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Hey Rod, I reckon what you bought was indeed Coconut wood, which is a nice timber though not as strong or dense as Black Palm. The real McCoy PNG/NTHAust Black Palm only grows to around 250mm/10" in diameter max. The biggest board I've managed to mill out of the mature logs I've collected is 60...

And I know you want more. This one is QLD Walnut and Black Gidgee with Black Palm limbs .
That'll do for now, Cheers, Rob.

Been real busy lately so here's some pics of what I've been doing. Seems like everyone wants a Raptor :wink: . The first one is Black Gidgee and Silver Ash with Black Palm limbs. SDC14214.JPG SDC14218.JPG SDC14223.JPG SDC14230.JPG SDC14233.JPG SDC14247.JPG SDC14252.JPG And then there's this one, the...

Hee Hee, must track that fella down and twist his arm a bit,,, I hear he has some more "Orange" Boxwood on the way. Can't wait to see the final product. On a different note, the last 6 bows I've made all have Black Palm in them :roll: , think I'm going to have to take a trip up north with ...

That's bloody nice Bob nothin like a bit of Silver Ash to bring out the colours and add a bit of class hey.

Rob.

What they said Hobo .

Rob.

Jeeze Muz! at 70# you'll be chasing your arrows further than the goats you shoot mate .
Look forward to seeing the pics.

Keep up the good work,

Rob.

Nice work Muz, I really like the Western woody pear. Did you harvest that your self?

Rob.

Wow Muz 300 mm,,, you sure it's black palm? I didn't think they got that big. Lucky you .

Hey Muz, where did you find your palm? and how thick is the usable part of the log? If it is thin and light in colour it's probably a fairly young tree, I've found they have to be at least 25-30 years old before they are worthwhile milling. How about a few photos. I'd like to see what you're working...

interesting Rob - I am really surprised we don't see it more often in bows given it's beauty - as you have shown. That's probably due to it being a very rare Timber more than any other reason, it's very hard to come by even here in Far North QLD where it grows. And once you get hold of a log the re...

Thanks guys.

Stan. Yes it is hard to work with and does indeed splinter along the grain easily but is unbelievably strong across the grain. And speaking of splinters, the splinters from this are every bit as nasty as the splinters from the bow tuff glass.

Here's one I made for a bloke in Darwin recently. He wanted all Black Palm and I liked the idea 8) . I posted a build-along on the Flatline bows face book page if you want to have a look. https://www.facebook.com/FlatlineBows?ref=bookmarks Bow stats; Flatline Raptor, 58" n-n, 58#@28' Timber; Al...

Nice Wayno, real nice.

Love the mosaics Bob.

Rob.

I use Toll ipec, and after I had turned up with I think my third one piece bow to send at a rate of $65 they offered to give me a fixed rate at $55 anywhere in Aust. Never had any problems with them at all, so I'm happy.

Rob.

Hey Muz, I use "uni-ball Signo" water based gel/paint pens which are the only ones I've found that don't run when you apply solvent based coatings. Don't know how well they would go with a wipe on finish though, I think it would rub off. But they do come in a good range of colours. Cheers,...

I'll be there with bells on this year Steve. Unlike last year, I will try not to put my back out two days before the shoot.

Rob.

Hi Tyler, This is what I do. Bend up a bit of stiff wire so you get a wedge fit on your tips so the wire pinches the tip and only touches it at two small points on either side and move it to a slightly different position for each coat and move it to where the string will sit for the last coat. Here'...

I only use UL glass, I have been told by Bingham's that the scrim in the ULS is mainly for lateral strength during construction, once its glued up in a bow it makes very little difference. I'll ask, what is the difference between the two? woodie The difference is the UL glass only has fibres running...

Nice Rob, is that your Raptor form? No Rod, believe it or not it's a reflex deflex form :shhh: . I'm teaching a young fella (very talented self-bow maker) how to make composite bows and he wanted to do a R/D and the first one has come out quite nice though a little heavier than intended. I'll leave...

Unfortunately when I glued mine up my back glass moved some 6mm from the rest of the stack so I was only just able to cut the bow shape out. Another lesson learnt as I never used tape to hold it all in place as I was struggling a bit with sticky gloves and was worried about the glue starting to go ...

Great work on the case Rod. I know what you mean about the foam infill, I just about fell over when I got the price for foam to do my daughters one piece case.
As far as things to put in it,,, I reckon Daryl pretty well covered it, any more than that and you'd have to put wheels on it .

Here’s number two off the Take-down Raptor rank. It’s for a young lady who’s Dad, when asked about timber selection said ‘just make it pretty’. Bow stats; Flatline 58” take-down Raptor, 30#@28”. Timbers; Riser: False Sandalwood, Red Bean, Silver Ash and Orange Boxwood. Limbs: Tulip Oak and Black Pal...

I was just about to post some pics of my latest T/D and spotted these two stunners. Beautiful work again Bob they just keep getting better and better. Love the shape of the flair and contrast in the Osage/Red box. Osage is pretty thin on the ground in these parts :mrgreen: . (if you've got some spar...

Nice work on the form Muz and the heat box and bow bits for that mater.
Is that a piece of carbon I see in the lam stack?
And what are the timbers you are using?

Keep up the good work.

Cheers, Rob.

Thanks blokes .

Well due to multiple requests I've developed a take-down version of the Raptor. Very happy with the result :biggrin: 8) . It's exactly the same as the one piece Raptor but with a little more mass in the riser which makes it even nicer and more stable to shoot. This (number) one is for a lucky fella ...

Thanks Stuart, good info mate. Was the bow you used it in a recurve or longbow? I would imagine it would have more effect on performance in a bow with a smaller over-all core stack. Rob, did the customer mention why they wanted carbon limbs? Not in so many words Daryl, but I imagine it is simply for...

Hey Bjorn, I'm with Rod there Black Gidgee is about as dark as it gets with out going the full Ebony. I reckon Black Gidgee and Red bean might give you what you're after. Though I have got some Aust Ebony lurking around the shed ;) . The Red timber in this riser is Red bean/ Miva Mahogany. http://ww...