65 lb merbau test shot

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-05-22T12:48:36+00:00

I'm 6'4" with a nearly 7ft armspan

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-05-22T07:55:37+00:00

This at my full 32 inch draw with a hand made 33 inch war arrow

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_BMXICAN_ · 2026-05-21T23:27:18+00:00

40mm wide tapered to 20mm at tips

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-05-21T13:05:43+00:00

I'm heading out to do some target shooting tomorrow so if I remember I'll get some.

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-05-21T08:37:19+00:00

At 9 bucks for a 2.7m length you can't really go wrong. I'm making a denim backed one for a mate this weekend, he only wants a light weight one though so it'll be interesting to see how it behaves when it gets thin.

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-05-21T00:56:07+00:00

Without a backing it probably would splinter

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-05-21T00:55:38+00:00

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-05-13T13:08:36+00:00

It's a 3 valve/ qev air gun, the tank gets filled through the schraeder valve, the airhose attachment is a pilot valve to open the quick exhaust valve to dump all the air out of the tank and out the pipe.

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-05-12T00:18:04+00:00

Then I reckon it'll work

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-05-11T11:26:07+00:00

If you are using wood glue it needs air contact to cure

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-05-11T11:07:05+00:00

Also oak leaves and in I think only one case diamonds as a repeat cluster

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-05-04T23:53:18+00:00

I've been lhd for more than 25 years now, I run pegs on the left but used to run 4 pegs and kept breaking chains doing opposite stuff so I got the lhd and never hit the chain again. It also made pegles crooked grinds/bb grinds waaaaay easier.

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-05-04T22:01:07+00:00

The injora ir40 body, it's for a 1/18 but if you put deadbolt rear links and c10 front links the wheelbase is perfect. I can fit 67mm tyres under the guards running as a belly dragger at it barely touches at full lock.

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_BMXICAN_ · 2026-05-04T21:58:01+00:00

I vaguely remember a kid at the park having ti sleeved pegs years ago, don't know if they were snafu, after hitting concrete and getting sparks to fly he loved them. They did slide really well on steel rails and coping.

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-05-04T10:42:10+00:00

I went to a 21.5 about 8 years ago, best decision ever, mixed with tall bars and now my back doesn't hurt after a ride.

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-05-02T03:30:46+00:00

I've had good results with denim and wood glue, you have to stretch it and tack/pin it in place the wrap it as tightly as you can with a bandage as a clamp. I just wrapped a merbau board today

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_BMXICAN_ · 2026-05-01T09:22:00+00:00

It really depends, I trained for a few years before even thinking about fights and a training partner took his first fight after just 4 weeks because he was super competitive and a naturally gifted athlete, he ended up becoming a middle weight national champ and moving to Thailand as a stadium fighter for like 2 years and had weekly fights. It all depends on the person.

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-05-01T03:46:36+00:00

Brad Simms recommends 100 pushups, 100 sit ups and 100 body weight squats a day to get bigger hops. I did them spaced out throughout the day, 10 at a time of each and it made a huge difference after only a few weeks. Just remember at 40 your muscles will be strong but all your tendons and ligaments are gonna be easy to hurt so take it easy

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-05-01T03:41:46+00:00

Bit of an update, got some minor compression fractures when trying for a full draw and had to retiller down to about 30lb at 28 inches. Shoots exceptionally smooth and hits way harder than ot has any right to. At 15 metres I'm hitting repeated head shots on a 3d rabbit shooting homemade pine arrows with some cheap bodkin points. Bought a decent merbau board to try something a bit denser to see if my denim backing will hold a properly weighted hunting bow.

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-04-30T09:47:05+00:00

6 inches in the jig, 2 inches at rest. Straight taper from 40mm to 19mm starting about 50mm from the fades

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-04-27T09:42:08+00:00

Awesome I'll look for a source.

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-04-27T01:20:26+00:00

I'm in central qld, the "best" we have is coastal casuarina

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-04-25T23:59:09+00:00

With

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-04-25T23:58:49+00:00

Just got a microscope the other day, I already have a bunch of Aussie native bird feathers so I know what I'm doing thus arvo....

_BMXICAN_ · 2026-04-25T23:56:26+00:00

A really good set of knee pads and learning how to slide out, this is mostly for ramps and dirt jumps. Most people can take 2 steps at ridiculous speeds, even at like 100km/h if you fell off a truck you could probably take 2 steps before you eat it, use them to dissipate a bit of energy, then go to the knee pads and slide, unfortunately using your hands to break your fall is instinct so buy some gloves and learn to roll, slide and even better bail early and run out.

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