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Pappy:
jkekoni,why woud you say that,I am always interested in something I haven't seen before,love to see it.As I stated I haven't seen one that don't mean it hasn't been done or it won't work. :)
   Pappy

jkekoni:
Here it goes!

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jkekoni:
And the tiller should look like this.

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adb:
Hi,
Poopey. Cedar will make a perfectly serviceable bow, but you have to back it. I've done several with hickory and maple backings, and they are fine bows. I agree that it will not make much of a self bow, but there are much better options for that. Find a nice quarter sawn board with straifgt grain and no knots (yes, it is possible), and you're away.

jkekoni:
The design above is based on commercial wood data and some rules of thumb, combined with
simulation model.

The rules of thumb apply well on typical hardwoods, but I am somewhat cautious how well they apply on softwoods,
however I do not think they should be far off.

I have build one bow with the above design program:


It was bulletwood and considerably smaller that what i suggested for WRC.
(something to do with the fact that Bulletwood weigths about 3 times that of WRC).

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