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fishfinder401:
i know what you mean, something tells me alot of people just get the heaviest bow they can, yank it back and see where it goes, thats why i am going to try to make sure i can aim it very well, and even when i hit my goal weight i will continue to practice and get more experienced with heavy bows, becasue in my opinion just pulling the bow is only half the battle, the other is being able to be comfortable and aim it well, thats what using a bow entails in my opinion ;D. in all reality i may not hit my goal weight for next year but i know i will probably be able to get the record for a minor and if i can do that ill be happy.
thanks
noel
PS: if it seems like my ego starts to get to big as i get close to my goal, let me know, then pop  my overinflated ego with an arrow  ;D

nidrinr:
Heaviest bow pulled from someone under 18 I know, is Joseph Gibbs when he was that age. Don't remember exactly, but I think he said he pulled 170# at the age of 17. Eirik Diserud pulled a 143#@32" yew just before he turned 18. Also there were this Duch boy at 15 pulling 130#@32" with ease last year at Batsford.
-You are in a fine league, there's not many people your age pulling theese bows :)

As for your lamination project I think I would have tried bamboo for the back. Perfect hickory or ash (at least northern European ash) would also work, but boo would have been the best.

I don't know what you have as local wood, but there are more woods than yew that makes heavy warbows. If you have access to wytch elm, laburnum, osage, BL or good ash, they all make good warbows.

For laminating, try to use something a little less compression strong than ipe, and you will not overpower the backing wood so much. Ash, hickory, birch, hazel etc. backing plus several types of oak as a belly is a good combination, and often easy accessable.

fishfinder401:

--- Quote from: nidrinr on February 24, 2011, 09:27:07 pm ---Heaviest bow pulled from someone under 18 I know, is Joseph Gibbs when he was that age. Don't remember exactly, but I think he said he pulled 170# at the age of 17. Eirik Diserud pulled a 143#@32" yew just before he turned 18. Also there were this Duch boy at 15 pulling 130#@32" with ease last year at Batsford.
-You are in a fine league, there's not many people your age pulling theese bows :)

As for your lamination project I think I would have tried bamboo for the back. Perfect hickory or ash (at least northern European ash) would also work, but boo would have been the best.

I don't know what you have as local wood, but there are more woods than yew that makes heavy warbows. If you have access to wytch elm, laburnum, osage, BL or good ash, they all make good warbows.

For laminating, try to use something a little less compression strong than ipe, and you will not overpower the backing wood so much. Ash, hickory, birch, hazel etc. backing plus several types of oak as a belly is a good combination, and often easy accessable.

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where could i get a 80+ inch bamboo backing strip that is over 1 inch wide?
and thanks for the compliment, do you know if anyone has actually had the weight certifies for under 18, if not, ill think ill set the bar at hopefully 200, but realistically i'm hoping 170-180, then when older going for 210, i am now thinking that i will use a bamboo backed ipe bow 84 long including tips, what if i had a maple core bamboo back and ipe belly, that might take some strees off of the backing
PS" if you know anyone who wants to attempt to build a very heavy bow and have someone try it out, il volunteer ;D
thanks
noel

nidrinr:
..I have a 220#'er wytch elm, but it's allready sold/traded.. I have plans to make more bows this heavy, but I have 4 kids so I'm not working as fast as I want to :)

-I have a 150# osage soon ready for Eirik D, and I'm working on a 190#'er wytch elm for Gibbs. I also have some bows ranging from 120 to 170# that I will finish during spring. Hopefully I'll have time to make myself a bow soon too :)

Anyways, a maple core might be a good idea. They use maple as a core in hornbows between the horn and the sinew, so it should do god as a core in trilams. I wouldn't know where your closest boo supplier is, but it shouldn't be too hard to find.

What wood do you have access too? There must be some native wood you can use for warbows..?

Ian.:
I am looking forward to seeing more the of the wytch elm, when that 190 is done I would love to see pictures.   ;D

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