RE: Building your own bow. Is it hard?
A friend of mine has gotten me started on my own laminated r/d longbow and it's been a hoot! He's got the equipment at his place and the hardest part so far has been getting our schedules worked out to find time to work on it. It's all glued up and I still have to profile and tiller the limbs and glue down the overlays.
I spent 20 years as an aerospace machinist so I'm very familiar with power tools. For someone that doesn't have that kind of experience it might be a little tougher, but the key is planning out just the bow you want, taking one step at a time, paying attention to details and not rushing things.
My friend started making bows a couple of years ago with a kit from Bingham.
Edited by - Arthur P on 01/03/2003 11:58:10