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270WIN
04-05-2010, 01:23 PM
was thinking of getting into the art of building a recurve bow was just woundering if any one does it. If so were do you get your supplies from and any pointers be great.
3riversarchery.com
wrightarchery.com (Canadian)
bowstick.com (not the greatest but, check out their "bowyers den")
Hope this helps.
Regards, Matt
swamper
04-05-2010, 04:53 PM
If you are interested, I have a complete set of VHS tapes on bow building that I would be happy to pass along if you are interested.
Chris H.
also check out www.rudderbows.com
they have bow building kits, and u-finish bows bows that are great for first timers. Good luck, and welcome to the addiction!
regards, Matt.
Grantmac
04-10-2010, 08:40 AM
You might find building a primitive longbow would be a good exercise before you head into anything more complicated.
Just go down to the building supply at get a 1x2" piece of red oak as long as you are with as few grain run-outs as possible. Tim Baker made a winning flightbow out of kiln dried red oak so it's good stuff.
Shouldn't cost more than $15 if you've got the tools and string material.
-Grant
I agree fully with what Grant said aswell. Red Oak makes a fine bow if it has a good backing material. as it's great in compression but not great in tension.
I Like Hickory as a backing for Red Oak Myself. Hickory is great in tension and the contrast between the dark Oak and Light Hickory Kind of gives it the look of a bow made of Yew wood.
And it will cost you about 15 bux in Material! So if things go sideways(as the tend to on many a first attempt)on you, it won't break the bank.
OOBuck
04-12-2010, 06:23 PM
I don't know if you've seen this post but, I'm getting ready to attempt it again and plan on adding the fiberglass lamb..
http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=21585
I can tell you I learned a lot during this build. Make sure
you buy the right epoxy!!!
greybark
04-12-2010, 09:52 PM
:-D Hey 270 , look up Bingham Bow Suppies (add in Trad Bowhunt Mag) . A friend of mine did that with great results .
Cheers
P.S. they even provide tapered laminates .
petew
05-08-2010, 08:53 PM
Have you considered a bow blank?
Marc at Chek-Mate is now offering his new Beaver Creek longbow as a blank. Most of the hard part is done for you. I have more information in the Trad Review section at www.peteward.com (http://www.peteward.com) where I just finished a review on these blanks.
The blank is a good place to try your hand without needing a ton of equipment.
Self bows are also a goodplace to cut your teeth and learn to tiller and shape handles.
Pete
Bowzone_Mikey
05-08-2010, 09:55 PM
hey Pete .. Good to see ya on the good side of the rocks ... wheres yer joke ...
I might hafta check out one of them blanks
been wanting to build one for a while ... just chikken of messing it up I guess
petew
05-09-2010, 05:20 AM
Hi Mikey,
It was quite easy to do , and didn't take long.I might do a 50# one for myself. Those new Beaver Creeks are a sweet shooting bow, and totaly diferent from all the other Chek-Mates. Marc has a few new models coming out that are going to surprise people.
Greybark, isn't Lorne still making bows in Abbotsford/Mission? There are some good bowyers on the island, however most make longbows.
greybark
05-09-2010, 05:03 PM
:-D Hi J-T , Lorne ensured that each of his family and their families were fitted with his Special Self and laminated Bows . He also provided TBBC with several of his fine Bows . He has now backed off bow building but is still heavly (as is his extended family) involved in helping his Club.
Cheers
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