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Offline mikaluger (Mick Kay)

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Tri Lam ELB......
« on: August 29, 2014, 09:26:05 am »
Had this stave in the corner of my garage for a year or so.......it started as a 72" Warbow experiment, but the Malas on the belly chrylas on the bottom limb. It was pulling 90 odd pound at 30" but it was too harsh to draw, and the tiller was rubbish. I thought a couple of weeks ago I could make something of this stave.

The bow was too stiff in the handle, this is why the bottom limb developed Fractures, my fault, so I reduced the handle width down to 29mm from 35mm, 150mm either side of centre, and to relieve the limbs even more, I flattened the D profile of the belly from the handle evenly following the tapers to the tips, leaving the already rounded sides and crowned back. I was hoping that this would remove two the fracture marks, I was surprised at how deep they were, and re tillered.

I now have a Malas,Wenge,Hickory ELB. 72"NtN, 60lb @ 28". Bow has just under 1" of set.
This is now one of the best shooting ELB's I have made, It is light, manageable and shoots where I look. Gonna shoot it tomorrow a Local shoot.
There are still remnants of 2 little fractures on the bottom limb but as the bows profile and mass has been reduced, so has the stress on that spot and so does not appear to be getting any worse. I shall keep an eye on it over the weekend.

Offline mikaluger (Mick Kay)

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Re: Tri Lam ELB......
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2014, 09:27:12 am »
Last few....

Offline Knoll

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Re: Tri Lam ELB......
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2014, 10:58:38 am »
That bow style is sooooo, what's the word?  SVELTE!  Yeah, svelte.
Congrats on the stave rescue.
Nice quiver too!   ;)

Michael
... alone in distant woods or fields, in unpretending sproutlands or pastures tracked by rabbits, even in a bleak and, to most, cheerless day .... .  I suppose that this value, in my case, is equivalent to what others get by churchgoing & prayer.  Hank Thoreau, 1857

Offline DarkSoul

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Re: Tri Lam ELB......
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2014, 04:48:42 pm »
Nice save :) That tiller looks great at the moment. And a more manageable weight too.
There is some dangerous grain run off in that hickory backing, but this once again shows that hickory is tough as nails. What's the belly wood? I've never heard of "malas". Do you have a scientific name for me?
The wenge core intrigues me as well. I rarely see it being used in bows. How do you rate it as core wood? Was it okay to work with?
"Sonuit contento nervus ab arcu."
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mikekeswick

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Re: Tri Lam ELB......
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2014, 05:01:35 am »
I thought the same when I saw that backing! Tick tick boom at some point! You could also get the middle moving some more when you look at where the set is.
Good save though!