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Yeomanbowman:
--- Quote from: Ian. on March 04, 2012, 12:39:36 am ---This bow has loads of early draw weight, I will make another Ipe bow whip tillered to compare, but I think for the arrows that it will shoot its about right.
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And loads of late draw weight ;)
That's a sweet bow Ian and I know you can fully shoot it too! I agree that a few chased down growthrings of ash is easily capable of holding this weight of bow together and it's so readily available. I send it though the thicknesser, chased ring down to 7mm. I'd trust it as much as 1/4 sawn hickory but I don't know about maple personally.
Have you used parallel tapers in the core? I'm not sure tapering does much at these weights.
Jeremy
Ian.:
Thanks Jeremy, we shall see soon I guess. I bought a planer/thicknesser only recently its been a revelation, though I never go for fancy combinations. The core of this one is a parallel 9mm, I make the core as big as possible allowing for thin tips.
adb - I do think maple with handle the tension fine, I have used if before on bows up to 110lb and the quality I used wasnt that good. With good grained 1/4 sawn wood or again single growth ring it will have no trouble. Something I tend to do on a back, and I don't know if you do too, is take the edge off at an angle where you can just see the core wood on the edges; I will see if I can get a picture. Like the typical MR shape it puts more pressure on the back and generally makes a quicker/safer bow.
Ian.:
Just an update on this bow Standard arrow 266 yards, Livery 254 yards. Pretty happy with these distances though I think I will go for a lighter bow next time.
http://www.englishwarbowsociety.com/DonningtonFlightResults2012_EN.html
Del the cat:
Impressive.
Some interesting results there, I'd like to see that 140# @ 32" Hazel bow!
Del
Ian.:
There were some very good Meane bows there, Joe's Plum bow was very special. Are you able to make it to Batsford Del?
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