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Offline Bohunter0908

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just got the tbb vol1
« on: September 29, 2011, 02:14:36 am »
Hello all
I just got vol.1 of the tbb this a.m. and I haven't put it
down for more than a few mins. I wish I would've got
it beforr I started trying build bows. Just wondering if
the other vols. Have a lot more different info.

-Bo-
Laporte TEXAS
Take a kid hunting today and you won't
Have to hunt for the kid tomorrow

Offline cracker

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Re: just got the tbb vol1
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2011, 09:58:49 am »
Oh yea mine are all dog eared. I still reread them ocassionally.
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Offline sweeney3

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Re: just got the tbb vol1
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2011, 11:11:31 am »
I would say that, for me, volumns one and four are the two most practical and valuable for my uses.  The middle two have some really good stuff in them as well, but quite a few chapters are pretty focused on specific areas in which I am not too interested.  It's good stuff and well done, but not what I'm after.  That said, the each have some valuable information as well.  But, if you are limited, I'd say pickup volumes one and four.

Offline Ifrit617

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Re: just got the tbb vol1
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2011, 08:13:57 pm »
I would get the whole set.. they are all great!

Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: just got the tbb vol1
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2011, 09:22:22 pm »
I just like lookin' at the perty pitchers!    ;D

I think the only one I need is vol I, but each of the others adds information and techniques to refine, inspire, and challenge.  There are a lot of bows in all 4 volumes I will never build.   Reading about them helps me to understand them, how they work, the driving mechanical principals behind them; information that would help me make better bows NOW if I would slow down and enjoy the process!
Guns have triggers. Bicycles have wheels. Trees and bows have wooden limbs.

Offline mullet

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Re: just got the tbb vol1
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2011, 09:43:17 pm »
 Volume Two is my favorite, I've always liked pretty curves. :)
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Offline Bohunter0908

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Re: just got the tbb vol1
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2011, 10:44:15 pm »
Yeah I have definetly learned a lot already
From vol.1 I would like to have all 4 vols.
I also have Jim Hamms bowsand arrows
of the native americans. So far just skimmed through
it but seems to have good info as well.
I just can't get enough of this primitive archery
Its an addiction >:D.I find myself driving
Around picking out trees in the nieghbors yards
 >:D I'm hooked
 -Bo-
Laporte TEXAS
Take a kid hunting today and you won't
Have to hunt for the kid tomorrow

Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: just got the tbb vol1
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2011, 10:51:11 pm »
You ain't the first one to find himself  "cruisin' for timber".  Just be careful doing it next to elementary schools. 

Don't ask me how I know that!  Let's just say having an axe, hatchet, maul, splitting wedges, polyurathane, and such in your rig can be misconstrued.
Guns have triggers. Bicycles have wheels. Trees and bows have wooden limbs.