The Essentials Of Archery: How To Use And Make Bows And Arrows by L. E. Stemmler

Author:L. E. Stemmler
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: LLC, 9781432561857, Kessinger Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

three feet of the entire bow works or bends, undue strain is placed on these weak spots and

the bow breaks. A good bow should be stiff at the handle, a distance of about 6", and then the entire limb should bend evenly to the tip. A long graceful curve is to be striven for. See Plate

7.

A distinct dip should be made above and below the handle-called the Buchanan dips. The

handle or grip proper takes up 4", then the dips begin and the dips take up about 1" on each side of this 4". Look at the finished bow on Plate 2.

If you bought a roughed out stave, practically all the prelitninary work has been done for you,

and making the bow is a far simpler job. It is best to work slowly and cautiously, always

remembering that it is a simple matter to take off wood, but impossible to put it back on.

When you have one limb about finished, place the tip on the floor and bend the limb. You can

tell if it is far too strong or about right. Look at the curve the limb is assuming. There may be

spots in your stave that are difficult to plane. The wood rasp may be used on them to

advantage. Keep your bow wider than it is thick, or, after you have strung it, it may turn.

When you have both limbs worked out, you are ready to cut the notches in the ends of the

bow.

Begin an inch down from each end, and with the round file, cut notches diagonally on each

side on the ends as shown on Plate 2. Do not cut the notches across the back, because the

grain of the back must be left whole and without breaks. The notches should be at least Ys"

deep. After you have finished with the notches a preliminary stringing or bracing of your bow

is in order. It is assumed that you have made, or now will make, a bowstring as described

under string making. Read carefully "Stringing or Bracing the Bow". Slip the loop or eye of the string over the top limb, run it down the bow the proper distance (given under "Making

Bow Strings"), fasten the lower end to the bottom notch, and brace the bow. Lay the strung

bow on the floor and look at it. If the limbs bend evenly and both alike, you are ready for a

trial draw. If they do not bend evenly, it will be necessary to unstring your bow and scrape

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