H Bow Update

 I've done plenty of fiddling and fettling to get the H bow shooting but there is still plenty of tuning to do.

I went up the club and the first test shot was dissapointing, I hadn't seen the arrow go, so assumed it had gone a prodigious distance! I was searching around at over 300 yards, until one of the guys spotted it it at 165! To be fair it was into a strong head wind and just a short draw. Two further shots went 170 and 190, but bear in mind that was only 15 1/5" draw where the theoretical max is 19".
The string also needs improving and some decent light flight arrows made. I think I should get 250 comfortably and hopefully further.
The pic (at full draw) shows how the bow isn't bending very hard yet.
The videos on my Youtube chanel (Del Cat) document the development.
Enough chat, here are some pics.

Video of shot :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt2j8uqNKCA

Back to the H Bow?

 I've had a couple of weeks off, been replacing the kitchen worktops and tarting up the paintwork, grouting and replacing the cooker hood, while my better half cleaned tided and sorted the drawers, cupboards etc. I'd been putting it off for about 7years, so I can't complain. 

I'd also been distracted by water pouring down the ouside of the big double patio doors... my home made solar hot water panels had sprung a leak due to frost bursting one of the plastic fittings (at least it wasn't the copper pipes). It was all due for a flush out and re-furb. The header tank had a nice thick growth of slime on the surface, so that's all been removed, emptied cleaned and fresh antifreeze/inhibitor added. Just needs a nice sunny day and it should kick in.I've finally got the garage back to some sort of state of tidiness so I can get back to work on the H Bow and trying to make a roving bow from a very scruffy stave (which will need a long piece added to the belly) for one of the guys from the club.

I noticed a few people had been looking at a post of a miniature Yew ELB I did in 2012, so I had a look at it, interestingly, it is only about 1-2" shorter than the H bow:-
https://bowyersdiary.blogspot.com/2012/03/finished-miniature.html