« previous next »
Pages: [1]

Author Topic: US - German nutbow  (Read 2994 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline acker

  • Member
  • Posts: 221
US - German nutbow
« on: June 30, 2008, 08:01:34 pm »
hallo,
I have build a new bow out of german Hazelnut and us Black Walnut.Its a light version bow for garden use. I used the us black walnut for the handle.
The is 1,8m long from nock to nock it pulls 35# by 30"
Well the bow is not totally finished by now a bit of kosmetik work is still to do, but I think it`ll be a good one ...at least I hope so :D
Gruß Acker

[attachment deleted by admin]
Logged

radius

  • Guest
Re: US - German nutbow
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2008, 08:15:58 pm »
she's whip tillered, bro...Tim Baker calls these "short bows with a really long handle."
Logged

Offline sailordad

  • Member
  • Posts: 5,045
Re: US - German nutbow
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2008, 08:27:38 pm »
 :D :D ;D ;D rofllmao

i like that "short bows with really long handles"
not picking on ya acker,just thought that was a funny statement. i am very new yet so dont take me serious.

                                                             peace,
                                                                  tim
Logged
i always wanted a harley,untill it became the "thing to ride"
i ride because i love to,not to be part of the crowd

Offline acker

  • Member
  • Posts: 221
Re: US - German nutbow
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2008, 08:36:03 pm »
Well she wasn`t easy to tiller at all, Ihave done a bit of work on the tiller all ready,but I wont do much
at the moment ....after a few arrows i will see what has to be done  or not .
Gruss Acker
Logged

Offline mullet

  • Global Moderator
  • Member
  • Posts: 22,911
  • Eddie Parker
Re: US - German nutbow
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2008, 09:09:39 pm »
  Gruss, just scrape a little bit more closer to the handle area. That way you will get more limb working and have a smoother shooting bow.
Logged
Lakeland, Florida
 If you have to pull the trigger, is it really archery?

radius

  • Guest
Re: US - German nutbow
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2008, 10:52:25 pm »
mullet's right, but the effect will be that your draw weight will drop considerably.  Read the thread on this page about piking bows.  Also, you might wanna heat treat the whippy portions of your bow, to stiffen them up somewhat.  Heat-treating the outer half of the limbs, reducing thickness in the lower half of the limbs, and maybe reducing the overall length by an 2 or 4 inches, might altogether give you a very functional bow with a decent draw weight and efficient tiller.
Logged
Pages: [1]
« previous next »