I am dumb. I am building my second ash bow. I hold the bow in my left hand. When I put in the arrow rest I put it on the right side of the bow. This is wrong, yes?? Is this still shootable for me or do I be nice and give it to someone who can shoot that way. Talk about a learning curve. Man
It's been done many times before. I think Ishi shot that way. Not sure though.
I made this same mistake on bow #2...I had a template, traced it, cut it...and realized the template was the wrong way...
Can you make a dual shelf (one on each side), or an ambidextrous bow...cutting another shelf on the same side..just the other way around). I made an ambi. out of my mistake...worked well...looks funny.
Here is an all wood tri-lamb bow I was experimenting with & tried to make it ambidextrious. It is the same (righthanded) just changes the top limb to the bottom though, no lefty shelf. OOppsssssssssssssss!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/Osagetree/Laminated%20Bows/1sttrilamb8.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/Osagetree/Laminated%20Bows/1sttrilamb2.jpg)
So I turned it into a ambidextrious, upsidedown or rightside up all encompasing shooting shelf'ssss.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/Osagetree/Laminated%20Bows/IMG_0052.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v323/Osagetree/Laminated%20Bows/IMG_0053.jpg)
Needless to say it has been discontinued!
i did that!! luckily my wife is left handed. just dropped the wait and said "surprise, i made you a bow honey!!"
if the shelf is small shave it off and do one on the other side or just make it a narrow grip and add a little leather shelf...unless you made it near center shot you could be OK...
Bob
Neat Bow Joe. I am right handed and I have made myself two left hand bows so far:) Double Duh:)
Well, the biggest concern I gues that I have is the fact that it is made out of Ash. That being said and the fact that Ash is so unpredictable I am not even sure this bow will tiller properly without snapping. I was under the idea that when using ash you pretty much had to have a bow that was 2 inches wide at the handle. true?nottrue? I will get pics here tomorrow to show.
if I was you I would send it to me and start a new one. That way you wouldn't have to look at it. ;-)
Don't really have to have a shelf unless you really want one. Shoot off the hand either side upside down or however. Make sure your feathers are smooth though! (http://i841.photobucket.com/albums/zz336/Barley40/001-1-1.jpg)
Here are some pics of bow number 3 in question. Will this work opr do you think the Ash will be too weak?
(http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh96/easternfisher/2010_01310025.jpg)
(http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh96/easternfisher/2010_01310026.jpg)
(http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh96/easternfisher/2010_01310024.jpg)