Can someone point me in the right direction for books or instructional video on how to build a long bow.
Books for getting started:
- The Traditional Bowyer's Bible Vol.1
- The Bent Stick by Paul Comstock
Those two will give you a good building block basic knowledge.
Books to get
after you have read those:
- The Traditional Bowyer's Bible Volumes 2-4
- Hunting the Osage Bow by Dean Torges
Take a look at my videos on Youtube. I have a series building a kids longbow and then some more building an osage and part 4 in the osage series is about the tools of the trade. Go to this link and then just watch all the videos "Making a selfbow" You'll have to pull the window down so you can see all of the videos posted because there are over 20 of them in total.
Link to selfbow videos (http://www.youtube.com/user/jimmyblackmon)
if your interested in fiberglass longbows, try www.binghamprojects.com (http://www.binghamprojects.com)
they have all the plans and materials one could possibly want.
Two sites which have helped a lot of aspiring bowyers are:
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/archer.html
http://poorfolkbows.com/
Warning: building bows is addictive for many who try it even once. You've been warned.
Joel
Thank's to all, looks like I have plenty of resources to figure this out.