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Longbow making step by step - CD-Rom:

The aim of the book is to give simple, detailed techniques to allow the average enthusiast to craft a traditional Longbow.

The book concentrates on tri-laminated longbows in the range 30 – 60lbs – this should cover longbows that recreational bowmen wish to shoot.

Detailed step by step techniques will be shown, which will allow anyone with average skills in woodworking to craft a longbow.

The book includes full photographic and sketched illustrations which will guide the reader through each stage in longbow making.

The image below shows the cover of the Longbow making book which is available on the CD-Rom in PDF format.

View the chapters covered in the Longbow manking book; download a free sample chapter; view photos contained in the book and view PC screenshots of the CD-Rom in action:

Chapters overview

Free sample chapter

Sample photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11

PC screenshots: 1 | 2 | 3

Product Details:

Language: English

Pages: 141 (14,000 words)

Sketches: 120

Photographs: 88

Book Description: Step by step techniques for crafting fine traditional style Longbows, built in Tri-laminated woods. In the range 30-60lbs.

Features: The CD-Rom comes with an autorun feature, which displays an attractive menu to easily navigate through the Longbow making CD-Rom. The CD-Rom comes with Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0.1 and a User Guide, detailing how best to view and navigate through the book.

The PDF book uses a bookmark feature,whick enables the user to easily jump to a chapter or see at a glance how the chapters are broken down.

There is also a handy magnifying tool, which is very useful for the visually impaired. The user is able to zoom in on the text, sketches and photographs (without any loss of quality) to find their optimum viewing magnification. Thus making the Longbow making book very user friendly and easier to read.

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Bowmaking step by step
CD-Rom

£10.00 + (£3.00 p&p)

System Requirements :

Windows

• Intel® Pentium® processor.
• Microsoft® Windows 98 SE up to the lastet Windows XP.
• 32MB of RAM.
• 60MB of hard-disk space.
• Internet Explorer 5.01 - 6.1.

Macintosh

• PowerPC® G3 processor
• Mac OS X v.10.2.2-10.3
• 32MB of RAM with virtual memory on (64MB recommended)
• 30MB of available hard disk space (an additional 60 MB is needed temporarily during installation)
• HFS formatted hard drive.