Making a Longbow Ben's new project :)

[Ben Casey]

Hi Guys and Girls :)

I have been pretty quiet on here for sometime I thought I would chill out and watch all of you get up to :) Anyway I ordered a Longbow Stave from a site called Beyond 200 who I found doing Google searches he is a link to them http://www.beyond2000bc.co.uk/index.html

Anyway after chatting to the guy there I have the basics now of what I need to build my own Longbow. After my little bit of success with my arrows and the Hazel Bow which I still have I have decided to try and make my own :)

I have also bought this book so I hope I can get somewhere with it :) Modern Longbow Design & Toxophilus Longbow Design Refined By Ascham: A voice from the past ISBN9781471606120. So if any of you might have any tips for good books or making bows and can help that would be cool :)

Anyway I will take some pictures in the morning of the things I got in the post today and when I get started on the bow post some updates on here for yous if yous are interested :)


Ben

[butchthedog]

Hello there fella ,, eye his nuu hon ear, but ave eard that them bows make gud sticks for the fire. Eye can lind ewe an axe to elp chop hit up. Ewe can sell the sticks hon ear Fleabay.net

[butchthedog]

Hoe eye forget to tell, if yuu mack a mess ov hit ewe can get this stuff called bostock two tsick up twogether .. Right pal

[Ben Casey]

Behave Dave or I will out you LMAO


Hoe eye forget to tell, if yuu mack a mess ov hit ewe can get this stuff called bostock two tsick up twogether .. Right pal

[paul standley]

Will be looking fwd to seeing the pics and seeing the progress you make Ben.

[AL...]

Sounds great Ben . Looking forward to the project pic's

Cheers
AL

[biker-bri]

Just had a look at that site beyond 2000 I would like a go at that there bronze casting, looks like fun.

[Realearner]

Great project, and I have done a course with them. They are absolutely fantastic and very passionate.
Good luck with your bow, and will wait for updates.

[happybonzo]

Thanks for the link. I see that they do flints for Black Powder guns - very useful

[Ben Casey]

Hi Guys I just found the site on Google and I think he was on TV with that guy from Jimmys farm on the tree house programme but I could be wrong he was nice to talk to on the phone and very helpfull :) I might even do a course there next year I will just have to see how the financial situation is :)

Anyway I'm glad it is useful for a few of you :D

[Ben Casey]

Hi All
Here are a couple of pics for now they are not very good as I need to get the stuff set up to work on then I will post some more :)

The Stave is actually bigger than me and I'm about Six Foot :)
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8069/8181593774_74f61ee99a.jpg

One of it standing against the wall :)
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8066/8181556605_f0c288736f.jpg

And here some of the extras he sent me with it some Resin and Buffalo Horn for the nocks a bow string and I have forgot the name you know what it is like when your mind goes blank a leather wrap for the handle grip :)
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8199/8181555103_bcd909c147.jpg

[Ben Casey]

Hi Mate I may have to use you and your workshop for the work :) So you can be my apprentice :D We can chat about it when I come for a cuppa later so get the pint mugs out LOL


Hello there fella ,, eye his nuu hon ear, but ave eard that them bows make gud sticks for the fire. Eye can lind ewe an axe to elp chop hit up. Ewe can sell the sticks hon ear Fleabay.net

[butchthedog]

Ello Bin, am thinkin yoo bee needin a milk crate to stand on so yoo can use that stick pal. Cor it's a biggun, better idea wud bee two nail sum chocks ov wud on yer shoo's so yew taller mate. Bet you tell everyone ov my ideas on this forum and make out they be yor own.

It's hard work trying to spell stuff wrong Ha Ha.

Dave

[butchthedog]

Oh. forgot to say that you are welcome to use the workshop here and I look forward to being your apprentice. Now where have I put my big hammer.

Dave

[biker-bri]

Ello Bin, am thinkin yoo bee needin a milk crate to stand on so yoo can use that stick pal. Cor it's a biggun, better idea wud bee two nail sum chocks ov wud on yer shoo's so yew taller mate. Bet you tell everyone ov my ideas on this forum and make out they be yor own.

It's hard work trying to spell stuff wrong Ha Ha.

Dave

To sum ov us it comes quiet naturaly

hCeres riB

[butchthedog]

Excellent Bri

[Ben Casey]

Cheers Guys :D

[OakAshandThorn]

You've got a great project - looks like a lot of fun :D.
Traditional archery is the best ;). T^

[Adam Savage]

Nice stick Ben. Look forward to it becoming a bow :D

Will is an awesome flint knapper. Not seen anything of his woodwork though, but should be top notch. He has a few videos on YouTube I believe. Will have to see if I can find them.

[Ben Casey]

Hi Guys cheers I have to blame it all on the Back to Footstep guys as I got hooked when I have been down for the R.V. :D Hmmmmm It is nearly time to start the 2013 R.V. Thread me thinks :)

Ben

[Adam Savage]

By Back to Footsteps guys, you of course mean, Footsteps to Discovery :p

[Ben Casey]

Whopps Cheers mate :) Thats what happens when I rush :D

[Adam Savage]

What have I told you about rushing...Slow down man. lol

[Ben Casey]

I know mate but it is just so hard being slow all the time mind you I'm going to take my time on the Bow :D


What have I told you about rushing...Slow down man. lol

[Adam Savage]

Good idea. You can't rush these things :)

Off to a Yew rich woods in a while, so hoping to grab a nice sized piece, to split into four staves :D

[Ben Casey]

That sounds like great fun mate I bet it all works out a treat for you your good at making things a natural :)


Good idea. You can't rush these things :)

Off to a Yew rich woods in a while, so hoping to grab a nice sized piece, to split into four staves :D

[Adam Savage]

Oh I doubt it. I've never even tried to make a bow before, so it's not gunna be pretty lol.

Thanks for your misplaced trust in my capabilities though :D

[Ben Casey]

Hi Mate

Just a quick thought if you get enough could you hold on to some for me and I will get it somehow? It will be a good excuse to take a trip :D


Good idea. You can't rush these things :)

Off to a Yew rich woods in a while, so hoping to grab a nice sized piece, to split into four staves :D

[Adam Savage]

Sure thing mate. I only really wont enough for one, maybe two staves, so there will be at least two spare, assuming they split down ok :)

[Ben Casey]

Cheers mate thats great as I would love to try and make one like your doing :)


Sure thing mate. I only really wont enough for one, maybe two staves, so there will be at least two spare, assuming they split down ok :)

[Adam Savage]

I'll have to pester you for advice anyway, so it's only fair lol

[Ben Casey]

To be honest mate I haven't got much more clue than you apart from what I was shown at the R.V. :) Just you need to try and get it to a D shape and being careful when you get near to fininshing as it gets quite thin and could snap :) I was thinking if I get one of you and take it down to the R.V. then I could do it there or most of the work. One of the other ideas I'm toying with is to make a shaving horse I have a few designs here so once my shed is sorted I will get on and make it :)

[butchthedog]

Hi Ben mate, why not just get a shave in the mirror it'll save mucking about with horses, you know all that hay and stuff

[Ben Casey]

Funny you say that mate I ought a bale of hay yesterday LOL


Hi Ben mate, why not just get a shave in the mirror it'll save mucking about with horses, you know all that hay and stuff

[butchthedog]

Oh dear, it's not good to be eating that on any month that start's with the letter N, be careful now.

Your concerned pal Dave

[Adam Savage]

Tell ya what Ben. How about I split the bit down, and bring them along to the RV, then we can both learn from the man who knows, and saves having to dins a way to get it before hand :)

[Ben Casey]

That sounds like a great plan mate :) we can go for that then :)

[Adam Savage]

Glad you understood that lol. No idea why find came out as dins :confused2:

[Ben Casey]

I didn't understand it mate I just took a guess :D



Glad you understood that lol. No idea why find came out as dins :confused2:

[Adam Savage]

So for all you know, you could have been agreeing to some kind of transaction...should have said something else instead lol

[Ben Casey]

Oh you know me I just go with the flow most of my life I have been taking guesses :D

[Ben Casey]

I got some time on my Bow this afternoon :) So here is a quick update :)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8478/8237647711_44e611be4d.jpg

And a pic of me working on it sort of I think Butchthedog needs some practise taking photo's

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8059/8238719530_e3f575f597.jpg

[Tony1948]

Standing there looking like you now wot you'r doing:happy-clapping:

[Adam Savage]

Nice to see it's coming along mate. Must say it doesn't look like you in that pic, and not just because that person looks like they know what they're doing lol.

Couldn't get hold of the yew the other day, so might try again between now n then :)

[Ben Casey]

Cheer guys :D I know it doesn't look like me and I'm clueless as to what I'm doing but I blame the guy taking the pics LOL

[butchthedog]

Cheapo camera, oh dear you look like me Ha Ha

[Ben Casey]

Necky sod that cost me an arm and a leg well nearly :D and it is you takinfg the pic as they say a bad workman always blames his tools :evilgrin:

Maybe I should put a picture of you making that fire :campfire: :war: Oh no you put the tape in front of you so no one can see you LOL


Cheapo camera, oh dear you look like me Ha Ha

[butchthedog]

Hello mate, I look similar to you but more Handsome..........to many button's on them cheap camera's............ you can get some good disposable ones now you know, easy to use then bin them. Only one button on them mate.

[Ben Casey]

HaHa I love the goodlooking bit :D

[Ben Casey]

Oh well guys I think I'm far enough to start and do the tillering thing :) So I need to make one first so my idea was to cut down one of my posts I used for my fruit cage and will be using that :)

So here is me marking of the post firstly at six inches below the notch for the first tensioning point and then at 2 inch intervals to 30 inches and putting screws in to mark the points and hold the bow string while I'm working on my Longbow :D
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8480/8258061156_31056b8d6c.jpg

Whoops I forgot to cut a piece out so that the bow string is lying straight under the Bow :) So I need to get cutting now :)
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8207/8258061250_19ce357c69.jpg

More to come soon :D

[OakAshandThorn]

'Looking real good :D

[paul standley]

Coming along nicely Ben, slowly, slowly catchy monkey and all that.
Paul

[Ben Casey]

Thanks guys :) Now I just have to buy a Reciprocating Saw to get the Tillering sorted :)

[butchthedog]

Hi Ben, I have a reciprocating air saw you can use here if you like.
Alternatively if you have enough air hose you could do it at your place, now then who can we borrow four miles of airline off LOL. :innocent:

[Ben Casey]

Hi Mate thanks for the offer but we would need 4 miles of Air Hose as it is concreted in LOL So I wonder if we might have some one on here with one that big :)


Hi Ben, I have a reciprocating air saw you can use here if you like.
Alternatively if you have enough air hose you could do it at your place, now then who can we borrow four miles of airline off LOL. :innocent:

[Adam Savage]

What if you could find a 4 mile blade for it, then you could use a shorter hose ;D

[Ben Casey]

Hi Mate Thats a brill Idea you would not just happen to have one would you :D or you could make one for me LOL


What if you could find a 4 mile blade for it, then you could use a shorter hose ;D

[butchthedog]

Ben mate, we have a genius in our midst. crazysaint222 you are a mastermind..... now then anyone got a blade for a reciprocating saw that is four mile's long, contact Ben Casey blah blah blagh,,,, He He He :jumping-joy:

[Adam Savage]

If you can supply a four mile long piece of steel, about 1mm thick, 25mm wide, I can put teeth on it and shape the end to fit a recip saw :p

[butchthedog]

Well Adam you've got me there, but I'm working on it......... er Ben mate,,,,,,,,,, :shocked:

[Ben Casey]

I think I will stick with my first idea it wont be so expensive especially when we have to close roads for it :tongue:

[Adam Savage]

Don't you know anyone who has a chainsaw? Either electric or petrol would work :D

[Ben Casey]

I do mate but he sort of butchered the last bit I wanted doing so I'm going to get a one of the saws I mentioned above as I need to cut some out :) I will post a picture when I get it done :) Well if it works out that is LOL


Don't you know anyone who has a chainsaw? Either electric or petrol would work :D

[Adam Savage]

Is it just to make the slots deeper, so they're directly under the bow? If it is, you could just screw a couple pieces of wood to the top of the post, to bring the bow out from the centre of the post :)

[Ben Casey]

Hi Mate I have seen that mod so I was thinking about it I will make a plan and see what happens LOL :D

[Ben Casey]

I have decided to go with Adams idea as it is cheaper than a 4 mile piece of metal :) Now I'm just waiting for some long screws from my neighbour as I haven't got any

[Adam Savage]

Too many jokes...........None of them are suitable for this forum lol

[Ben Casey]

Whoops I didnt realise there I will put a picture up of the screws it is to dark now to go and do it so I will have to complete it in the morning as my neighbour was late :innocent:


Too many jokes...........None of them are suitable for this forum lol

[Ben Casey]

whoops I think I have done a Ben Casey is it possible to make a bow ermmmmmmm back to front? :confused: :innocent: :shocked:

[Adam Savage]

How do you mean mate? With the sapwood on the outside rather than the inside?

[Ben Casey]

It is hard to explain when I got the stave from Beyond2000 he had written on it where the back and top and bottom is and so on :) So I have been shaving the bit for the front into a D shape. But on looking into the book tonight just for a flick it has the D shape facing to the Archer and I always thought the D shape faced forward (Away from you). Maybe I'm confused but that is the way the Bow seems to bend the way I have been working on it. It all looks like I'm doing it the right way with the bend of the Bow but the book has confused me I will have to do a search to see what I can find out :confused2:

[Adam Savage]

Yep, the flat side faces the archer, and the D-shape faces the target, so you have it right.

http://www.preparingtosurvive.com/pictures/bow1.png

[Adam Savage]

Well, at least that's what I can make out, as the sapwood faces the archer, meaning the sapwood in that picture is on the flat side, and therefore also facing the archer :)

[Adam Savage]

Mind you, I may have been told the wrong thing. Looking at other bows people have made, it looks like they have the sapwood on the outside (target side), which probably means I was told the wrong way lol

[Ben Casey]

Hi Mate

Thats what I'm thinking but back to me means if i hold it and it has back written on it then it is toward me and not away from me and at the R.V. we always have the D away from us :) But in the book it says the D is toward you bleeding madness I think and I'm totally confused now :( Anyway I have dropped him an email and I will see what he writes back and I will let everyone know on here if I have done it wrong :)

But The way it looks if I did it the way the book wants me to then the Sap wood would be showing when I was finished and the bend in the wrong direction and that can't be right :confused2:

Anyway I'm of to have some pills and Morph and go to sleep my head is battered now :D

[Ben Casey]

Hi Guys I just had a reply from the guy (Will) He has said to ring him in the morning so updates to follow then :)

[Adam Savage]

Looks like the "back" of the bow, is the target side of the bow, meaning the sapwood (and flat side) are target side too :(

http://www.portraitmagazine.net/images/albums/userpics/10002/bowarrowiowa.jpg

[Ben Casey]

This is what is confusing me in the book :(

3: The back of the bow; the flat face that faces away from the archer when shooting.
4: The belly of the bow; the “D” shaped rounded surface that faces the archer when shooting.

Does that sound right I dunno I just copied and pasted it :D

[jus_young]

Looks like the "back" of the bow, is the target side of the bow, meaning the sapwood (and flat side) are target side too :(

http://www.portraitmagazine.net/images/albums/userpics/10002/bowarrowiowa.jpg

The 'D' is under compression when the bow is drawn. You may find that the bow, when being shaped seems to bend the wrong way but its not. When the string is tied you will bend the bow back on its self, compressing it and making it more powerful.

[Ben Casey]

Im totally confused I have pasted a bit from the book that gets me :( it is totally different to what I was told in Cornwall at the R.V. I'm of to Google the pics of Longbows and see what they look like LOL See you in the morning :D



Looks like the "back" of the bow, is the target side of the bow, meaning the sapwood (and flat side) are target side too :(

http://www.portraitmagazine.net/images/albums/userpics/10002/bowarrowiowa.jpg

[jus_young]

This is what is confusing me in the book :(

3: The back of the bow; the flat face that faces away from the archer when shooting.
4: The belly of the bow; the “D” shaped rounded surface that faces the archer when shooting.

Does that sound right I dunno I just copied and pasted it :D

T^

[Adam Savage]

Naturally I would think the same as you. Back being the bit that faces you, but obviously archers are a bit backward compared to us lol.

I suppose if you think about it, the D shaped part would sit better in your hand than the flat, when you draw the bow :confused:

[Ben Casey]

Im totally confused now so the D shape faces toward me? Even though the bow goes the other way? Scratching my headache now LOL


The 'D' is under compression when the bow is drawn. You may find that the bow, when being shaped seems to bend the wrong way but its not. When the string is tied you will bend the bow back on its self, compressing it and making it more powerful.

[jus_young]

Ha!

Go to bed, it will make sense in the morning.

[Ben Casey]

The way I have put this on the tiller is with the natural curve ad the D Shape is at the top so have I got it upside down so to say? Should i turn it over and put the string on the othe side so that it is tensioned the other way? If I'm reading things right the the D Shape would be facing down and the flat up to the sky? :confused2:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8207/8258061250_19ce357c69.jpg

[Ben Casey]

Right time for some Ora-Morph to kill the headache see what the replies are in the morning :D

[jus_young]

Look in the mirror. Your belly is rounded and your back is flat, its the same with the bow. When using the bow you want to be facing it and it facing you, belly to belly, like the woman of your dreams.

Have a look at the picture on this site, just one I picked out as it shows it quite well.

http://www.earthwoodbows.co.uk/Longbows.html

[Ben Casey]

Cheers mate I hope to have it sorted today if not experiment one will be in the fire :campfire:

[BushcraftJustin]

Sure it'll be fine, let us all know how it goes...

[Ben Casey]

Hi Guys and Girls

All sorted now :) I spoke to will from http://www.beyond2000bc.co.uk/arch.html a great guy very helpfull to I don't know whether to try and explain what he said to me but basically I have done everything right apart from :D The bend in the bow is basically going in the opposite direction to what I thought it should but Will said it will sort itself out when I put the string on to tiller it. The guys who helped me on here are right it is Belly to belly.

I was just getting myself more and more confused last night :( But now I understand it I can explain to anyone who wants to knwo at the Cornwall R.V. :D

[Silverback]

hoping to see this bow in Jan Ben

[Ben Casey]

Hi Mate I will have it with me but I can't say if it will be finished and I will have my Bow from Cornwall to :)


hoping to see this bow in Jan Ben

[Ben Casey]

Hi All Has anyone got any tips on how to make a taper on the end of the staves to be able to fit the nocks I have tried but can't quite get it :( If not I will try again in the morning :) To make them fit maybe a hammer would be good LOL

[Ben Casey]

So hopefully here a picture of the Tiller Device with the Longbow on top of it in the right direction or way up I hope :D after all my problems LOL Anyway I have used Crazy's idea and put a bit of wood on to get the bow to be on a overhang so that when I tiller it it wont go wrong and stay true :)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8357/8270743482_8cd6fbee20.jpg

[Adam Savage]

Looking good so far mate. Lets hope everything works out ok.

No idea about tapering the ends, I'd have to have a good look to make any suggestions.

[Ben Casey]

Hi Mate the problem is just getting them tight enough :( I'm just going to cut some slits in the end so that I can get some paracord to stay around without slipping and then I can tiller it :)



Looking good so far mate. Lets hope everything works out ok.

No idea about tapering the ends, I'd have to have a good look to make any suggestions.

[Adam Savage]

What about using baked bean tins? One over each end of the bow, with two holes at the open end, one for the tillering cord, and one to join the two cans, so they can't slide off the ends of the bow. :D

[Ben Casey]

I never thought of that would you mean the small one oor the normal sized ones or the big catering ones? :D I will have to nip to the shops in the morning :war: :tongue::jumping-joy:


What about using baked bean tins? One over each end of the bow, with two holes at the open end, one for the tillering cord, and one to join the two cans, so they can't slide off the ends of the bow. :D

[Adam Savage]

Cola bottle cut in half should work too, or anything cup like, maybe even a couple of tin mugs...

Just thinking of ways that won't need you to cut into the limbs at all :)

[Ben Casey]

It is to late mate I have already after fighting all night with the nocks I got fed up and went for it mind you I have not gne to deep just enough :)


Cola bottle cut in half should work too, or anything cup like, maybe even a couple of tin mugs...

Just thinking of ways that won't need you to cut into the limbs at all :)

[Ben Casey]

Well I just about have my stuff sorted now for the next stage and have done a test run on the tiller now just to decide should I go ahead with cabinet scrapers or sandpaper Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm :) Oh the bow is the right way round now :D
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8363/8278194118_3634e2761e.jpg

I think I need to work on the right hand side as I look at it as it does not seem as far as the left side :) anytips welcome :innocent:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8479/8277132261_806dc85334.jpg

[Adam Savage]

If you shave tiny amounts off of the less flexible side, and keep test pulling it to check for an even curve, you should get there in the end. One way I've heard to see the curve easily, when working on your own, is to stand in front of a large mirror. You should be able to stand side on, pull back, and look over to see if there is an even curve. If you're having real difficulty, you could try drawing an arc on the mirror as a reference :rolleye:

[Ben Casey]

Right I better get out quick and buy a large mirror from homebase and a thick felt tip pen Thanks for the tip mate :D :war::campfire:


One way I've heard to see the curve easily, when working on your own, is to stand in front of a large mirror. You should be able to stand side on, pull back, and look over to see if there is an even curve. If you're having real difficulty, you could try drawing an arc on the mirror as a reference :rolleye:

[Adam Savage]

Right I better get out quick and buy a large mirror from homebase and a thick felt tip pen Thanks for the tip mate :D :war::campfire:

It's only what I've heard mate. it might turn out to be totally impractical lol

[Ben Casey]

You must know my neighbour then he has some great tips I asked him to help make the tiller when he came with a chainsaw I bottled out :D


It's only what I've heard mate. it might turn out to be totally impractical lol

[Ben Casey]

Hi all well after sometime of quiet on here I have nearly finished the Longbow :D It is more than likely upside down. inside out and back to front :confused:

But who cares I'm going to put some pictures up of it amd if any experts out there have some tips or advice it would be great to hear :)

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3774/9473069059_98100d72c5.jpg

The world famous slippers again LOL

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5448/9473069263_de7cfe8ffe.jpg


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7417/9473069339_24aed0faf7.jpg

[jus_young]

My first tip would be not to light that fire!

[Adam Savage]

What you running off of that blue extension lead? Hope it's nothing too high powered with it coiled up like that ;)

[jus_young]

What you running off of that blue extension lead? Hope it's nothing too high powered with it coiled up like that ;)

I bet its that multiway adapter all loaded up. Thats why he doesn't need to use the fire cos the hot lead keeps everything warm already :D

[Ben Casey]

Thnaks for the health and safety tips lads :happy-clapping: It is a network cable so stop worrying :zombie-fighting:

[Adam Savage]

Ahh, we'll let you off with that one then :p

Oh, and the bow looks ok to me. Looking at the colours, it may be round the wrong way, but as long as it fires an arra' does it really matter?

http://www.english-longbow.co.uk/largepics/tudor-richard-1.jpg

Maybe this chap has done it all wrong.

[Ben Casey]

Dont start me on that one again mate :) I'm hoping Will Lord will get back to me them I will hopefully send some pics to him before I go to far as I think I can still save it if I have LOL

[Adam Savage]

Either way mate, you've done a top job with all the work on it.

[MadZ]

sweet looking bow, you fired it yet??? the way i would work a bow would be to remove wood from the outside of the bow to take it down, so you have the same ring running all the way down the outside edge of the bow (sap wood) then to remove from the back so the ends tiller nicely but thats just me there are many ways to make bows i have seen random looking sticks with bark and twigs still sticking out of them that are far Superior to any that i have made

check a guys site Richard head longbow, may be of some help to you .

cheers

Madz

[Silverback]

nice work Ben

[Ben Casey]

Cheers guys it isn't finished yet I still have some bits to fit but until I have a bit more info it is sort of on hold :) I haven't fired it yet but I'm planning to have it with me on the next meet :D So that will be the first test fire and or snapping sound and some expensive fire wood LOL

[shepherd]

great work buddy, looks spot on

[Ben Casey]

Cheers :D I have just had an email back from Will Lord and he says I have done it all right :) I just need to take a little bit of one of the ends as it is a bit stiff on one side :( So I will crack on in the morning with it :)

[Adam Savage]

It's about time you got it finished isn't it? :p

[butchthedog]

If you put an apple on........ Oh !!!! don't go there I'm a bad shot mate.. Good luck with it Ben. :p

[Ben Casey]

Hey Dave your going to be my test target with an apple on his head LOL Oh and as Adam says it will be finished this week :D

[butchthedog]

Time to hide me think's, no surrender sucker !!!

[Ben Casey]

Hi All and Butch :) Well I went out this weekend for a bit of a overnighter with OL Butch so we got to test fire the bow :D Pictures to follow :D It is nearly finished so just s bit / some small jobs to do, and it should be finished :D

[Ben Casey]

The first of a few :D


http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2805/9649540986_ed8c03e057.jpg

[butchthedog]

It's old Willie 'Ben' Tell wiv his arra's shooti'n trees

[Ben Casey]

The neck on you mate they didn't half go a distance a lot further than I thought they would :D Oh and you bottled standing with an apple on your head :D


It's old Willie 'Ben' Tell wiv his arra's shooti'n trees

[Ben Casey]

Oh feel free to put some photo's on mate :)

[butchthedog]

LOL, watch you don't cut yourself now!!.
I am not good with putting photo's on, it's a wizardy gadgety stuff for me, anyway William,,, they on your camera ..

[Ben Casey]

I sent some over to you LOL Oh well have a look at the ones I sent you and tell me the numbers and I will post them for you :) Oh and that cut was your fault getting your own back for the boiling water :D


LOL, watch you don't cut yourself now!!.
I am not good with putting photo's on, it's a wizardy gadgety stuff for me, anyway William,,, they on your camera ..

[Ben Casey]

Ok another couple of pics me firing my pride and joy :)

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3801/9649540768_cca9e65b3e.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7420/9649540548_75365e4b6f.jpg

I wont be posting anymore for a while as I need to go and sow or stick the leather handle on:) Which I haven't git a clue about or how to do :(

Any tips or advice would be great though :)

[Adam Savage]

I reckon you're just posting the same picture over and over :p

[Ben Casey]

You could be tight mate I will change it in the morning :P


I reckon you're just posting the same picture over and over :p

[Adam Savage]

lol, it's good to see you having fun using it mate. I wouldn't have the patience to sit and make a bow as good as that.

[Ben Casey]

Its not a matter of patience it cost me enough for the laminated wood, that I didn't want to naff it up if I could :D


lol, it's good to see you having fun using it mate. I wouldn't have the patience to sit and make a bow as good as that.

[butchthedog]

lol, it's good to see you having fun using it mate. I wouldn't have the patience to sit and make a bow as good as that.

My thoughts exactly Adam, the bow is damn good and powerful as you will see at Ruthin. Clever lad is our Ben, don't tell him though or he'll think I've gone soft in the head...:p

[Ben Casey]

Cheers mate have the bruises gone yet from your wrist? :D :guns: And no need to keep a secret mate I always thought you was soft in the head LOL


My thoughts exactly Adam, the bow is damn good and powerful as you will see at Ruthin. Clever lad is our Ben, don't tell him though or he'll think I've gone soft in the head...:p

[butchthedog]

Cheers mate have the bruises gone yet from your wrist? :D :guns: And no need to keep a secret mate I always thought you was soft in the head LOL

Lol.. Bruises fading hows your cut!! lol :tongue:

[Ben Casey]

Cut has nearly gone LOL Funny no boiling water injuries this time :camping::campfire::camping:

[butchthedog]

Yep, managed to avoid you a bit... well when you were handling boiling water anyway's :shocked:

[Ben Casey]

Yeah I noticed you always had something to do somewhere when I poured LOL


Yep, managed to avoid you a bit... well when you were handling boiling water anyway's :shocked: