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[Mad Max]

Martin Archery picked it up from DH years back, and just recently sold it to a new owner, he retooled it and has started selling.
Mike Bush on Facebook was running the Martin/Damon Howitt bows for sale the last 4/5 years on a Facebook page I know of. Some of the old bow makers are still around on that page giving Info on the Dates/years made for almost all of the bows from the past. I has a big following.

[Crooked Stic]

I built a bow for Mike several years ago.

[Longcruise]

Max, any information on the new DH owners?

[Mad Max]

Max, any information on the new DH owners?

Facebook page is Damon Howatt Traditional Bows
Look and ask around

[Mad Max]

My photo gallery would not load for 2/3 weeks until today on my laptop.

I use this method a lot too. 1" circles,  copy from arch center to intersection and 2" circles for the flatter radius, delete every other one and count the inches.

 

[mmattockx]

I use this method a lot too. 1" circles,  copy from arch center to intersection and 2" circles for the flatter radius, delete every other one and count the inches.

That's pretty accurate with small circles, the segments don't lose much over the true arc length. I don't know what cad package you are using, but in Autocad I can get arc lengths for each arc in the limb and add them up or make the line into a polyline and get the total length of that joined line by checking the properties of the line(s). There is no need to measure graphically as you are doing. I would think your cad can do the same.


Mark

[Mad Max]

Yes it is accurate.
I have a free program CadStd pro v3.7.7

[mmattockx]

Yes it is accurate.
I have a free program CadStd pro v3.7.7

Can you right click on a line and get the properties of that line? That should give you the actual length, no matter if it is straight, an arc or a random polyline.


Mark

[Longcruise]

I use the same program and it never occurred to me to try that although I'm pretty sure that it won't.   It's a fairly simple program,  which explains my ability to use it. 😀  it's obvious that max is able to mine it's capabilities far better than I!

[Mad Max]

No right clicks

[mmattockx]

No right clicks

 


Mark

[Mad Max]

No right clicks

 


Mark

Right click is stop what you are doing and do something else.

[Kirkll]

Story of my life is right clicking and doing something else. Think i'll go fishing...

[Richard Korte]

I draw all my bow patterns with a pencil and a French curve on a sheet of tagboard. Old school, I guess.     RKKorte

[Mad Max]

I draw all my bow patterns with a pencil and a French curve on a sheet of tagboard. Old school, I guess.     RKKorte

Nothing wrong with that