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250 pounder attempt
fusizoli:
Bubinga is good for that? wow
Good project, will looking for how it goes! It will be a real monster shure ;D
markinengland:
I have heard different reports on Bubinga. It is pretty but I have heard some say it is brittle and perhaps not best for a failry deep bow section.
Jude:
Wow, I am late as all get out on this post, but here goes. Back to the subject of strength, drawing a bow balances the pushing and pulling force. I see many guys out there benching 500# and more, which is 250#/arm, but I don't see anyone doing dumbell rows with 250#. Maybe some pros do, but we don't go to the same gyms, so I couldn't say for sure. A big difference between gym exercises and archery, as well, is the pressure that is applied across the body. I have had issues for the past 8 months or so with the inside joint of my right collarbone, possibly arthritis, and I really notice that pressure now. Bench-press and pushups hurt a little, but drawing my 70# bow is downright excruciating. >:(
Rod:
Interesting that the flat bows blew before the longbow sectioned bows. I might think that this was perhaps due to failure in tension at the cross section corners.
Was this the case?
Regarding the question of hunting bow styles and weights, I believe there is some evidence for "flat" or broad bows for hunting.
Richard Wadge for one refers this distinction in "Arrowstorm" and also I believe cites Gaston Phoebus.
But the extremes of draw-weight would possibly not be regarded as necessary for a hunting bow, though undoubtedly what a competent forester/archer of the time would regard as "easy" might no doubt exceed what many of today's bowhunters would consider practical.
Rod.
Jude:
I recall reading something in TBB4 about using a rounded belly for some of the weak in tension woods. The rounded belly would take more set than a square cross section, thus putting the back under less strain. It likely works the same for a superior wood in a highly strained pattern, like a heavy war bow, since superior wood will usually fail in tension before it fails in compression.
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