12-22-2008, 06:39 AM
My latest project is a bow along with arrows (eventually, if the bow is actually completed!)
i dont know anything about making them. i dont know the terminology AT all.....
my cousin and one other friend have made them.. friend's is a traditional English Longbow. mine isnt quite that tall.... its nearly five feet..... that is to say, i am 5'2" and the end reaches my nose.
one person suggested i make the height come up to my chest. and thats all he said. not a word about designs or anything.
so to get to the point... if anyone has experience with making bows and arrows could you please please please give me a step by step lesson in it?
i'm limited with my tools and equipment but i know how to make things work when i want them bad enough.
i have a brand new Dremel, and a set of wood carving tools. i dont know if my husband has any clamps in his work shop. i'll have to ask later....
i keep hearing contradictory ways in making them.. some say heat boxes, special glues, some buy the wood and use belt sanders to get the shapes they want....
no. i went outside and found a hickory sapling about two inches thick and straight as can be. i shaved off all the bark and got rid of the nobbly twiggy knots. and am in the process of shaping one end.... but i stopped there to look for some help.
now what do i do next
:?:
i dont know anything about making them. i dont know the terminology AT all.....
my cousin and one other friend have made them.. friend's is a traditional English Longbow. mine isnt quite that tall.... its nearly five feet..... that is to say, i am 5'2" and the end reaches my nose.
one person suggested i make the height come up to my chest. and thats all he said. not a word about designs or anything.
so to get to the point... if anyone has experience with making bows and arrows could you please please please give me a step by step lesson in it?
i'm limited with my tools and equipment but i know how to make things work when i want them bad enough.
i have a brand new Dremel, and a set of wood carving tools. i dont know if my husband has any clamps in his work shop. i'll have to ask later....
i keep hearing contradictory ways in making them.. some say heat boxes, special glues, some buy the wood and use belt sanders to get the shapes they want....
no. i went outside and found a hickory sapling about two inches thick and straight as can be. i shaved off all the bark and got rid of the nobbly twiggy knots. and am in the process of shaping one end.... but i stopped there to look for some help.
now what do i do next
:?:
