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Badger:
Mark, that very well could work. Worth a shot I think. The center arera that is bending at 65# is just responding to the draw weight and I think has nothing to do with the tips being strong. What kind of width to thicness ratio do you have in the handle area of the bow now? I would not go past 1 to 1 for sure. Steve

markinengland:
Steve,
The width at the handle is one and one eighth, the depth seven eighths. That gives me a quarter of an inch to play with!
A bamboo backing could be made to be thick at the handle (though not across the whole of the back) but thinner as it goes towars the tips becoming almost a feather edge at the tips. I could give the handle area a degree of reflex and leave the rest basically as it is. This may even things up somewhat as well as unintentionally allow me to try adding a second backing.
Mark

Rich Saffold:
Mark,What if you built up the grip area, and do what Steve said? You should have enough wood there for 90#'s  Have a rigid grip and get the midlimbs working a bit more. Check out the bow I posted on the general forum. It's the same basic idea with a rigid grip.

Rich

markinengland:
Rich,
Thanks for posting your bows. Very nice.
I have now glued on a boo backing and given the central handle area some back set. We'll see what it loooks like when it is cleaned up. A learning experience again!
Mark

Rich Saffold:
Experimenting is the fun part. We all have a bow we can hunt with ;D

Rich

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