Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: dwardo on May 27, 2010, 01:56:55 pm
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Ayup all,
Finally managed to save enough cash to get my workshop roof done so its been bow makin madness since.
I have a few bits of wood left from last year not the best bits but its my own fault for not planning ahead :(
This is a sliver of yew that was taken from a 7ft pipe straigh stave that ended up showing all sorts of problems after splitting, broke my heart but i have put it all to use from knife scales to axe handles.
Can you lot please let me know where i am going wrong with this liitle bow. Its about 45lb at 19" so far 59" ntn
I am after what ever draw length i can get and i can flip the tips or what ever you lot might think. I just cant get my eye back in yet after a long break (shouldnt say brake!!)
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/IMAG0452.jpg)
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/IMAG0454.jpg)
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Wow it's looking good to me.. Maybe a few scrapes midlimb out if you are willing to give up some weight. The left limb looks a little stronger than the right but you can just make the right limb the top which would make it perfect. Great work, man! :)
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What's your full draw length? If I'm completely opened up I'll go 28", but the other week I made a 60"ntn hickory D bow for a buddy's birthday that I was drawing to 25" and it was accurate at 20 yards. Tell you the truth, I kinda prefer to draw at about 25" with a D bow at this length. Just seems like the best blend of what works for me. But, everyone's different, right?!
Looks real good...
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Wow it's looking good to me.. Maybe a few scrapes midlimb out if you are willing to give up some weight. The left limb looks a little stronger than the right but you can just make the right limb the top which would make it perfect. Great work, man! :)
More than happy for it to loose more than a few lbs i dont really like to shoot anything over 50-55 lbs. Its currently only at a scraper finish so i may sand it all out and then sand from mid limb out. Thanks :)
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What's your full draw length? If I'm completely opened up I'll go 28", but the other week I made a 60"ntn hickory D bow for a buddy's birthday that I was drawing to 25" and it was accurate at 20 yards. Tell you the truth, I kinda prefer to draw at about 25" with a D bow at this length. Just seems like the best blend of what works for me. But, everyone's different, right?!
Looks real good...
My draw is 28 3/4" but i am gonna have to be realistic with this one, just gotta learn a new anchor point!
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If i want to eeek as much draw length out of this bow where is it best to start removing more wood? also what can i safely expect from this length?
I have some silk to back it if that would make any difference, i just cant hack this 22 inch draw :(
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I'd release more of the left limb until they are evened up then see where you are at. From there, maybe move a bit more of the last quarter of the limbs? Stay away from the handle area. After shooting it in a little bit, I bet you'll be at 25". If it were mine, I'd call it 25" draw. I've never worked with Yew though, so take my advice with a grain of salt.
Once it's dead even on both sides, I'd just take a few scrapes away evenly on both limbs and shoot, repeat if necessary. Work the bow...
That's how I've been doing my D bows.
Hope it works out for ya.
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Just gaveway at 23 :( bang it went.
I didnt expect anything from this from the minute i splitt the bloody thing, lots of black veins of mineral deposit. Oh well.
Next!
Another wych elm bow, this one is getting a black silk back i think...
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/top.jpg)
Natural Kink and deflex in liimb
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/bend.jpg)
Out to 29
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/full.jpg)
Dog wondering when i am gonna stop messing about and chew one of these sticks :)
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/dog.jpg)
at least some of it was put to use
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/Picture005-1.jpg)
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Damn, I got here too late!
It looked a bit lik ean ELB style bow, in which case I'd say the outer limbs weren't working enough (they do look a bit fat >:D ), and it looked a bit short for that style.
Did it break in the middle? Go on post a pic...I've shown my latest breakage :P
BTW. Ilove that second bow, it's really working hard, I like the steep fades, looks real edgy, and that deep handle, very stylish/sculptural, and those curves could drive a man wild. ;D
Del
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It started out as a 69 inch yew longbowish but horrible things just kept cropping up out of the wood :(
If i had of been realistic i would have tried for a flat bow out of it but i was stuck on a ELB type not listening to the wooood!
Alright the pics of shame,.,. ::)
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/IMAG0470.jpg)
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/IMAG0469.jpg)
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o218/dwardo/IMAG0468.jpg)
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At least I was right about where it would go ::).
It's nature's way of slapin' us down when we get too big for our boots (or the women folk have forgotten to do it :o)
Still that second one pushes the limits nicely ;D
Del
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The little sapwood pin knot in the bottom picture dead center :P
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BTW. That Axe handle is really pretty. mine needs a new handle, maybe that's another job for the winter.
Del
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BTW. That Axe handle is really pretty. mine needs a new handle, maybe that's another job for the winter.
Del
Cheers Del ;) It was my aunties axe who was given it by my Grandfather who passed away some years ago.
I Cleaned up the head to find to my surprise it was an old Gransforths Burks Axe, same as mne :)
The Snakey looking elm has just had a backing of black silk and look spretty cool.
Just gotta wait until it dries out again, little bit more sanding then a finish.
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looks like the edge- on the back- of that bow was pretty square. I tend to round 'em over before much bending......
a square edge is where a splinter is most likely to lift.
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Dwardo good to see u mate! Glad to hear ur shop is up and doin well. Ur gonna be a bow making machine! Hey let me ask u what are those plans on the bench by ur bow? The blueprints? Its a shame the yew broke but the elm is looking right on man! Ta ta!
Cheers,
Russell
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Good point sonny, it was sanded a little but still too square. I think there were several things wrong with this and as Dell said its good to get a slap every now and then >:D
Cheers AncientArcher, the paperwork is just a load of biils and junk, i roll them up and wrap sandpaper round them so it acts like a shaping tool that isnt too square. ;)
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Right on pal I thought it were some niftybow building plans! lol
Cheers!
Russell