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How much can elm take?

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Marc St Louis:
If what you have is really Rock Elm then I see no problems making a 130 + lbs bow

KShip85:

--- Quote from: adb on February 13, 2010, 11:34:58 am ---Did you see the two elm warbows that Marc posted?

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Yeah I did see his posts, they are kinda what got me interested.  But if I remember correctly they were 80 lbs and 100 lbs and so I was just not sure if it could handle 140 or above.  They were both beautiful pieces of craftsmanship.

Marc, thanks for the info I will try to head out and get a positive ID on it tomorrow.  Thanks again!

Kip

Badger:
   A 140# elm bow will not be under any more stress than a 20# childs bow. Wood will only take so much and no matter how big it is the stresses are always relative to the design. A full arc of the circle war bow is probably the easiest of all bows the calculate out. The inner diameter of the circle has to be less than 1% different than the outer diameter. Probably for elm about 99.2 % of length for the belly side of the bow when full drawn if tillered perfectly into an arc of the circle. Yew has a bit more elasticity but designs would still be very similar. Steve

Rod:

--- Quote from: radius on February 13, 2010, 08:25:52 am ---what's your purpose in building such a strong bow?  I've got an 80# yew which would take down a bear or moose...and no french knights on the horizon...

i get it:  you WANT to build one...but why?

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The sensible question is not why ( since as has been pointed out, this thread is about "warbows").
A more relevant question might be why that particular draw-weight and where does it stand in relation to the weight you are accustomed to shoot ?
And what actually represents a low end, an average and a high end draw-weight of the period ?

Rod.

radius:
i know this is a warbow thread...and i appreciate the challenge of making them...i just wondered "why" he wants to make one.  I realize his post is in the right category...i just wondered "why" he wanted to make one.

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