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Another World Record!
adb:
--- Quote from: WillS on April 17, 2014, 02:16:16 pm ---Well I found it, far easier than I thought.
http://www.veoh.com/watch/v15536356yKc73mEf?h1=Ghosts+of+the+Mary+Rose
Skip forward to 16:39 minutes in. And enjoy the EWBS shooting, drool over Steve's beautiful work of art, and check out the medical scan of Mark Stretton.
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Brilliant video!!
gianluca100:
@adb: thanks for this clarification about the linen strings. I'd be interested in how your strings are made and look, but I perfectly unterstand if you don't have the patience to show and tell your methods.
When I make a linen string I proceed pretty much like the way it's described in the TBB by Tim Baker:
First I break several samples of one strand to determine the strength. Then I calculate the bow weight times 5 and divide the figure by the breaking strenght of one strand. That gives the total amount of strands that I have to use.
Then by dividing the needed number of strands into subplies and by turning them togehter I make a small rope. In the end I splice a loop on each end of the string (I don't like the timber hitch).
It's absolutely clear that I use only the best linen I can find (barbours or so) and I wax the strands very well.
The only way to go thinner wqould be lower the safety factor. Let's say from 5 to 3. So a string for a 120 pounder would have the breaking strenght of 360 pounds only. How strong was your string?
ciao,
gian-luca
Badger:
If you can recomend a good brand of linen I don't mind paying the price. I have struggled with this for years now. I have problem with bow that have a lot of string tension at brace.
toomanyknots:
--- Quote from: Badger on April 18, 2014, 05:55:57 pm --- If you can recomend a good brand of linen I don't mind paying the price. I have struggled with this for years now. I have problem with bow that have a lot of string tension at brace.
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I buy my linen from pyro supplies, you should be able to google it.
Hrothgar:
Definitely impressive! And the the width of the bow too!
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