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250 pounder attempt
alanesq:
I cant fault ash for a backing but finding wood which can take the compression is the difficult bit in my experience
lemonwood or Ipe are the two woods I have had success with
btw - the oak did hold out for a good while but then suddenly decided to give in and started failing along its length
RyanY:
alanesq - That other bow is 32# heavier at full draw. It's 110#@28 and the reason I think I can't get it there is because the mechanics of the draw. I feel when its that early in the draw I'm not using my back as much as at the farther draw lengths.
Ian - I did see his 160#er but I'll be going for around 125-130#. I think the hickory and purpleheart are fine to use in these heavy lam bow except for the fact that purpleheart sucks to work with. If I'm not mistaken hickory is even stronger in tensile strength than ash and can take more ring violation. The purple heart isn't doing much of anything besides putting space between the back and belly. White oak, haven't worked with it yet.
As for hickory for warbows. I used to think that at heavier weights hickory would crush its own belly but the bow Jim made me has a bamboo backing and hickory belly which shows no sign of chrysals what so ever. I think hickory can do just about everything.
alanesq:
--- Quote from: ryoon4690 on February 13, 2010, 02:46:52 pm ---alanesq - That other bow is 32# heavier at full draw. It's 110#@28 and the reason I think I can't get it there is because the mechanics of the draw. I feel when its that early in the draw I'm not using my back as much as at the farther draw lengths.
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Sorry - yes that would explain it
When I was shooting my 140lb bow no problem I have a 165lb bow whch I still couldnt get more than about 15"
rudderbows:
OK here is a You tube video of the first attempt being drawn on a scale.
This was the 225 pounder, but, was shooting for 250.
http://www.youtube.com/my_videos I will give another try at it very soon.
Uploading you tube stuff is tweekey with our computer. Sometimes it takes and sometimes it does not.
Ian.:
That is a blank link, i you view the video then give us the web link that should work or alternately tell us what to search for.
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