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Title: must have bowyer book?
Post by: Ken Sorg on August 01, 2015, 07:58:00 PM
Funds are tight and I need just one book,,,,,Trad Bowyer bible volume 1???? Starting with board bows and plan on carving out mulberry staves soon.
Title: Re: must have bowyer book?
Post by: cunruhshoot on August 01, 2015, 08:42:00 PM
Here is a little tip- go to the kindle unlimited plan for ebooks. All four traditional bowyers bible are on the plan and you can get your first 30 days free. After that it is 9.00 bucks a month to read over 600,000 available books. I have only found about 20 that really interest me but oh well. I am still in my free 30 days.
Title: Re: must have bowyer book?
Post by: George Tsoukalas on August 01, 2015, 08:54:00 PM
I believe TBB2 deals with boards. Jawge
Title: Re: must have bowyer book?
Post by: Ken Sorg on August 01, 2015, 08:54:00 PM
Nice!!!!
Title: Re: must have bowyer book?
Post by: Ken Sorg on August 01, 2015, 08:56:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by George Tsoukalas:
I believe TBB2 deals with boards. Jawge
Thanks for being here for us Jawge!
Title: Re: must have bowyer book?
Post by: Mad Max on August 01, 2015, 10:23:00 PM
Amazon
used, good price
Title: Re: must have bowyer book?
Post by: Ken Sorg on August 01, 2015, 11:35:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Mark Daniel:
Amazon
used, good price
Thanks Mark! Picked up vol.1&2 for under 25$,,,actually 26.03 shipped, ,thanks for the reminder.
Title: Re: must have bowyer book?
Post by: takefive on August 02, 2015, 02:20:00 AM
TBB4 is a great one to pick up as well.  It covers moisture content, heat treating, the mass principle, and has a pretty complete list of bow woods with their specific gravities, tension and compression properties, etc.  Also includes a build along for a BBO.   Well worth setting aside a few $ for that one.
Title: Re: must have bowyer book?
Post by: red hill on August 03, 2015, 12:24:00 AM
Dean Torges "Hunting the Osage Bow". Try your local library. If they don't have the books you're looking for they can borrow from other libraries. It's called inter library loan and should only cost you the postage rate. Our small library does it often but most folks don't know they can do that. Their cataloguer can find literally any book you'd want.
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