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    Bandsaw ouch!

    I finally did it..... A nanoseconds distraction using the bandsaw to cut out the handle of a flatbow and I've managed to cut a slice about 1.5 cm down the side of my index finger. I have no Idea at all how I managed it as my index finger shouldn't have been anywhere near the blade! I've had far...
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    Hickory heaven!

    Hi everyone speaking of hickory Kieran, I have just landed a vast amount of hickory, and I mean VAST! It came from a friend who had just wanted to get rid of it so he could rent out an old industrial unit. It was left behind by the previous owner who made horse carts. I just couldn't believe my...
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    bow category help

    Just to add fuel to the fire, I thought I would post some pics of the bow in question. It's the second one I've made, the first one was a guy in London. I loved it so much I made my self one too. Its Hickory, purple heart, maple in various layers. Theres some hazel wood in there somewhere...
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    How to tiller a recurve?????

    Ok Here she is. No close-ups because she is really ugly and rough, but here she is. Going to make a really pretty one next.....will keep you posted ;-) Matt
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    bow category help

    Hi everyone I've just made a stunning pyramid bow. BUT some of the guys at our NFAS field club think I may not be able to use it because the concave sweep out from the handle could be used as a sight marker.......... any thoughts? Matt
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    How to tiller a recurve?????

    Hi all I thought I would get advice her first then pose the same problem to the chaps at PA. The time has come for me to move out of my cosy little longbow/ warbow/ American flatbow/ pyramid bow comfort zone and start chasing the recurve bow game. I want to build a stave, flatbow style, where...
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    New to Field archery

    Hi everyone. My son (9 years old) and I (wrong side of 40) Have just Joined Avalon field archery club. We have had a brilliant coaching course from a very, very experienced coach and have been let loose on the course. As a longbow bowyer I am (despite advice against) determined to shoot only...
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    sycamore

    Hi all. Does anyone know where I can get hold of sycamore in Cambridgeshire? I want to make a maple backed sycamore bow. Thanks chaps Matt
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    Purple heart colour change

    Hi all Just got a bit chunk of purple heart, because I have several people wanting it as a core lamination. I took a scraper to it to see what colour the fresh wood is and its a lovely mid-dark brown. My question is this. If you seal the timber before the colour has changed will it still...
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    Advice please!!!!

    Hi everyone. I'm having no end of problems using Ipe as a bow lamination. I don't really use it, but after a recent bespoke bow request, I have some left over so thought I would use it. Hickory back/ hickory core / Ipe bow: Fine Ipe back/ oroko/ ipe : blew the belly lamination, all the glue...
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    Fitting horn nocks

    Ok Wills Here is another picture of the sapwood. the grey discolouration isn't continuous throughout, but is it rot? So....do I salvage the heartwood for laminating or ????????? happy to go with whatever you all think is best. matt
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    Fitting horn nocks

    will take another later.
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    Fitting horn nocks

    Hi all I thought I would share another of my errors! Just trying to adjust the brace height on my 120lb warbow and using a stringer to fit the string and BANG! the timber within the nock gave out. On closer inspection I hadn't tapered the wood to snugly fit the nock! It only went about 1 cm into...
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    How short can a short short-bow be?

    ITS ALIVE!!!!!!!!! one lightning strike later and the monster I have christened 'Frankenstein' has lumbered into life. 45lbs at 26" 60 inches total. I've had enough of it now so, no more work or tillering. So...after I had spliced in the new piece of wood it was still bending in the fades way...
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    How short can a short short-bow be?

    Here is the monster. The top limb has already been reinforced on the belly near the handle, but could do with a bit more I think, the bottom limb looks like it is about to snap just off the handle, I've reinforced it about an hour ago, just waiting for the glue to dry then will put up another...
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    How short can a short short-bow be?

    pins holes done..... Roll on monday.......
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    How short can a short short-bow be?

    OOOOOkay here is a picture of the compression fret. It really is very very fine so I've put a pencil line across it so you can see it. Thanks Wills. I have looked at the TBB volume 3 and am going to try the needle hole thing. In the end I decided to back it with two layers of dry wall jointing...
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    How short can a short short-bow be?

    Hi everyone Crappy weather has forced my buddy and myself to make a indoor range in a very large outbuilding. We can shoot up to 25 meters..BUT.. the ceiling is really low. Ive already knocked the top nock off my warbow forgetting to turn the bow obliquely enough. So I want to make a couple of...
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    [Warbow] Warbow endurance shooting!

    Hi everyone. Just been shooting with a friend and we decided to see how many arrows we could shoot through our warbows. Took about an hour but I managed 160 arrows through my 90lb warbow. I have no idea how this measures against normal warbow shoots. I'm not a member of a club but heard...
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    Armour piercing......REALLY?

    With my first warbow under my belt I thought I would see if the old armour piercing thing was true. I found the thickest kitchen pot/pan I could (don't tell the wife) It turned out to be a very heavy baking tray. Please note, it isn't a cheap thin try it is a thick steel baking tray. Also please...
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