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Title: First take down
Post by: Kiwi craig on September 25, 2012, 03:34:00 AM
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s428/craigvdz/Bow4_zpscbed399b.jpg)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s428/craigvdz/Bow_zps152cd229.jpg)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s428/craigvdz/Bow2_zpscae2a196.jpg)
This ended up 56 @ 28 shoots very smooth
with no kick or stack.
And here is my back yard where i get shoot
Cheers Craig
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s428/craigvdz/512ff778.jpg)
Title: Re: First take down
Post by: JEFF B on September 25, 2012, 04:03:00 AM
hey craig what timber did ya use for ya take down i did not think we had wood that would make a bow in our country. btw nice bow   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: First take down
Post by: Kiwi craig on September 25, 2012, 06:14:00 AM
Hi Jeff
It's mostly Rewarewa (New Zealand honeysuckle)with purple hart and Tawa pin stripes.
All the timbers come from demo jobs or skip bins on building sites.
Thanks for looking
Cheers Craig
Title: Re: First take down
Post by: Hill Hunter on September 25, 2012, 01:04:00 PM
great job, good looking bow.
if your front yard looks anything like the back, that's my kind of place.
Title: Re: First take down
Post by: arsurveyor on September 25, 2012, 01:31:00 PM
Great bow.  I like your target, what's it made of?
Title: Re: First take down
Post by: Kiwi craig on September 25, 2012, 02:58:00 PM
The target is old ceiling tiles cut down the middle. works well but some times the old paint on the tiles sticks to the arrows
Title: Re: First take down
Post by: JEFF B on September 25, 2012, 03:23:00 PM
well ya done a fine job indeed.
Title: Re: First take down
Post by: Troy D. Breeding on September 25, 2012, 03:37:00 PM
Heck of a nice looking bow for the first time!

Troy
Title: Re: First take down
Post by: wood carver 2 on September 25, 2012, 05:17:00 PM
Very nice! I love your archery range too. NZ is on my bucket list for a visit.
Dave.
Title: Re: First take down
Post by: bigbob2 on September 25, 2012, 06:59:00 PM
Good to see a bow from the land of the long white shroud -er - cloud! Excellent job too, not familiar with the timbers [except purple heart] but they look good.
Title: Re: First take down
Post by: scottm on September 26, 2012, 12:00:00 AM
Nice work!
Title: Re: First take down
Post by: red hill on September 26, 2012, 06:32:00 PM
Very nice bow, Craig! I'm envious of the archery range!!!
Also interested in that target.
Title: Re: First take down
Post by: Kiwi craig on September 26, 2012, 09:32:00 PM
We are very lucky to live here.
we have 6 acres and a very little house that we bought from my wife's folks about a year ago.
My archery target is made from pinex ceiling tiles riped in half long ways.
Pinex is some times called softboard and can also come in 8x4 sheets. It looks a bit like pressed wood pulp. We used it alot here in the 1950s-80s. I have a friend in the demo game that puts it aside for me.Cheers Craig
Title: Re: First take down
Post by: D on September 27, 2012, 10:51:00 PM
That sure is a good looking bow.  Well done.  That target is pretty sweet too.
Title: Re: First take down
Post by: Trapper Rob on October 12, 2012, 07:27:00 PM
Good looking bow.
Rob
Title: Re: First take down
Post by: Jim Rocole on October 13, 2012, 08:18:00 AM
fine looking weapon