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I made a bow in my free time!
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 12:50 am
by dracflamloc
http://dracsoft.com/screens/bows/bow2.html
This was real fun. No power tools used, only a Stanley surform rasp.
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:09 am
by Straker
Very nice. Good job.
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:37 am
by Num3
Now you can hunt your own food
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:28 am
by blueznl
think he was planning to help fred
hunting for bugs
can someone tell him that fred's talking about rather different 'bugs'?
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:43 pm
by Dare2
Nice work.
Don't forget to show the Agincourt Archer's salute when you use it.
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:39 pm
by dracflamloc
I'm not sure what I'll hunt =P
Maybe I'll look for babiez
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:12 pm
by USCode
What is "free time" ???
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:54 pm
by Inf0Byt3
Cool. I was making bows before. I used metal rods to make it shoot harder. Me and my friends did shooting contests. As far as I remember, the longest distance an arrow flew was about 100 meters away
. Nice work!
Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 12:34 pm
by SFSxOI
Very nice. I made a few bows in my younger days, i found that by curving the ends of the bow you impart a little more power when you let the arrow loose. Laminated bows are also stronger then single piece bows.
I made a few crossbows also, they are a lot of fun, the first one I made was in metal shop as a teen many years ago out of a car spring. It used a metal rod as an arrow and could hit targets about 200 yards away. It was very heavy tho and hard to aim.
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:22 am
by dracflamloc
I added more pics now that i finished the handle. (And my gf is in the pics too =P)
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:03 am
by Berikco
dracflamloc wrote:I added more pics now that i finished the handle. (And my gf is in the pics too =P)
And a nice picture of your toilet
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:31 pm
by dracflamloc
yea I noticed that too =P i was too lazy to cut it out
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:33 pm
by Killswitch
Wow! I never knew you only had one leg! (Second last picture)
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 5:06 pm
by Lyon
Awesome looking bow, dude! I'd buy one!
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 5:29 pm
by dracflamloc
This one isn't quite finished, I need to stain it and get some nice looking backing thats not duct tape
But once I've made a couple more I'd gladly make one for you if you're serious.
(gotta modify the tools list: I also used a triangle and circular file for shaping the handle.)