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How to make a lower poundage, yet full size English longbow?
willie:
Sam, do you know for sure how much you can pull? How tall are you?
if you want to make a bow that works, sorta like a warbow, you might be able to find some something at the lumberyard easy.
Sammakesbows:
--- Quote from: willie on June 12, 2020, 10:09:55 pm ---Sam, do you know for sure how much you can pull? How tall are you?
if you want to make a bow that works, sorta like a warbow, you might be able to find some something at the lumberyard easy.
--- End quote ---
Im just under 5'7"
Im pretty sure i could use maple or something and heat treat the belly. My questions was just hypothetical.
Del the cat:
I don't think it can be done!
If you take a specific Mary Rose bow as the size and shape you want and make it from different woods, rather than simply being lighter, the belly will probably chrysal, take a load of set and possibly break whilst still being quite a high draw weight.
One problem is you don't define your terms... what do you mean by lower poundage? 50# 40# ?
I must admit I'd like to see Pat B's suggestion of a MR bow made of balsa to see what it did :)
Del
Badger:
I used to make a lot of ELBs from cherry backed with white or red oak. Attractive and dimensions are pretty decent at 1 1/4 wide for 50# bow around 70" long.
Marc St Louis:
ERC will make a physically larger bow for a given draw weight
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