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How much are you after and where are you travelling? I possibly might have some to harvest (which I was going to do anyway) so I'll check it out when I'm there next. If you do get some, make sure you treat it for borers. I've got some poles of it that they moved into almost as soon as it was horizon...

:biggrin: Hello Daggs, I have been getting all my Vertical Bamboo boards from my local Timber Flooring Joint. Every so often they have some boards left over from a flooring job. They have given me a number boards for under 10.00$ on several occasions. So give your local Timber and Flooring Business...

Draw knife arrived today thanks Kim. Gotta say it feels lovely in the hand, really nice and solid feel with a good balance and has that quality old school feel. Easily whipped off some shavings on an osage log for gits and shiggles and reversed the blade acts as a nice coarse scraper. Just a pity I'...

So I agreed to swap a draw knife for some osage some months ago but a pinched nerve in the neck has kept me out of the shed until now. Got this finished today so will be in the mail soon to the new owner. I hope he is happy with the deal. :oops: Cheers KIM dripping-saliva-smiley-emoticon.png Yep, r...

Looks like I'm not the only one to get lucky sometimes :wink: Any trouble cutting it? Reading some of the US sites I was a little worried about how hard it was going to be, but even fully cured 8-10" logs and bigger green stuff was no match for my small 14" saw. Bastardly heavy though!!!! ...

After posting here a few months ago, Neil (Nezwin) got in touch with me and gave me a few pointers, ideas and suggestions via here and email. After a few back and forths, he mentioned that he was running a bowmaking course scheduled in October. A quick chat with the good half about the possibility o...

Fair enough Perry, I have read a bit on others recommending the same thing so I will try and give it a go. I have a few nice staves that I split up so I might start on them. Finding time to work on them is the biggest issue, hence wanting to prevent it from checking in the beginning.

Thanks Neil, the culmination of a long and very fortuitous set of events there. Still can't believe how heavy that stuff is, my back feels sore just thinking about moving that big log again!!

Might be a while Perry, they're only a few months from being a tree

i use PVA glue or tape plastic shopping bags over the ends Talking to the old man, he told me that a neighbour of his used to mill/split the timber green, then wrap it in gladwrap and store away. He used to by gladwrap in commercial sizes though. Nearly bought myself a HVLP gun today to spray it al...

PVA was my first thought from previous reading, but there is so much info a lot of it is conflicting on product and method :roll: If I had the time, money and energy I'd do some side by side trials of some of the favourite methods and see for myself. Daryl I was just in the right place at the right ...

I've picked up some bulk timber that is more than I can deal with in the short term (some recently cut, some cut a few months ago, more to be cut), what is the best way to seal it up so that I can a) split some now, some a bit at a time in the future and some long term b) leave it as entire logs to ...

I feel your pain, have been there done that (and for the same reason!) so I now copy all text on wordy posts so I can paste it in again if necessary, or write up in a text editor and paste into the forum with photos once complete. Beautiful work though! What is the darker timber on the bottom/lighte...

that was a good score mate,osage is hard to come by around here ,gazza Half your luck! Indeed, I'm well aware of how lucky I am. Especially as I've been traveling past it many times for years, decades really and it was only a serendipitous set of events that started 17 years ago and culminated a fe...

I'm no expert, so I'll go with what you tell me :lol: From what I can read in the US forums, I'm guessing the first log looks the best with wide rings so I'll be targeting that as much around knots etc. I'm halfway through an osage self-bow which is mostly sapwood due to size constraints of the stav...

A quick phone call to the farmer tee'd up an ok to hit up an osage fence line to harvest a bit of fallen and pre-trimmed timber. It just happened to be the first outing for my new chainsaw, so a bit of fun all round :dance: Not sure how much will be useable, but I will check about the possibility of...

Any chance this is still around?

Yes, aware of the overseas suppliers for limbs and that it'd be likely to easier/cheaper to go there but figured it'd be worth asking. As it's also available in the EU, I might wait a few weeks and see what the GBP does, might be a few bargains to be had :teasing-neener: Darren hijack away, I've bee...

I picked up a Samick Nighthawk/Lightning riser the other day, but it came without limbs. Is there anyone that might be able to do a set of limbs for me? Not looking to match timbers/colour exactly as I'd be after a light set of limbs to start with then upgrade to heavier later on. PM me if you can w...

No shooting off the hand for the moment, would rather keep my rest fixed as much as possible!

So I haven't completely fallen off the radar, just been restricted in spare time due to wife and 1yr old daughter returning from a couple of months overseas. I managed to find a source of spotted gum boards, but I had to end up with a handle narrower than I had originally planned, so rather than cut...

Check your library on the Sharpe series, all my locals over the years have had quite a few. Tim Severin is another nautical writer, both fact and fiction. He's a naval historian/designer and has built and completed a number of historical voyages using traditional materials and methods (think Heyerda...

Sounds like a fun trip and some nice photos. Ken and myself were sitting under a tree having a sandwich and this little fellow was skittering around, I think its called Pardalot. Looks like a Crimson Chat to me :wink: http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/photography/reader-photos/2015/07/reader-ph...

Beautiful!

That leather grip just finishes it off really nicely.

Make sure the resin is epoxy resin - polyester won't bond properly to the timber. What weight cloth are you using? Yep, have epoxy and have used it to laminate timber and glass before so good to go :handgestures-thumbup: Have various weights but will most likely use 4oz s-glass which is beautiful s...

So I glued 2 staves together into a billet and played around with making up a planing form and using my router to trim most of the bulk excess material off the thickness of the billet. Wasn't sure how it would work out as the staves we work with are notorious for splintering, plus the few other proj...

<snip> ....although that might be better left for a future build - start simple, work up). My thoughts entirely as well! With 875mm (34" + a bit) you can get a 66" bow with a 2" splice at the centre. Just my two cents, but as a beginner I would glue these into two flat-laid limbs 34&...

Would you happen to be a cooper, or otherwise work in the viticulture industry? Even a 75 mm splice should be enough, gaining you a couple of extra inches of bow length. Your other option would be to make a takedown in which the two limbs butt up against each other in the handle sleeve, meaning you...

Or you can buy heavier limbs. Indeed, hadn't thought of that. Steve, The splice shown in the photo in my previous reply is across the width of the bow. The diagram below shows the layout of the splice. Dimensions can be adjusted to suit the width of the limb. 1 Z Splice.jpg Daryl. Sweet, thanks. Fo...

Thanks guys, I kind of figured that doing both at the same time would probably be the best option. I have the ability to set up an indoor range up to ~20m, plus and outdoor to 50-60m so there is no issue getting some shooting done every day. I've more or less decided on a Samick Sage on the basis th...

Hi all firstly, apologies in advance for guffs and obvious newb mistakes - we've all got to start somewhere though! I've taken an interest in building a bow for myself but would like a bit of a reality check and advice/suggestions. As a new shooter as well, am I much better off buying a bow, shootin...