My first "real" bow! (Mulberry)

[Raptard]

along with bank account numbers, passwords, and where they hide the spare key to their truck.  The organizer then mixes it all up in a hat and sends the individual participants their secret victim, erm, recipient and it's ON!

We always strongly recommend you get a few working bows under your belt before jumping in on the trade.

sounds like alot of fun! i'll think of doing that when i get a bank account and a few more bows under my belt , also i'll post some pictures after school if i can remember.

[Raptard]

here are the pics http://imgur.com/a/xrwpy

[Raptard]

Yep, i'm going to get plenty of practice this summer. + that's not all, theres still more i have to cut .
 
http://imgur.com/a/I5TVW

[autologus]

Since it came in way underweight why not pike it an inch or two on each end and that should bring the weight up.  I would start with an inch and see what its at before I went any more.  You can also flip the tips some and that will get you a few more pounds.

Grady

[Raptard]

flip the tips ? i have no clue what you are talking about

[dbb]

Flip the tips = inducing some recurve in the tips,usually by heating them with a heatgun or steaming .

[Raptard]

ahh yes, ok so i shortend it ~ an inch on each side, what angle should i steam it at?

[DarkSoul]

I'd stick to shortening the bow and leave "flipping the tips" for a next bow, when you have gained more experience.
It's a sweet bow as is, but the draw weight is just a bit low. Flipping the tips is not as easy as it sounds, and you run a risk of snapping the tips!

[Raptard]

meh, i don't really care i f i ruin this bow, i didn't actually plan on it working , more of a test/ learning bow. for example, my next bow will be wider, slightly thicker, and if i bend it i will wait long enough instead of screwing it up like i did this one. but, if you think it would still be better if i left it even with the aforementioned mentality, then so be it, i will just leave it

[JW_Halverson]

Most kids stash porn under their beds, you got staves.  Kid, you got it and you got it bad.  It's yellow fever and no cure!

[Joec123able]

Most kids stash porn under their beds, you got staves.  Kid, you got it and you got it bad.  It's yellow fever and no cure!

You can always stash both  haha

[Raptard]

ok, i was working on my bow, bending it and all, and i had an idea, a very weird (and most likely stupid  ) idea. has anyone ever tried backing a bow with duct tape? as an idea it sounds weird, but if you think about it the material is basically like a cloth backing with it's own adhesive. i was just wondering if anyone has ever tried it and if so, how well it worked.

[Raptard]

should i correct the straightness of the very tip? or just bend it like that on the other side as well?

[Raptard]

ok here it is, just gunna wait a few days and then i'll be tillering again.

[TatankaOhitika]

Hold your horses    . I only use artificial sinew for home testing , or general shooting in my wild backyard . Never for hunting . I use my rawhide/sinew/dogbane strings for that ! Besides , artificial sinew requires knowledge on two ply cordage .

Now back to the varnish/bacon grease , blah blah blah deal ! The closest your gunna get to a natural varnish replica is beeswax/fat combo or resin/fat combo . I don't think our ancestors would dig up some magical plant and find the root to be a bottle of varnish .  And now someone could argue that the use of one steel knife , sandstone , anf smaller flint scrapers still isn't primitive , but one could easily drive a 7 inch flake from a chunk of flint and substitute that for that steel knife / scraper . Along with a 14 pound rough sandstone for a rasp .

Use what you have . Now unto urgent matters ----------> im liking the tiller bud  !