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Ash warbow in process. Strenght on braceheight? (updated)

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fusizoli:
I'm working on my first real warbow from ash. Someone sad before "nucleal" ash, so this is that type :)
(made some fine bows from this log before)

About 72 ntn, 1.4 or 35mm wide and hair less 1 or 24.5mm deep at the center 16x16mm before the tips.

The horn tips are roughly finished (sidenock) so I could start to tiller it with short string. I couldn't brace it yet, but pull it with long string to about braceheight (6) where is about 75# now. So I could pull it there with just two hands  >:( , I'm a bit broke down ::)

I like to make it 120-130#

I'm still too primitive yet ::) so haven't got just body scale, and pull it with hand and leg or any kind I could do....

Where is the braced weight start on this bows? Stupid nube questin I know :lol, but have to know on this first baby :)

Here is a pic before the tips made. Now the tiller looking much better....

Del the cat:
The draw weight at brace is always relatively low due to the huge leverage of the straight string, in fact the first inch or so of draw will be hard to measure accurately.
It should be extermely difficult to get the string onto a warbow weight bow without a stringer.
Even a 75 lb bow is a bit of a struggle to get the string on push pull style.
Bathroom scales and a notched stick will do for rough measurement of draw weight.
Not sure why the tips are recurved on a Warbow?
Looking good though  ;D
Del

fusizoli:
Thanks Del!

First of all, the form schould looking strange, but this is not a MR. replica  ;)

 One tip had natural reflex, the gripp is natural deflexed so I just correct the other tip to reflex. The form is mostly natural!
It made from the compression side from a tree.

I have several 75-90# strongbows and could handle tham, but this is a different storry.

On this one the baraced weight will higher than a straight bow shure. Will see but I think arround 30-35# schould be ok.

But I'm not not an expert in this weight so thats why ask it first :)

Other wise it is an experiment to know how my wood handle this weight.

medicinewheel:
Can't wait to see this one finished!!!

Del the cat:
Cheers, I know what you mean, I seem to find most staves have one limb with natural reflex and one with natural deflex :( , I tend to have the deflex as the lower limb unless I steam the m to match like you have done..
Maybe a useful comparison figure would be pondage at 10 or 12" draw, rather than than tring to measure the tension at brace height.
I'm looking forward to seeing it at full draw.
Del

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