Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Lombard on January 31, 2010, 12:27:27 am
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Just got a computer lesson from El Destructo, and am now armed with another bow building tool. I think this is what you meant El Destructo. The tips are reflexed some, and the handle is non-bending, so I tried to place the oval in the best place.
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nicde looking stick :)
yup, Mike taught me that trick too.
i use it a lot when making a bow
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Looks good to Me...and now that We went through such an Ordeal.....you can call me Mike.....or Michael...if You prefer...... :P
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Very nicely done. Jawge
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Hey nice looking bow.
El D, Maybe you could post how that is done in the how to section? I would love to know how to do that.
Tell
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Yes, that is THE tool when the eyes begin to get tired...
I usually take a pic on the tiller tree, flip it sideways on the computer, then lay the circle/elipse on it.
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Mike it is then, and thank you for the computer lesson.
Thank you all for the kind words.
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Thats exatly what I do too Frank...that way I can level the Boiw up on the Tiller Stick before I take the Picture...then Flip it in Paint...add the Elipse....Flip it back Horizontal...
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That's a good looking bow. And the paint ellipse is definitely a handy trick if the front profile of the bow allows for an elliptical tiller.
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I can use this on D-Bows...Hupa Paddle Bows....Mollegabet Bows.....even a Hun Horsebow...it's all in where you lay out the Elipse...you have to lay it out where it follows the Bows Design...and then just use it mainly as a visual Aid in measuring the distance that each Limb is bending in respect to the other...iIt surely isn't limited to just a ELB ...or an North American D Bow...JMO
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it can be used on bows with both an ellipticale tiller or circular tiller
it just takes a little practice to get it right,just like making bows ;D
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I guess that since I have been asked Numerous Times to do this....I am going to have to do a How - To on This...or Maybe even an Article for the Magazine...to show how to Use it on Most...if Not All Tillered Bows...Only Problem I would have ....I would need some Pictures...and permission to Alter them...I don't have a Bow for every Tiller.......Not Yet anyways....... >:D
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I guess that since I have been asked Numerous Times to do this....I am going to have to do a How - To on This...or Maybe even an Article for the Magazine...to show how to Use it on Most...if Not All Tillered Bows...Only Problem I would have ....I would need some Pictures...and permission to Alter them...I don't have a Bow for every Tiller.......Not Yet anyways....... >:D
you mean to tell me with that closet full of bows,your still short on differant tillers lol ;)
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I never use it, mostly because I'm lazy :o but also where my tiller tree is the lighting is not conducive to pictures I do
use a tillering gizmo from time to time though which can also tell you if its bending to much or not enough.
Go for it Mike it certainly cant hurt as its another tool in the arsenal, you can use any pictures of mine ya want
especially to demonstrate the uneven tillers ;D
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Nice Bow David. Is that a board bow? Red oak?
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Mike, I wished I could have used that when I was writing the chapter in tb4, I was struggling trying to get good drawings. Steve
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I guess that since I have been asked Numerous Times to do this....I am going to have to do a How - To on This...or Maybe even an Article for the Magazine...to show how to Use it on Most...if Not All Tillered Bows...Only Problem I would have ....I would need some Pictures...and permission to Alter them...I don't have a Bow for every Tiller.......Not Yet anyways....... >:D
feel free to use any of my pics, El D!
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ya know you can use any of mine that you may stumble across too
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Looks like a fine shooter there, and being able to learn and have ideas and techniques passed back and forth is what it's all about.
One thing that I really appreciate here is that I never get a sense of "my Dog's bigger than Your's". Looks like the "tool" you've borrowed works great - nice tiller for sure.
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Mike, I wished I could have used that when I was writing the chapter in tb4, I was struggling trying to get good drawings. Steve
Well Steve....there is always TBBvol.5....... ;)..I would be Honored if You did......... O:)
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Ryan, it is a White Ash board bow, 66 inches nock to nock, pulling fifty pounds at twenty eight inches. The unbraced photo is what it looks like after two hunderd arrows.
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Got your fine weapon bookmarked for February Self Bow of the Month. Nice work. Whie ash should be a great bow wood.
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Any idea what wood you used? ???
Ryan, it is a White Ash board bow, 66 inches nock to nock, pulling fifty pounds at twenty eight inches. The unbraced photo is what it looks like after two hunderd arrows.
;D
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Lombard, Very nice! I Like it!
El D, I think that would be a great how-to, feel free to use anything that might help.
Frode