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gianluca100:
hello fishfinder,

black locust is very strong in tension but a bit weak in compression. so instead of rounding the belly you could narrow/round the back a bit more than usual. this would take advantage of the high tension strength of bl and level out a bit the compression weakness by shifting the neutral plane towards the back.

ciao,
gian-luca

fishfinder401:

--- Quote from: gianluca100 on April 10, 2011, 07:09:30 pm ---hello fishfinder,

black locust is very strong in tension but a bit weak in compression. so instead of rounding the belly you could narrow/round the back a bit more than usual. this would take advantage of the high tension strength of bl and level out a bit the compression weakness by shifting the neutral plane towards the back.

ciao,
gian-luca

--- End quote ---
thanks for the idea, and judging by you 1 post, im guessing you are new to the site, so welcome and if you need any help, there most likely is a person on here to help you ;D
noel

nidrinr:
-Just make the bow 78"-80" long, heat treat the belly and use a crowned back. I guess BL will do fine up to at least 150#. 

gianluca100:
hello fishfinder,

thanks for the welcome. actually i've been reading paleo planet and pa for quite some years now and posted only occasionally on pp.

thanks also for offering help. i've made quite a lot of bows since 1997, but if i find a difficult question that puzzles me, i will post it here, no doubt  ;D

cio,
gian-luca

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