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Title: any ideas for arrow rest
Post by: Blacktail on November 10, 2009, 10:17:36 pm

i just got done with a vm bow that bends through the handle..i want to put an arrow rest on it but there is very little wood to mount any thing...and i dont want to shoot off my hand...so,do you guy have any ideas...i think i can put a piece of leather or maybe a tiny piece of bone..just think about this as i write..thanks john

Title: Re: any ideas for arrow rest
Post by: aaron on November 10, 2009, 10:19:27 pm

i use leather on my bendy handle bows of VM- bone would not flex and want to pop off

Title: Re: any ideas for arrow rest
Post by: Blacktail on November 10, 2009, 10:31:05 pm

thanks so much aaron..that is a great point..did think of that  :P...john

Title: Re: any ideas for arrow rest
Post by: Pat B on November 10, 2009, 10:58:33 pm

Have you tried a floppy rest? They work great and are simple to construct.

Title: Re: any ideas for arrow rest
Post by: Blacktail on November 10, 2009, 11:06:53 pm

no,i havent pat..i will get my books and take a look..thanks john

Title: Re: any ideas for arrow rest
Post by: kylerprochaska on November 10, 2009, 11:09:04 pm

Go with what pat said...floppy rests are the best...I used to have a horn rest on my longbow and it would make the arrows unstable so i put a floppy on it and now it shoots straight...go with the floppy!

-Ky

Title: Re: any ideas for arrow rest
Post by: Bushbow on November 10, 2009, 11:16:51 pm

Stacked leather glued on with contact cement, shaved and shaped with a single edge razor blade, covered with grip leather, and then, a leather grip. pic below.
(http://i401.photobucket.com/albums/pp99/mxred91/bb027.jpg)

Title: Re: any ideas for arrow rest
Post by: radius on November 11, 2009, 01:17:20 am

fancy dude!  is that your spliced yew-bush bow?  got sapwood showing in the handle?  am i seeing this properly?

Title: Re: any ideas for arrow rest
Post by: Keenan on November 11, 2009, 01:48:47 am

John here is a thread that I did a few years ago
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,5884.msg81772.html#msg81772

Title: Re: any ideas for arrow rest
Post by: NTD on November 11, 2009, 01:52:06 am

That is just plain sexy!

Title: Re: any ideas for arrow rest
Post by: ricktrojanowski on November 11, 2009, 05:51:37 am

On mine I just cut the skinny part off a golf tee, then sand it flat and glue it on.  When it is on then I shape it a bit.  I think I saw that in Gordon's  hazel build along.

Title: Re: any ideas for arrow rest
Post by: Bushbow on November 11, 2009, 09:03:09 pm

Hey Radius (or is it Radio >:D) that is the Yew bush bow. I told you I was a baby, no knuckle shootin for me. that is how I do most my bows. I have not tried the floppy rest though, sounds like I shout give it a try. No new bows? You're not slacking off are you?
Chuck S.

Title: Re: any ideas for arrow rest
Post by: Dano on November 11, 2009, 09:39:38 pm

Here's the plans for the Ferrets floppy rest.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v199/dlgren/Archery/Ferretbowrest-2.jpg)

Title: Re: any ideas for arrow rest
Post by: Bushbow on November 12, 2009, 07:51:24 am

Looks good Dano, I will give it a try.

Title: Re: any ideas for arrow rest
Post by: zeNBowyer on November 12, 2009, 08:35:39 am

Essentially, putting  a  glove  on  the  bow,  vs  wearing a  heavy  leather  glove:)

Title: Re: any ideas for arrow rest
Post by: Blacktail on November 12, 2009, 10:09:02 am

hey thanks dano..i looked for ferrets web page..but i guess its gone  :'(..it had alot of great info..thanks john

Title: Re: any ideas for arrow rest
Post by: The Gopher on November 13, 2009, 02:32:09 pm

i use ferrets floppy rest a lot, its quick, easy, fool proof, and works great.

i was sad to see ferrets site go, i think john scifres (sp) also lost his site, i thought he had some of the best build alongs on the web.

Title: Re: any ideas for arrow rest
Post by: Okie on November 13, 2009, 08:36:49 pm

Here's another version of a floopy that I use.

(http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh272/jlholman/Road%20Kill/DSC01854.jpg)