Nice quickie bow. Plenty sufficient for small fish, rabbits, squirrels, ect. Made these as a kid to catch lunch before I went into being a full time bowyer
You guys still planning on coming to the pathfinder gathering? I couldnt get the time away from work last year. But Im going to make sure I go this year.
Tillering. If a bow had an equal thickness and width along its entire length it would bend in a parabolic shape, the wood closest to the handle would be under more stress than further out on the limbs. By tapering the limbs towards the tips the bow can bend in a shape that is close to a circular arc and distributes stress evenly across the length of the limbs. A sapling naturally tapers from bottom to top, if the grip if your bow is in the middle then one limb tapers roughly the way it should and the other gets thicker toward the tip, that limb has to have a lot of material removed to create the correct taper.
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Nice quickie bow. Plenty sufficient for small fish, rabbits, squirrels, ect. Made these as a kid to catch lunch before I went into being a full time bowyer
I like branch bows and sapling bows.
Great video!
Just witnessed a wealth of knowledge right there. Thanks for sharing...
Wished I could have heard him talking. Other than that it is a good video.
hi i made two of them one broke like a match the other one is awesome ;)
You might have been using the wrong wood on the one that broke
Stim...... and he used balsam fir! How about the arrow shaft, blackberry cane? Hope to see you guys at PRF&G at some point.
Our own gathering seems to have disbanded. I am working with Stim to go to the Puckerbrush Gathering. What is this PRF&G you speak of?
Pleasant River Fish and Game, where Pucker brush has been held. Hope it gets rebanded.
You guys still planning on coming to the pathfinder gathering? I couldnt get the time away from work last year. But Im going to make sure I go this year.
Very nice!
Interesting video, but I don't understand what he is doing. Why is he trimming down the one end of the bow? Why one end and not the other?
Tillering. If a bow had an equal thickness and width along its entire length it would bend in a parabolic shape, the wood closest to the handle would be under more stress than further out on the limbs. By tapering the limbs towards the tips the bow can bend in a shape that is close to a circular arc and distributes stress evenly across the length of the limbs. A sapling naturally tapers from bottom to top, if the grip if your bow is in the middle then one limb tapers roughly the way it should and the other gets thicker toward the tip, that limb has to have a lot of material removed to create the correct taper.
Thanks!
I check a lot of woodworking handbooks. These one from WoodPrix are the best.
This is great. The editing sucks