06-22-2010, 01:14 PM
Hi All,
In the past I worked as a cabinetmaker, and we glued up lengths of lumber to make panels for various kinds of projects. One of the things I've wanted to do in traditional archery is make a Holmgaard style bow. It seems
to me that if I took a couple of pieces for a handle (a front and a back), a couple of wide flat pieces for the working parts of the limbs, and another couple of pieces for the non-working limb ends, that I should be able to glue them together and have a very reasonable bow blank that would take a minimum of hand work to complete.
Anyone here with past experience doing a project like this??
Lobo in the Mountains of West Virginia
In the past I worked as a cabinetmaker, and we glued up lengths of lumber to make panels for various kinds of projects. One of the things I've wanted to do in traditional archery is make a Holmgaard style bow. It seems
to me that if I took a couple of pieces for a handle (a front and a back), a couple of wide flat pieces for the working parts of the limbs, and another couple of pieces for the non-working limb ends, that I should be able to glue them together and have a very reasonable bow blank that would take a minimum of hand work to complete.Anyone here with past experience doing a project like this??
Lobo in the Mountains of West Virginia