GouletPens
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I've had a bit of time the last couple of days, which is never good. The weather here in VA has been crazy....we set a record low temp and record high temp in the same week...it was 80 degrees this past weekend, and now it's snowing outside. WTF? Anyway, when it was nice I got the itch to do 'outdoor activities'. I'm definitely going to be bulding a horseshoe pit, but I also thought about when I was a kid and did archery. I have great land for it and it was a blast when I was young. :rotfl:
I surfed Craigslist and only came across compound hunting bows and whatnot, for a bit more than I wanted to spend. Then it hit me. Make one out of wood, duh!!! People used wood bows for thousands of years!! :hypnotized:So I've been Googling and YouTubing all over the place about how to make different types of bows: reflex deflex, recurve, English longbow, flatbows, selfbows, woodlam, fiberglass backed, you name it. I finally decided to start small and I'm making a flatbow out of red oak with an East Indian Rosewood riser handle. I built myself a tillering stand and I'm in the process of doing the initial shaping of the body. I'm excited about it, and it's dirt cheap to make, only labor. The arrows are going to cost twice the cost of the bow when all is said and done.
I'll post pictures once I have something picture worthy, but for anyone who has some land, has more time than money, and wants to try something different, I suggest giving bows a look see.:rotfl:
I surfed Craigslist and only came across compound hunting bows and whatnot, for a bit more than I wanted to spend. Then it hit me. Make one out of wood, duh!!! People used wood bows for thousands of years!! :hypnotized:So I've been Googling and YouTubing all over the place about how to make different types of bows: reflex deflex, recurve, English longbow, flatbows, selfbows, woodlam, fiberglass backed, you name it. I finally decided to start small and I'm making a flatbow out of red oak with an East Indian Rosewood riser handle. I built myself a tillering stand and I'm in the process of doing the initial shaping of the body. I'm excited about it, and it's dirt cheap to make, only labor. The arrows are going to cost twice the cost of the bow when all is said and done.
I'll post pictures once I have something picture worthy, but for anyone who has some land, has more time than money, and wants to try something different, I suggest giving bows a look see.:rotfl: