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Black cherry recommendations, And boom she goes
Del the cat:
Sorry... but it beggars belief!
Here's a summary of the story so far:-
Ask for recommendations regarding wood.
Everyone says, it isn't suitable and will fail.
Bow fails.
Now some people start poring over the subtleties of the tiller ::)
Del (slaps forehead and exits stage left)
PS. I'm just try to save Mo Coon catcher getting lured into wasting his time having another go with unsuitable wood.
Stringman:
Now that's the summary I been waiting on!! ;D ;D
WillS:
Subtleties of tiller?! What?!
That's like telling somebody a yew bow won't work, and when they make it with the wrong section and tiller a hinge into it and the bow breaks going "yep, told you so."
Two people said they didn't think it would work. Others have offered suggestions on how to make it work. That's a long shot from "everyone says it will fail."
Jaro has written on black cherry "It might be worth experimenting to see how good it is in tension to make a low stressed warbow design, as longbows in sporting weights (around 50#) made from this wood, outshoot everything else - including laminates."
Stringman:
Well, I wasn't tryin to start an argument and generally avoid saying "I told ya so", but 100# is hardly a low stressed war bow. Moreover, just because only 2 people posted that it wouldn't work, it might still ring as a consensus if all were polled.
I'd like to point out that nobody is telling anyone what to do, but when he asked our recommendation he kinda was wanting our opinion. Jus sayin.
And if anyone else starts a cherry bow build and asks "what do you think?" I will hold to my convictions that it is not a proper bow wood. Brittle, prone to chrysal and likely to fail before completion. I'd almost take odds on that bet.
WillS:
Perhaps I'm stubborn, but I've always believed that if a species of wood can make a 50lb bow, it can make a 150lb bow if treated properly ;D
The majority a few years ago said hazel would never go above 50lb, and yet two bowyers took it to 160lb when they completely reversed the cross section. Same with holly, and a fair while ago with ash. You still get people today insisting ash needs heat treatment and a heavily trapped back to make a decent bow, which is fundamentally incorrect! It's about trying new things, and seeing what happens.
If nobody pushes the boat out and gets crazy, we'd all be sat reading the same out of date rubbish on forums doing nothing new ;)
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