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Vine Maple - Compression versus Tension examples - Example #2!!!

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330bull:
Hi Folks,

I know that VM has been a hot topic lately, especially since I have been pimping it pretty hard (see trading post).  Oh yeah...and Gordon has been cranking out some killer VM bows!!!

Here are some pictures of a stave that I cut and roughed out for Chris in Texas.  The bottom half is the compressing side, while the upper half is the tension side.  In an ideal VM stave, the tension side automatically has reflex built into it.  And as you can see by the pictures, the tips already have 2-3" of reflex right out of the bandsaw.  This provides a lot of "pop" in a VM bow.

Enjoy!

Joe

Folks:  Scroll on down to my 3rd wave of pictures, I think I show how much more energy is stored in the tension stave!

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Pat B:
Cool VM stave.  I have never worked VM but have heard that only one side is worth making a bow out of. I imagine it is the tension side. I'd bet the compression side would deflex a bit after splitting.   Pat

Justin Snyder:
That is a pretty cool demonstration. Looks like a left handed bow to me.  Justin

duffontap:
Nice character stave. 

      J. D. Duff

DanaM:
Joe, I haven't had time to do anything with the staves ya sent me. busy, busy, busy
Nice demo

DanaM

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