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I'm bending 2 Guava bows untill they break !!! ( pics)

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Hillbilly:
Have you noticed them taking on any more set after that torture?? damn, don't think I've ever seen a bow pulled anywhere near 42" :o

NOMADIC PIRATE:
Ho yeah, it took some set ;D ; ;D ;D ;D I'll take pictures

NOMADIC PIRATE:
....well, the selfbow broke a hair before 40


duffontap:
Finally!  that's quite a bend.  I don't think vine maple is that strong in tension.  I broke the bow pictured at just about 32". 

          J.  D. Duff  (real men break their bows by hand  ;D )

Marc St Louis:
Very interesting. You could tell it was going to break where it did. If you could have made the outer limb bend some it would have gone further

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