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rudderbows:
sounds pretty short for comfort, BUT< What the heck, anything is worth trying. Education costs something even if it is a couple of good pieces of wood and boo. How about a 48" D style bow that bends in the handle with slight recurves at the tips to get rid of the stacking problem?
Marc St Louis:
They key word here is "speed". You can make a bow that short but making one that will be fast is the problem. The short working limbs just can't store enough energy without taking excessive set. Keeping the recurves very small will add to working limb length and deflexing will add to draw length. Makes for an interesting challenge
Mechslasher:
i think there is a hickory board bow in one of the bowyers bibles that is 48" long and draws to 28". you would have to keep the back and belly perfectly flat to lower stress and possibly heat treat the belly. the slightly deflexed static recurve would possibly work. short statics would help prevent stacking. now that i'm thinking about it, a quarter sawn perfectly clean piece of osage backed with bamboo maybe hickory should hold up. or you could use the same combo and glue it up into a dou-flex working recurve. this would allow the limbs to uncoil and lenghten during the draw.
D. Tiller:
I believe putting sinew on a bow while it is put into a reverse draw and allowing it to dry will cause more energy to be stored in the limbs.
Justin Snyder:
I don't think sinew will solve the problem by itself. If the wood don't blow under the additional stress, it will probably fret. The belly area is what someone would have to figure out. That is why he added the no horn clause. Justin
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