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Hazel longbow, 100# @ 28"
Hawkdancer:
Paracord is actually parachute cord, it is stretchy to absorb the shock of a 200 # plus jumper and his/her equipment at the opening of the parachute. Really great stuff! For trivia, the standard US military chute has 26 suspension lines, each 550# test, cargo chutes many more. You might try a couple strands of lawn mower pull cord, it does' stretch so much, but I haven't the experience to do more than throw out an idea.
Hawkdancer
FilipT:
--- Quote from: Hawkdancer on November 21, 2017, 10:49:18 am ---You might try a couple strands of lawn mower pull cord, it does' stretch so much, but I haven't the experience to do more than throw out an idea.
Hawkdancer
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Have tried that, didn't work much. Comes already as a rope and has a stretch but doesn't break.
FilipT:
--- Quote from: WillS on November 21, 2017, 10:41:26 am ---Keep it simple. Get rid of all the tricks and the rings and the belts etc.
You're just making a bow.
Make one string that has a bowyers knot at one end, so you can set the right length. Make another string to use as a stringer. Brace the bow high enough that the tips aren't pulling the string apart, but are being pulled downwards. I personally always go to full brace height immediately, but that's up to you. The lower the brace height, the more the string will want to stretch.
We're talking primitive weapons here. Always have that in mind and you'll be fine.
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I did went for a full brace height, but something is not right, string just settled against the belly. Luckily I finally can brace the bow and as I soon my paypal activates I am buying FF spool.
WillS:
Are you pre-stretching your string? They all have stretch in them, it has to be removed by pre-stretching once the string has been finished.
Can you post some pics of the string you've just made?
FilipT:
I will post pictures tomorrow. Also, I think I realized for real this time what is wrong with string. It's a bit about material but mostly about my technique. I made stupid mistake while making it. Lets just say that I didn't twist properly and these twists don't function properly.
Not sure if it's smart to untwist the whole thing and start over, might be a bit hard to separate bundles.
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