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question about 71inch long longbow
bow-toxo:
--- Quote from: joren1993 on December 27, 2008, 12:07:11 pm ---hi all,
I had a question about a 71 inch long longbow/warbow.
I want to tiller te bow to 29inches but the stave (ash backed elm) is 71inch long.
Is it in my situation possible to make a bow which bend though the handle? or is
it saver(becaurse I want a bow that shoots not one thats in 2 pieces) to make
a victorian style longbow?
Joren1993
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Victorian style longbows don't bend through the handle.
Erik
joren1993:
yes I know, but I ment building one which bends trough the handle or build one
which doesnt;)
alanesq:
I would think building it to bend through the handle will be easier on the wood (as the stress is spread through the entire length of the bow)
so a full compass bow is less likely to fail (although its more difficult to make)
bow-toxo:
--- Quote from: joren1993 on January 03, 2009, 08:13:50 am ---yes I know, but I ment building one which bends trough the handle or build one
which doesnt;)
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I would suggest that rather than tiller by eyeballing, I mark several appropriately sized arcs on a six foot length of wrapping paper with a pencil through the loop of a bowstring used as a compass. For me, that is safer.
Erik
adb:
--- Quote from: bow-toxo on January 05, 2009, 06:40:51 pm ---
--- Quote from: joren1993 on January 03, 2009, 08:13:50 am ---yes I know, but I ment building one which bends trough the handle or build one
which doesnt;)
--- End quote ---
I would suggest that rather than tiller by eyeballing, I mark several appropriately sized arcs on a six foot length of wrapping paper with a pencil through the loop of a bowstring used as a compass. For me, that is safer.
Erik
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So, without "eyeballing", how do you get to your perfectly drawn curve?
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