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Warbows and String Follow
adb:
Set is set, and will reduce cast regardless of draw weight. Set is caused by over stressed limbs. A little bit of set (about 1") is good... it lets you know your limbs are not over built and too heavy. 3-4" of set will rob cast. I have many warbows, but one I just finished is a maple backed yew, 90#@30" with <1" of set. I have an older tri-lam warbow, hickory, bamboo, osage... 100#@30" with 4" of set. They both have a physical weight within a few grams of each other, but the yew bow consistently outshoots the tri-lam. I attribute that to set.
Steve Stratton of DIY Archery in the UK has made some very heavy self yew warbows with zero set. I believe he posted one here that was 160#, and it was pipe straight unstrung. Do a search... you'll find it.
But, as Del mentioned, are you talking set, or string follow?
WillS:
Thanks Del and Adb for posting, always good to hear from guys who have experience in this stuff!
Del, its good to know that your yew bow still chucks 'em out, makes me feel slightly better.
The reason I ask is because my two "best" yew bows both have a large amount of set. By best I mean they came out as I wanted, despite lots of trouble! I think the reason they have so much set with VERY little shooting (the bow i posted recently on here is pushing about 2-3 inches of set/string follow and has never been shot!) is down to my impatience. They came from the same tree and the wood had been cut almost a year and half ago, and left outside. When compared to the 3 - 5 years mentioned for good yew bows, thats nothing!
At least, i hope thats why, as compared to bad tillering or design. It may also be down to the wood quality (although the rings are dense) or too much heat straightening etc. I haven't made enough bows yet to blame anything but my lack of experience at this stage though.
Adb, I do remember seeing that, and I think it must be both Steve's skill and the fantastic quality Italian yew he uses for those monster bows that keeps the set down.
I guess I sort of wanted to be reassured that the set I've ended up with wouldn't be too detrimental, but I think I knew the answer really! Just adds more motivation to get the next bow even better!
AH:
--- Quote from: adb on May 14, 2013, 06:53:47 pm ---
Steve Stratton of DIY Archery in the UK has made some very heavy self yew warbows with zero set. I believe he posted one here that was 160#, and it was pipe straight unstrung. Do a search... you'll find it.
But, as Del mentioned, are you talking set, or string follow?
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This one?
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=9817.0
adb:
--- Quote from: Livefortheoutdoors on May 14, 2013, 10:05:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: adb on May 14, 2013, 06:53:47 pm ---
Steve Stratton of DIY Archery in the UK has made some very heavy self yew warbows with zero set. I believe he posted one here that was 160#, and it was pipe straight unstrung. Do a search... you'll find it.
But, as Del mentioned, are you talking set, or string follow?
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This one?
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=9817.0
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Yup... that's the one.
AH:
--- Quote from: adb on May 14, 2013, 11:44:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: Livefortheoutdoors on May 14, 2013, 10:05:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: adb on May 14, 2013, 06:53:47 pm ---
Steve Stratton of DIY Archery in the UK has made some very heavy self yew warbows with zero set. I believe he posted one here that was 160#, and it was pipe straight unstrung. Do a search... you'll find it.
But, as Del mentioned, are you talking set, or string follow?
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This one?
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php?topic=9817.0
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Yup... that's the one.
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I still can't get over how beautiful that bow is...
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