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string material
stuckinthemud:
Although 30 would be nice, 28 inch is the target draw length; my normal draw is 26.
Lucasade:
I've got a big spool of linen so I hope it's okay for warbow strings... ::)
toomanyknots:
If it's 65", than aren't you gonna have like 63" nock to nock at the most? That's pretty darn short for a heavy bow. I wouldn't try for a heavy bow myself from such a short stave. As for linen, if it's good stuff it will work, but the quality can vary a lot I find. I buy my stuff from firework stores online, they seem to have a better standard for the linen they sell than fabric stores, and usually will advertise the breaking strength. I actually did a 100# bow with b50, it was ridiculous. The string was probably over 4" shorter than the nock to nock length, and about broke my back trying to brace it. At the time it was either that or some really crappy quality linen I got from a fabric store, and the crappy linen ended working better (after I broke about 3 strings of it, :) )
son of massey:
The weight is not going to be throttled by the length. You can make a short bow that pulls 160#...just at a relatively shorter draw length. And there is nomenclature to think about as calling a short bow a long bow seems counterintuitive. But none of that says much about what the weight of the bow is allowed to be.
To the original question I would agree that linen of FF is going to be better than B50, although I tend to think that is the case across the board not just for warbows.
Let us know how the bow comes out. Are you making a recreation true to specs? The article I saw suggested that it may have been modified in the intervening years since it was first made. I would be curious if you gain any insight into whether or not that looks like the case or if it turns out just fine as is.
SOM
stuckinthemud:
Not a completely true replica, the stave is holly and the dimensions for width and depth have been reduced by about 10% as it is my first attempt at a heavy bow, am also very interesteds in how it will turn out!
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