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Morning. A suggestion. John Clark who owns Ausbow in SA has a booklet for sale on making fibreglass reinforced composite bows. Buy a copy and have a read. It is very basic and an excellent starting point. There may be alternative publications elsewhere or there may be suitable/appropriate material a...

Morning All.

The article is good and an easy read. However, the reader should make an effort differentiate between between opinion and fact.

Morning All. It was better than that...... Img_3112.jpg Plenty of campers... Img_3107.jpg Img_3103.jpg Img_3096.jpg Img_3090.jpg Img_3068.jpg Img_3067.jpg Img_3012.jpg Some people even learnt how to throw an axe.... Gently back,thow with the forearm ... and throw Img_3029.jpg

Morning.

Targets with difference. Top marks.

Great photos Sue.

Morning Daryl.

greybeard wrote:http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-12/a ... ts/7242106

There is another reason to steer clear of Facebook... Whilst the probability is small why put another door in the system.

Afternoon. ... I'm surprised that you of all people question why sharing of photos is required, given the amount of photos you take, maybe you keep them to yourself, a bit sad I think. As to joining a third party not an uncommon experience, to write here you join, like lots of forums or applications...

Morning All. Having loaded the odd photo to this site I ask why people put photos on the site? IMHO They put photos to either show what something looks like, a picture is worth a thousand words, or they want to share experiences, a picture is worth a thousand words. Why put them on another site that...

Morning All. ... Lost time and materials are a far greater cost than a couple of dollars of glue. Unless people are making bows in commercial quantities - and if they are they will be buying in bulk volume which will makes the prices quoted drastically wrong - glue is a minor cost. If people are con...

Afternoon Bob.

bigbob wrote:... who would want to add another time consuming ...

The same people who make their own laminations, both parallel and tapered, from vertical bamboo floorboards, various timbers or their own bamboo stacks.

Evening All ... as our costs comparatively, are much higher for the same material. ... I am not so sure about that. A short time ago the exchange was such that Australian purchases were comparitively cheaper and Australian generally do not attract state taxes. Irrespective, people always have the op...

Afternoon. If you are interested in the American Civil War. In order... Gods and Generals - Jeff Sharra The Killer Angels - Michael Sharra The Last Full Measure - Jeff Sharra "Gods and Generals" and "Gettysburg" films (both excellent films), are based on 'Gods and Generals' and '...

Hi Perry. Join the local council library - that will reduce you costs significantly. Bernard Cornwell any of his series just read them in order. Patrick OBrian - the Aubrey-Maturin series, once again read in order. CS Forester - Hornblower series, again read in order. That lot shoukd keep you busy f...

Evening. My take. There are a set of rules that work. And work even better when people don't play around with them. No one is willing to put in the hard yards and do the work to seriously prepare and see through alternatives. So nothing will change and given the last half a decade as an example that...

Morning.

toby wrote:... Can you tell me which of the main organisations world wide don't allow these type of systems in their trad divisions as I don't seem to be able to find them. ...

I am not a Research assistant.

Morning. ... As a by the by i remember 2 years ago at WF annual trad comp there was a guy there competing with a bear metal riser TD shooting off a rest; a simple on and also a couple of wood risered bows that had elevated plastic rests again simple ones. So would a Martin Jag be OK? ... All the Tra...

Morning. graham thanks for posting all the links to the rules, I have some serious reading to do. It makes things a little easier to understand if you have a look at wide range of views. There are more beyond those. :-) Even FITA/World Archery shoots Trad and provides Training/Coaching resources for...

Morning.

toby wrote:...I don't think I have ever handed a score card in regardless of what bow I was shooting at the time so it won't effect me either way. ....

Thus it does not matter.

Afternoon. Grahame that's still not answering the question. I am not trying to convince anyone that ILF is Traditional. If I was I would have presented a case for it. You, I gather/perceive, would like ILF accepted as Traditional. So make a case for it. (The onus is on you.) ... ...I'm pretty sure b...

Morning.

toby wrote:... but that doesn't answer the question?..

Alright look at it this way. What makes ILF Trad?

morning. ... What is the main problem people have with the ILF limb attachment bows ? Define what makes something Trad, does it comply, do others you want to shoot with agree? if you have people who will shoot with you, you have some viability. If no one agrees you are in effect a shooting body of o...

Hi. Sorry, Grahame I was just surprised to see that considering the fuss a lot of people make about any type of aiming. My opinion reduced to a couple of Mathematical Equations. There are n! (N Factorial) , where n is the number of bodies/organisations/people/whatever involved in the discussion, opi...

Morning.

toby wrote:Grahame I noticed those rules also allowed for gap shooting & strong walking would this be OK as well?

You can read and interpret rule sets and individual rules as well as I can.

Hi Sue. yep they are the guidelines I'm reading.................... I don't really think I need to do much more reading Grahame. I'm going to just go and do. :) The Rule Set we usually shoot to is looking pretty good. It would be even better if people did not make up rules about fletching. The US ha...

Evening All. If you really want to come to grips with this stuff may I suggest you make yourself aware of the following at least. FITA Book 4 Field and 3D Rulebook http://rulebook.worldarchery.org/PDF/Official/2015-04-01/EN-Book4.pdf The USA Archery Trad Rules http://usarcherytraditional.org/Equipme...

Evening All. ... pressure buttons are not allowed on Recurves as per the GUIDELINES ... Hi Sue. This is from the TAA Equipment Guidelines http://www.traditionalarcheryaustralia.org/TAA%20equipment%20guidelines%20(2).pdf Recurve ...Arrow rests, pressure buttons etc. are permitted. Unless you know/are...

Hi again ... it was just a general guideline I had heard at some of the events I attended. It seemed pretty self explanatory. I think I had even seen it on a trad event flyer at some stage. Experience suggests that looking at the actual rules and getting a Judges/Officials interpretation, irrespecti...

Morning again. What Trad Rules were they that you attached? They are the ones that were nutted out on this site a few years ago, with significant discussion I add, and agreed to by those who decided to contribute. They are the ones that most Trad events in SEQ use. As to what is a mechanical rest, I...

Morning All. ... Trad events and the TAA can not be seen as one and the same. Little Arrows will very much vouch for that. That TAA and Trad Events are widely separated may be a good thing or it may be a bad thing. TAA is exactly where it wants to be. It is not between a 'hard place and a rock' so t...

Morning. Trad events are not necessarily run by TAA guidelines. By what I have seen at most Trad Events is 'anything goes', so you should be right. Many events do not use TAA Guidelines (and that makes life much easier for them). Equally events are not anything goes, my experience is one of people c...

Morning. Just talking about rests. From the rule set that are generally used around SE Qld 1.2 MODERN LONGBOW DIVISION. ... • The bow can be shot off the shelf or from an elevated rest adhered to the sight window. ... 1.3 MODERN RECURVE DIVISION. ... • The bow can be shot off the shelf or from an el...