Here's a little Christmas present for those who were enthused about my roll up canvas case.

Last week, when I posted pix of my first take down bow, there was more interest in the case I made for it than in the bow:  "Nice bow... but that case!  Wow!"   So I promised I would do an instruction page on making it.  Over the weekend, I converted an existing bow to two piece, so I needed another case and spent yesterday and today making it and building the instruction page.

It's another one of my big pages, but I tried to be both as thorough and as simple as I could.  I tried to aim it at guys who don't have sewing machine experience.  If you have, you're ahead of the game.   I had Ann check the whole thing out (she's my fiercest critic on stuff like this) and she says it all made sense to her, and she liked my super basic sewing machine instructions.

Link:    http://oldpharttsarchery.com/buildingstuff/case/case.html

It has a permanent link in the "Building Useful Stuff" section of the Old Phartt's Archery site.

if someone actually does one, I'd really appreciate hearing about it:  rwightman@mindspring.com

Thanks for the link Dick!

wow!  way cool, dick!        

Dick you have far and away the most detailed and well done tutorials I have ever seen.  That is an incredibly cool case, and a great "how to".  My hat is off to you for the effort you put into sharing your skills and knowledge!          

Outstanding tutorial!

Most people laugh when I tell them, "A sewing machine is just another power tool!"... I guess using the treadle machine is the "traditional" way to do it!  

Excellent Tutorial Dick, easy to follow with lots of detail!

As Joe said, Hats of to you Sir!

Excellent tutorial. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who still uses an old Singer treadle machine.  

Jason... yeah, ain't treadles great!?  They give you so much control.  If you want a real fun thrill, try a hand crank!  I run a big web site and email list, kind of like Trad Gang, for about 2000 people who use treadle and hand crank machines.  And, they never wear out.  I've had some that were 125 years old, used all of their lives, and still ran perfectly.   Not that's traditional!!!  Getting to combine my two hobbies for this project was a real kick.

Thanks for putting this together for us Dick, very well done. I have one of those old hand crank machines. I got it for doing sail repair and canvass work on my boat and gear. I'm just about to try to figure out how to use it, when I do I'll be making one of these fine cases. I got the hand crank because I'm not always where I have electricity, and I keep my battery bank simple. I'm not just Trad Archery, I'm also pretty much a Trad Sailor.

Dick,

As near as I can tell by the serial number, mine was made in 1924. It had a few missing parts when my wife and I got it at an estate auction, but the restoration was a lot of fun. I originally bought it to use as a piece of furniture more than a functioning machine, but it's come in handy for all sorts of projects...leather quivers, fletching covers and such.

Thank you for that excellent link,I follow others in praise of your work.Luke

Very cool! Very nicely thought out, made and documented! I'm jealous! I can do alot of things but there is three things I've came to realize I can't do, lay blocks, finish drywall and sew!! So I have one of the padded cases that comes I believe comes with the Hoyt TD, everything else I make. Nice job.

Nice,an excellent thread,great work!