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An experimental warbow
markinengland:
Simon,
Yes, the central lam only thickens the centre of the bow. I think the depth of the ipe belly stave is enough to not need a full length tapered lam. I'll see when I take the bow out the clamps.
Mark
markinengland:
Well, eperimental warbow 2 is now in the tillering process.
Here are a few pics.
Here is the new bow in the clamps.
Here is a pretty bad picture showing the central tapered lam to stiffen the mid part of the bow.
Here is the bow on the tiller with a long string.
The bow seems plenty stiff enough. I think it will be fun tillering this one as the reflexed areas are stiff the handle is stiff and the bit in between isn't so much. I put on some temporary bulletwood nocks to allow me to put a tillering string on. I have done a little more wood removal and tidying up and the bow is just about ready to get to a low brace height. The bullet wood between the bamboo and ipe looks quite nice but the bulletwood nokcs look a little tarty to my eyes, like it is wearing lipstick instead of the normal conservative black horn!
Mark in England
markinengland:
Well, I made a stringer from my old tillering string and made a mighty new tillering string. 20 strands of BCY 450plus should be strong enough for anything I will make.
At last I have been able to string the bow at a low brace height.
I can see that there is a slight weak spot around mid limb on one limb but overall the shape looks OK. Remove wood from the rest of the bow and see how it goes from there. The bow feels very strong at the moment but I haven't had a chance to put it on the tiller and see what weight it is. I feel I am building muscle just stringing it!
I think I will enjoy this.
Mark in England
markinengland:
This is where the bow is at the moment.
The centre and outer limbs still need some wood taken off to weak areas in the mid limbs due to tapers, reflex, central lam etc.
Mark in England
Marc St Louis:
Looking good Mark. You got your work cut out there :)
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