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After watching several videos on making a dust collector with hit and miss results I thought paying $34.00 for a commercially made one a bargain. My biggest challenge was finding a suitable flexible hose, rigid pvc pipe and fittings. I managed to find the bits and pieces at the local Bunning’s store...

Jeff, They are probably a bit slow in lighter draw weights and would need to be in the 50# plus to get better performance. Tip mass would be similar to that of a 30# bow. I found a video of a similar style bow; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_1bH2gezX4 Best performance I could get out of 31# was 1...

I finally finished the bow a couple of weeks ago and all going well it will have a new home.

Daryl.
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Angus, I don’t know if the bow was dead vertical in the photo but you should be able to work out the stiff spots. * Part Draw.jpg * Usually I have found once the bow is braced with the correct length string I can scrape the stiff spots on the belly, every so often exercising the limbs with short dra...

You need to be more selective in what timbers you use. Vic ash is a generic term covering various species of eucalypt and probably one of the worst timbers for bow making. Try sourcing some hickory or hard rock maple from a specialist timber merchant. Straight grained spotted gum can work and using ...

Have a look at the following link, quite a good explanation and images.

Daryl.

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/inde ... ic=44850.0

I'll see if I can find some a 'bend through the handle' examples on the Internet. Perhaps I should have worded ‘bend through the handle’ differently. Don’t add a handle block or shape a riser. Rely on the thickness of the stave in the ‘grip’ area and it will bend slightly during the draw cycle thus...

It is a little difficult to evaluate a situation from an image. The first thing I noticed in the images was the abrupt fadeouts of the glued on handle. This has a similar effect of bending a strip of timber over the edge of your work bench. Has the timber lost its moisture content? I would suggest a...

What style of bow are you trying to make?

Could you post an image of the bows edge profile showing the handle, fadeouts and indicate where the limb is failing. Also what shape is the limb cross section and nock to nock length of the bow?

Have you tried a bend through the handle bow?

Daryl.

I really like the combination of steel and timber in this I like the clean lines of the knife and agree with the handle and blade combination. The leather work will improve and I think most people would appreciate the hand made look as opposed to something punched out in a factory. Well done, Daryl.

I made a new form to make a bow similar to an Egyptian style bow but I think I went a bit off track. Although the final product is not what I envisaged it appears to perform well. The shaped handle and static tips were glued to the bamboo core and allowed to cure before bringing the laminations toge...

Unless thickened the fadeouts may be too thin to support the limbs at full draw particularly with heavier draw weights. There appears to be sufficient thickness to accommodate threaded inserts and possibly the alignment pins. The takedown limb wedges would essentially lengthen the riser and probably...

Hi Clinton,

I do not know of any bowyers who would be interested in re building the bow.

It is something you could do if you are willing to do the research, put in lots of time and spend a fair amount of money.

Daryl.

Hi Clinton, Were you thinking of salvaging the laminations and then have them re glued to the riser or just saving the riser and having new laminations including the glass glued to it. A bow form would need to be made to complete the task. Overall the refurbishing would be an expensive exercise bein...

Hi Matt,

I recently had an experience with a Chinese made Assyrian style bow that was supposedly 35#.

It went the other way and came in at 23#.

Daryl.

It looks as though it would do the job, I would hate to be on the receiving end.

Daryl.

No, I haven't tried that method as I have a workshop full of power tools. When needed I use a 50 mm power planer that does the job. I envisaged a milling bit up to 50 mm in diameter which would cover the limb width in one pass down the length of the limb instead of several passes with a small diamet...

metalhead wrote: ↑Thu Dec 23, 2021 8:09 pm Don't ACS takedown longbows have a concave belly?

Perhaps they were inspired by Howard Hill's patent.

Daryl.

Dave, I often wonder why offset handles never became popular; Ben Pearson tried it in 1955 with his Bushmaster recurve. Patents for offset handles were lodged many years before 1955. Time passes quickly; https://ozbow.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=16177&p=167720&hilit If the belly tape...

Dave,

I haven’t got around to making the profiling bits to try the following.

Daryl.

Was the different limb length a Hill innovation or are the bowyers producing his bows responsible. From memory this idea was reasonably popular when making selfbows. Supposedly it made tillering easier. Extract from the http://www.vintagearchery.org/howard-hill.html "Hill had never really been ...

A lot of hard work went in to making this yew longbow using primitive tools.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WJdNxHLnZQ

A good result but I believe re tillering the bow would make it an excellent bow.
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What are your thoughts?

Daryl.

Dave, The data sheet should give you the information. Techniglue R60.pdf I can’t find any information re curing at elevated temperatures. The epoxy spreads easily although I used to apply too much and consequently squeezed out too much. It would appear that the smallest pack of slow hardener is 2 li...

Hi Dave,

Try Kustom King, with exchange rates and postage it is still a bargain especially if there is no alternative.
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Techniglue has gradually crept up in price.

Spread over the number of backed bows you can get out of a kit the increased cost per bow is minimal.

Daryl.

The Longbow is not as good as you think or is it?

Some interesting facts are raised.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcsch6cR8MM

Daryl.

It looks as though a lot work into making the cleaver.

Can you give us an overview on how you made it?

Daryl.

I found this video informative but the presenter can be a little hard to take.

Daryl.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbF8BaGsuts

Thank you for the replies. A local timber merchant lists Flindersia schottiana as a stock item. The nearest supplier I can find for Flindersia bourjotiana is in the Mooloolah Valley around three hours plus driving time round trip. Distributed mainly in the rainforest areas of northern New South Wale...

I am looking for a suitable timber to use in laminated bows once my stock of vertical bamboo is depleted. Previously I have successfully used hard rock maple but I was looking for another alternative. Has anyone used Australian white cypress for laminations? Daryl. Common Name(s): Australian Cypress...

If I am shooting my straight sided slightly reflexed longbow or one of my recurves I use the same relaxed grip. Upon loosing the arrow the bow sits comfortably in the hand with no side effects. Although I am now shooting lighter draw weight bows it should make little difference. * Draw_Release.jpg *...