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  1. 05-02-2012, 02:49 PM #11
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    Re: I want to make a bow, can you help?

    Quote Originally Posted by hardnocks View Post
    go buy yourself the bowyers bible 1,2,and 3 . a good draw knife, auto body bondo file and a scraper. VERY CAREFULLY select a straight piece with not many knots of yew wood from about 300 meters elavation. If you read and follow the books you can have a good shooting bow in 2 months. I have just finished a 55#er that i cut the tree in the end of jan.
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  2. 11-19-2012, 03:10 PM #12
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    Re: I want to make a bow, can you help?

    I've built several successful ,laminated maple, semi recurve long bows. Rather than cling stubbornly to either traditional or modern, I prefer to take the best of both worlds. The bowyers at NW archery in Seattle told me that laminating any fibreglass on a wooden bow drastically reduces the breakage rate.
    The last time, I laid up my own fibreglass facing and backing with a little bit of pressure, to reduce the resin to glass ratio.
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