Well I'll be Buggard
06-17-2008 | 11:40 AM
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Well I'll be Buggard
Just got back from test shooting the first long bow I have made
Some of you might remember my post a bout a week end of ups and downs, I was going to scrap the bow but decided to finish it instead and now I am glad I finished it.
It holds real good and shoots great with very little hand shock, the poundage is still a little higher than I would like it to be but thats life
I did have to cut another 1/16" out of the back side of thesight window and shelf to get the arrow to sit properly.
All I have to do now is do the final sanding and put on a coat of Polyurethane.
I will post some pics here in a little bit.
Some of you might remember my post a bout a week end of ups and downs, I was going to scrap the bow but decided to finish it instead and now I am glad I finished it.
It holds real good and shoots great with very little hand shock, the poundage is still a little higher than I would like it to be but thats life
I did have to cut another 1/16" out of the back side of thesight window and shelf to get the arrow to sit properly.
All I have to do now is do the final sanding and put on a coat of Polyurethane.
I will post some pics here in a little bit.
06-17-2008 | 11:52 AM
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RE: Well I'll be Buggard
Since you posted, I guess there was no catastrophic malfunction with fatal injuries. Well.... Better luck next time. [8D]
Like I told you the other day, no matter how bad you think you screwed it up, if it shoots an arrow it's a bow. If it shoots where you look, it's a good bow.
Like I told you the other day, no matter how bad you think you screwed it up, if it shoots an arrow it's a bow. If it shoots where you look, it's a good bow.
06-17-2008 | 12:37 PM
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RE: Well I'll be Buggard
ORIGINAL: PA Hardwoods
So this means I can expect my new Target take-down recurve in a few weeks then Russ? LOL[8D]
So this means I can expect my new Target take-down recurve in a few weeks then Russ? LOL[8D]
06-17-2008 | 12:50 PM
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RE: Well I'll be Buggard
Art.
I would like to thank you for the encouraging words on the phone the other day as well as those little tips you gave for the next one I make
Now I can't wait for it to dry and go shoot some more arrows
Sorry Chad, Greg is right his long bow is next as soon as he gets the the wood he has for me over here so I can start on his riser.
I would like to thank you for the encouraging words on the phone the other day as well as those little tips you gave for the next one I make
Now I can't wait for it to dry and go shoot some more arrows
ORIGINAL: txjourneyman
Hey! Wait your turn! My longbow is next!
ORIGINAL: PA Hardwoods
So this means I can expect my new Target take-down recurve in a few weeks then Russ? LOL[8D]
So this means I can expect my new Target take-down recurve in a few weeks then Russ? LOL[8D]
06-17-2008 | 12:58 PM
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RE: Well I'll be Buggard
Here are some pics I have it hanging upside down
you can see the seperation on the laminants in the middle of the riser which really ticked me off when I first seen they had shifted.
you can see the seperation on the laminants in the middle of the riser which really ticked me off when I first seen they had shifted.
