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bambi


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I might have said that I was wantin to make a glass backed bow.

This is about like me sayin I want to fly in a dang airplane.no

Any way it don't hurt to ask questions.

So has there ever been a glass bow made with no shelf. Why would anyone cut a shelf when it's so natural to just shoot off your hand. This is a serious question, at least as serious as I ever get.wink

Also I just read that Kennym is no longer going to supply lams and what not.



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Most of the early Ben Pearson longbows didn't have a shelf nor did the bear cub when it was a longbow back in the early 50's



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If I make one it will be somewhat of a longbow.



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What is a Kennym?

You can buy lams from 3Rivers. Probably Bingham's



-- Edited by john nail on Monday 24th of February 2014 03:24:45 PM

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bambi


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He was an independant. Chris bought some from him.



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I saw a post where he said that it was his job or his hobby . not enuff hours in the day I guess

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Kenny McKenzie is a great guy to deal with for building supplies.

I use to buy quite a bit of wood and glass from him and some lams until I started grinding my own.

Pretty bad deal for the small time home bowyers to lose his services. He had no minimum order and was always good to his word. 

I think he is tired of working 18 hour days 7 days a week, cant say as I blame him.



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Sounds like Jim Mann just offered to sell you some!

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He Did Not!!biggrin

Me Out of business also! Health care reform done me in.biggrin



-- Edited by Mann on Monday 24th of February 2014 04:26:27 PM

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I'll grind lams for ya den den. Just let me know what ya need. Anyone else as well.
And yes, Kenny is an awesome guy. So sorry to hear that.

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I got some lams from Chris and they look great.



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chirs is da new bomb and I here he is a good fella


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Who the hell is Chris?.....biggrinbiggrin

No offense intended Chris, just an inside joke!biggrin



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lmao


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that was funny mann cuz im inside


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Wo Wo wait just a dayum minute, i aint yo cuz! ...!biggrinbiggrin



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Well I think this possible bow won't have a shelf. That means that the arrows will have to be well broken in to that paticular weight and the geometry of the bow.

That means that it will be strictly a woody slinger. Alums don't break in like wood. no Their molecular structure is determined by the alloy and heat and extrusion forces. They is what they is.

I've heard all the reasons that carbos are the cat's meow but I won't go into that.

Wood is of the earth and heaven. It grows in the same natural forces that we put them thru in archery. A gift that our ancestors used with great success in the past. It dont need a shelf.wink

Next question what length semi longbow is the best. It will be a hunter first. Is there a overall good  length range that should be considered?

Strang, you and Jim resemble each other so close I should have guessed ya'll was cousins.biggrin



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twice your draw length plus the riser

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with all that teck junk you just laid on us im thinking you want to build a wooden guided missle

and as far as jim goes i reccon i could do worse


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More of a hybrid type?

 



-- Edited by Mann on Monday 24th of February 2014 10:45:15 PM



-- Edited by Mann on Tuesday 25th of February 2014 07:59:50 AM

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Yep a hybrid of some type. In other words I'm not planning on copying a paticular bow. I don't know exactly what it will look like yet.

Strang I am the most anti tech person you will ever meet. I'm setting in a shop right now that the technology goes back to the early iron age.smile

Mann, don't feel bad about your cuzz. I married into the Deatons from Bloody Breathitt co KY. That relates me to strang no dought.blankstare  

John that's it in a nut shell. That's just  the kind of formula that follows nature.wink



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Another question has anyone ever tried to glue a different type of a material under the glass? In other words a non wood material that would be between the glass and your veneer.



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I have heard of guys using fabric under clear glass, but never actually seen it.

You got some kind of super man kryptonite or something?confuse



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Naa.. probably just another goofy idea.aww

If a material was compatible with the smoothe on and presented no assembly problems during glue-up, I wonder if it would be like looking down inside the bow at a cool pattern?



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