Red elderberry static recurve/ 40 lbs @ 31" with full draw pic
This bow was a bush three weeks ago. I boiled the tips a half hour each and bent around a 2 inch copper pipe. There was snakyness and twist to the limbs. Had to use dry heat to remove twist. I used...
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I like the handle design. Closer to center shot but still has the "primitive" look of not having a shelf. I did something similar with my last bow, but I like how this looks more.
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Thanks Eizeardclym, The handle was 1 1/4" wide and I noticed arrows were not flying as well as they could so I just narrowed the arrow pass and added the piece of bamboo on the back of handle to...
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That´s a very original solution I never saw to add a little draw weight! Nice tiller, very nice curves! Are the bridges just glued?
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Thanks HJH, The string bridges are super glued on. cheers fiddler49
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Fiddler, do you ever make bows in a normal manner. Ha. Not sure I'm sold but I can't deny that it is distinctive.
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Have you done it before with super glue? If so , I presume it is strong enough to do it again with super glue... À few years ago I had a problem with superglued overlays on my two nocks the same day...
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HJH, I always use medium thick super glue on all nock overlays and not have had any fail. The thin stuff doesn't work very well. cheers fiddler49 Oh, My rail road spike axe has an eye that I hot...
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Thank you very much fiddler49 , I may try that glue before to long on one of my ongoing bows because of you! Thank you also for the hot punched hole of your rail road pike.
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Fiddler49, you have a very personal style to your work that comes through well. I was wondering about that axe as well, and it is a good looking tool in the respect that form follows function. You...
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