Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: ssgtchad on September 07, 2012, 07:06:08 pm
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Heu guys its been a while but here are a few bows I've finished. The 1st is an osage, with a big hole in the upper limb, which was shooting really nice til it lifted a splinter :P. So no full draw picture unitl I find time to repair it. The white one is sumac work in progress. The other two are a Bamboo epee bamboo long bow and a bamboo backed bamboo. The BBB is R/D. It took a little set but most of it is the deflex I glued in. The BEB is very thin and shoots the best of the group its 68" ttt and 66" ntn, 1" wide at the fade and 3/8s at the nocks. Still learning this craft, I know tiller's arent perfect but I'm getting better since the first one! They shoot well and I had fun working on them. Sorry I have no Idea what they are pulling, But I draw to 28" and I was shanking like a leaf waiting for the wife to snap the pictures lol. Thanks
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the second full draw is bending way to close to the grip, did you use a powerlam?, Bub
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No sir. Just the two pieces of bio. The belly was heat t treated but no power lamb.
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on the next one try a powerlam about 16" long feathered from the middle out, that will help r/d bows are a bear if everything don't go right, least for me ;), the top fd look's pretty good, keep on scraping, Bub
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Thanks for the advise ;)