miss

Hi there,

I am a year H.S.C student and I am doing wood technology. I would like to make a recurve bow for my major work, however, I have very little experience with bows, let alone bow making! and so I do not know how big to make it or how to start making it. Does anyone have some tips or advice?
I would also like to make it out of some sort of ebony (I was thinking the handle out of Gibbon and the rest of black and white or perhaps a white maple for contrast?), is this possible?

thanks so much for your time and help!

DIY_guy

Here are the pictures and details of a reflex/deflex bow I built that will show you what is involved with what it is you want to do.

Part 1

http://ronkulas.proboards.com/thread...ow-built-son-1

Part 2

http://ronkulas.proboards.com/thread...ow-built-son-2

Wilcam47

Nice work on the bow!