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Heavyweight Hickory, purpleheart, hickory tri-lam??

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toomanyknots:

--- Quote from: WillS on August 12, 2014, 04:43:30 pm ---I know nothing about lams, but I can't see why it wouldn't work.  You can get heavy self-warbows of hickory, so it can clearly do the job.  I guess if you keep the belly nice and flat you should be fine.

Hopefully TooManyKnots will spot this and help out - he's a genius when it comes to heavy lams.

Good luck, either way!

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Ha! Thats a good joke Will! Almost snorted beer on my computer screen,  ;). Someone calling me a genius at anything, that's a first,  ;D. You know who I miss though which was a real pro at these bows was Jaro, he hasn't posted here or paleoplanet for years.

adb:
OK... fair enough. I'll amend my comment. Any bows I've made, using hickory as belly wood (especially high crowned ELBs) have sucked. Excessive set being the biggest culprit. IMO, it just works better as a tension wood, and there are so many better choices for belly wood. Each his own.

WillS:

--- Quote from: toomanyknots on August 18, 2014, 04:31:15 pm ---
Ha! Thats a good joke Will! Almost snorted beer on my computer screen,  ;). Someone calling me a genius at anything, that's a first,  ;D. You know who I miss though which was a real pro at these bows was Jaro, he hasn't posted here or paleoplanet for years.

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Dude, without blowing smoke, you're the guy I consider to be properly talented at these things on here.  I'd take advice/info from you and a select few others  on lam warbows over most anybody.

Jaro still posts on Facebook and in the ewbs forums.  He came down to the latest ewbs shoot a few weeks ago to help Mark Stretton with his venison spitroast....! super nice guy despite being shattered from traveling for days.  Him and Thimo were amazing to read from on PP.

icu812:
I went with it. I didn't end up doing traditional "warbow" dimensions or design but hope no one minds if I share the info anyway. 3/16 Hick, 1/4 PH, 1/2 hick (belly lam became less than 3/8 after tiller). It worked out great as far as I can tell.  Pretty effortless build (if there was such a thing). Gonna shoot the snot out of it for a month and try to harvest a whitetail with it this Sept.

Its a pyramid. 1.75" fades to 3/8 nocks. Approx 0.75" thick throughout limb. 4" long by 1.25" wide bendy handle with 2" fades. Came out to 90#@28". Took just under 1" set immediately after shooting in. It launches 'em like rockets.  Just got the finish done last night so I'll post pics tonight if I get some time. Thanks for the advice everyone!

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