Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: acker on June 30, 2008, 08:01:34 pm
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hallo,
I have build a new bow out of german Hazelnut and us Black Walnut.Its a light version bow for garden use. I used the us black walnut for the handle.
The is 1,8m long from nock to nock it pulls 35# by 30"
Well the bow is not totally finished by now a bit of kosmetik work is still to do, but I think it`ll be a good one ...at least I hope so :D
Gruß Acker
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she's whip tillered, bro...Tim Baker calls these "short bows with a really long handle."
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:D :D ;D ;D rofllmao
i like that "short bows with really long handles"
not picking on ya acker,just thought that was a funny statement. i am very new yet so dont take me serious.
peace,
tim
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Well she wasn`t easy to tiller at all, Ihave done a bit of work on the tiller all ready,but I wont do much
at the moment ....after a few arrows i will see what has to be done or not .
Gruss Acker
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Gruss, just scrape a little bit more closer to the handle area. That way you will get more limb working and have a smoother shooting bow.
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mullet's right, but the effect will be that your draw weight will drop considerably. Read the thread on this page about piking bows. Also, you might wanna heat treat the whippy portions of your bow, to stiffen them up somewhat. Heat-treating the outer half of the limbs, reducing thickness in the lower half of the limbs, and maybe reducing the overall length by an 2 or 4 inches, might altogether give you a very functional bow with a decent draw weight and efficient tiller.