Bow building class

[Rudd]

I know there are a few "traditional" shooters who frequent here......I heard there is a "build your on stick bow class" coming around in the very near future. Anyone have any information??

[Songdog Ranch]

Try checking out http://buildgear.cjb.net/
I know it's not the class you were asing about but it may give you some ideas.

[River Rat]

ITBS is holding a bow building class in Blackhawk Park, Cedar Falls on April 6 & 7. Give Gene or John a call.

Gene Winter (319) 234 0292

John Sturtevant (515) 438 4040

[Cornfed]

Check out this link...... www.winterbowshoppe.com/selfbow.htm (http://www.winterbowshoppe.com/selfbow.htm)

They will be hold classes at Kirkwood college in Cedar Rapids as well as other locations.....

[Rudd]

Thanks fellas.....I knew I'd get the answers. Great site Gene has.

[bowmaker]

I didn't know anyone was offering these kind of classes. If any of you have any interest in making your own bows I would urge you to take the class. This isn't a plug because I don't know this guy at all but I think you will become enthralled with taking a peice of a tree and making it into a shooting bow. If you think it is great to take a nice deer with a bow, you ain't ready for the feeling of taking one with a bow and arrows that you made with your own hands. It makes it even more personal. The saying is " try it and I bet you can't make just one".

[Bowbendr]

Gene Winters will be giving a class near New Hampton the weekend of March 22 and 23. Cost is $100.00. A friend told me about the class today. Class size is limited to 7.

[Bakes]

Hey guys I was on the site below yesterday, maybe one of the experienced bowyers on this site can tell me if this is a good product or not. I am interested in making my own bow here in the very new future, so I ordered the $3 catalog. They sell longbows, recurves and takedown kits and it sure seems like they supply you with ample information including blueprints to be sucessful.

www.binghamprojects.com (http://www.binghamprojects.com)

Nonres

[bowmaker]

Nonres

Bingham is an old company and has been active for a long time. They sell quaility products and their process seems straight forward and simple to follow. I have never used any of their stuff but a friend and his two sons used their kits to build bows last summer. From what he said the hardest part was building the forms. Give it a try, not much to loose and a whole new world to gain.

[John Sturtevant]

Gene is retired now, and is pretty much devoting all his weekends to the bow classes, either at home or thru various community colleges.
If building a selfbow is what your interested in, contact Gene. He’s a great teacher, and you’ll enjoy it.
I’ve been building and hunting with my bows for years, now focusing primarily on the bamboo backed RF/DF bows and recurves. I think I’ve got 17 in the shop right now in various stages of completion, so would agree it’s hard to hard to stop after just one.

John Sturtevant