[MR] New approved APD for use on wooden shafts

[chris]

Blackbow was telling me about what you did.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
way to go Rupert
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rupert Gaddy" <rgaddy at bellsouth.net>
To: <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 9:20 AM
Subject: [MR] New approved APD for use on wooden shafts


> Greetings to the list!
>
> I just received word this morning from the Society Archer Marshal, THL
> Gwilym.. that we have Society approval on two new APD's.  He asked me to
> post this to the list, so we can try and get the word out quickly and to
as
> many people as possible.  Please help spread the word and feel free to
> forward this email and post it wherever.
>
> These are the two new ones that have been approved for arrows and bolts:
>
> Ruperts Ridged Golf Tube APD (on wooden shafts):
>
> http://www.newberry.edu/rgaddy/arrow_testing_web_page.htm
>
> The Reinforced Golf Tube APD(on wooden shafts):  (Ldy Tessa the Huntress)
> who hopefully will have the construction details posted on a site soon.
>
> For those of you who have wooden shafts or bolts and have been waiting for
> an approved APD design....these are them.
>
> If you have any questions regarding my design that the website does not
> answer, please email me privately at the above email.
>
> The ridged ring should get approval on fiberglass shafts within a few
days,
> but the need for wooden shaft APD was far more pressing as there are at
> least a few approved APD designs for the fiberglass and none for the
wooden
> shafts up until now.
>
> My thanks to the gentles who encouraged me and assisted in some of the
> testing so that we could get this done in time.
>
> YEAH!!! We have wooden shafts covered again!!!
>
> Ld Rupert the Persistent
> Household of the Griffin's Moon
> Nottinghill Coil
> Atlantia
>
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