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Daryl.

Hi Mark,
I am interested in they way you incorporated the string bridge in the siyahs. Where they over size in the glueup and then reduced after the bow was on the tiller stick or did you have a predetermined plan.
Keep up the good work,

Daryl.

Hi WTM
You've done an excellent job with the first one.
I would imagine there will be a few more coming of the form.
Best of all though is the price.

Daryl.

Hi, I picked up two 36" hickory billets today at $17.00 each. The way in which they were stacked made it impossible to sort through them, probably in the vicinity of 100,000 sticks. I am currently reducing them to laminations which have yielded ten per billet. I will keep you posted to let you ...

Hi Brainbruise,
The bow is looking good. Have you had any problems getting the siyahs to line up through the handle? My previous attempts didn't include glass in the laminations and the slightest bit of limb twist threw the siyahs out of alignment.
Keep up the good work,
Daryl.

Hi Brainbruise, The project is looking good so far. :D How thick are the laminations and how wide will the limbs at maximum and also their length? Please keep us Aussies updated on your progress. Hope all goes well, Daryl. (It is amazing how a little Guinness improves ones perceptions, I love the st...

Hi Chris,
The photos took ages to download. Can you crop and resize photos to make transmission times shorter.
Thanks for the photos,
Daryl.

Hi Grahame,
I can remember buying tracers in the late 70's. We used to call them 'bunny fluff'. A few club members tried them but at the end of the day they weren't worth the throuble. Just another American fad.

Daryl.

Hi BenBow,
Thank you for the link to the site. It certainly opens up a better alternative.

Thanking you,
Daryl.

Thanks to all for the words of encouragement.
I will be sourcing conical brass fittings and thinner nylon washers which should improve the overall appearance. As an R&D project I gained valuable information.

Daryl.

After completing the last of six workshops I managed to finish the take down longbow. Reducing the draw weight to a comfortable 50# was achieved by re profiling the plan of the limbs and a gentle trapezoid from the back to belly. To make life easier and to preserve my body parts (although I did some...

Hi Emu,
Congratulations to you and the family, but more so to your missus. It is great that all went well.
Regards,
Daryl.

Hi,
It may be worthwile getting in touch with Cliff Turpin, (Turbow). He makes reproductions of medieval crossbows. I believe he holds an armourers licence to comply with Queensland legislation.
Daryl.

Hi,
If you are going to take the time to do a true splice it may be better to use un-cut feathers so that when you finish the splice the feather can be chopped to maintain a true profile on the outer edge of the feather.

Daryl.

Hi Ben,
The bow looks great. At times people don't realise just how hard it is to make a good bow for the little ones. We must remember that the little ones are the future of our sport.

Daryl.

Hi Trad Shooters,

Details of shoot listed below. If you need more information please send a PM.
Hope to see you at Easter.

Daryl.

Hi, At one of our previous traditional shoots (in the speed round) an archer loosed seven arrows in thirty seconds. The round consisted of five 3D targets placed at varying distances. One arrow to be shot at each target and if you had remaining time you could continue shooting at the target of your ...

Hi Mick,
The footed ones have 'Greybeard' in the cresting and I have ordered six matching footed flu-flus' for our traditional shoot at Easter.
Daryl.

If Little Arrows is driving they might be lucky to cover the fuel cost.
Don't get ambushed by the 'French' on your way down.
Daryl.
(only joking, )

Hi,
Have you considered trying a thumb ring?
The thumb release seems to be very efficient and lends itself to gaining a very good follow through. At present I have tried this method on a 42# static tip bow without the ring and was surprised with the results.

Daryl.

Excellent fish!!!
It must be a hard life but I guess someone has to do it?
Daryl.

Hi Trish,
Any chance of a mud map. Trying to round up extra numbers.

Daryl.

Hi Daniel, From the figures you have given I think the bow will be way over built. You must remember that when using bamboo on a bow the diameter of the pole will have a bearing on the height of the crown of the bamboo in relation of the width of the limbs. A limb width of 30mm at the fadeouts and 1...

Daniel, I am a little unsure of the way in which you are constructing the bow. From your previous post it looks like you are using a butt joint of the laminations on the handle. Some factors that determine the finished product are the length of the bow, width of the limbs at the fadeouts and string ...

Hi Troy,
Well done in the true spirit of traditional hunting.

Daryl.

Grahame,
Now that you have brought it to my attention it does look like him.

Daryl.

Hi LTH,
I would recommend using fletching tape. You will fletch a set of arrows in a fraction of the time that it takes using fletching cement and there is no mess. You will still need to apply a daub of glue on the leading edge and tail of the feather.
Daryl.

Hi Daniel, Making laminations can be a real pain, particularly if you do not have suitable equipment to produce them. If you have access to a half decent bandsaw through friends, relatives etc this may be a start. Alternatively check the yellow pages as there are businesses that have fully equipped ...

Hi Daniel, Regarding the electric planer or thicknesser both are less useful than an ashtray on a motorbike or a shirt without a pocket. If you are looking at milled boards 19mm thick and want to reduce them to say 2mm unless you can reduce them through a saw first you will have 17mm going out as sh...

Hi Mick,
It is a beautiful bow indeed. Well worth the wait.

Daryl.