Stringybark
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4875
Re: First bow attempts with Silvertop Stringybark
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 ...
- Wed Feb 23, 2022 10:14 am
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: First bow attempts with Silvertop Stringybark
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4875
Re: First bow attempts with Silvertop Stringybark
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...
- Mon Feb 14, 2022 7:15 pm
- Forum: Traditional Crafts
- Topic: First bow attempts with Silvertop Stringybark
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4875
First bow attempts with Silvertop Stringybark
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...
- Tue Feb 08, 2022 9:17 pm
- Forum: Traditional Tackle
- Topic: Chinese Recurves Warning
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11086
Re: Chinese Recurves Warning
I have recently had trouble with a Topachery (sic) bow.