Bamboo poles
I have never been one to worry much about having 1 limb 1/4 or 1/8 positive tiller, I just put the arrow where it shoots straight and try to keep the strong limb on the bottom. After watching Tim...
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Steve, Tim, why not to make regular yumi for 34-36 of draw, when started playing this kind of game?Jaroslav
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Hmmmm.... I have bamboo. Tons of it. I can't get rid of it. Gotta try one of these for kicks. Have access to some pretty looking black stuff too.
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That sounds good Juraslav, i wasnt sure how far they drew them, I think I wanna make this one pretty, that way when we get a pic of Tim shooting it dressed in his kimono it will look just right. Steve
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Steve I think that 36 is reasonable for that lenght.I m thinking of that one too, particulary because my fingers are of no use, I will perhaps switch to thumb draw for a while....Yeah! Tim in kimono!...
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Tim,Interested in what you say about dropping the hand position to gain draw weight.I've always been puzzled by references in Toxiphilus and other old longbow writing about archers dropping the hand...
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Tim: I had a bunch of bamboo poles to choose from and made several bows. I have no idea what the exact species of bamboo is, but it's all over the place in Northern Virginia. All of the poles I had...
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Mark: That's an interesting question. Will have to try it next time the chrono is set up, but can imagine an fps increase with lowered grip. So can't imagine what's meant in Toxiphilus. It works on...
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I sincerelly think that Ascham means "anchor", not position of bowhand in this case and that all has simply to do with lenghtening of the draw.Jaroslav
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Tim - yes, I have seen the pic. Interesting. I haven't played around with thin canes like this. I think the concept will transfer to using bamboo strips. I'll give it a try with the open side on both...
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Rod: A nock, a notch just like in an arrow nock, is filed in the end of the bamboo. The tape or cordage wrap is to prevent splitting.
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I was talking to a Norwegian bowyer who grew up in africa. He said thy used really large diameter bamboo for selfbows, mostly tillered from the sides, the bow being crowned on the back and "hollow" on...
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I quit cutting notches in round bamboo on account of them failing at the notch. I made a small wedge of hardwood and filed a concave into the underside using glasspaper wrapped around another piece of...
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I made a bow out of an eight foot bamboo pole and while it shot O:K: it had hand shock like crazy and took a lot of set after just a half hours shooting . Is there anything I could do to minimise the...
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Ipe man: Was it gripped way low like the one above? When gripped higher they do give more set and more handshock. Was the pole tapered somewhat? The above was one-quarter inch narrower on top than at...
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I made about a 7 foot bow from an eight foot bamboo pole . It shot O,kay though there was considerable handshock . It also took quite a bit of set after only half an hours shooting . . Is there any...
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