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Parnell:
Hey Bownarra, any shot at seeing a full draw of that red and black bow you did some time back? I don’t know that I ever saw one and was curious. I had read your post about putting together a book and was wondering if, for a first time builder, that type of design is a better entry point than a Turkish.
Do you have thoughts on this?
bownarra:
Yes sure i'll try and get a photo for you today. I've been meaning to plot some force/draw curves as well.
Yes I would recommend that design as a 'first go' hornbow. They shoot really well and don't suffer too much from instability. They are also fairly easy to put together and only need short sections of prefect wood.
bownarra:
Here is that picture.......finally!
Parnell:
Wow, interesting! Different profile than I had expect!
Thank you for posting that picture.
Gimlis Ghost:
Sycamore trees come in several forms. We had an ancient giant of a sycamore tree at the lower corner of our backyard when I was a youngster. It must have grown for centuries and been in the process of dying for decades.
When it finally gave up the ghost the tree rotted fairly quickly. The bare trunk was at least ten-twelve feet across, hard to estimate at this late date, and the core was soft punk. I widened a hole in one side and dug out a Keebler Elf style house inside it with windows peering out where lower limbs had broken away. It was big enough inside that three or more of us kids could sit there comfortably on seats cut out of the soft core wood.
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