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6 piece Asiatic style bamboo bow
superdav95:
Thanks Ed. Good advise. Will do.
superdav95:
Update on a new build of this style of bamboo bow. Not really sure what to call these other then a self laminated bamboo bow maybe…. Anyway… here a few pics of new build which is a complete ea40 glue up with integrated power lam for handle and limb tips for offer more surface area for glue up of v notch for siyahs into top (outer) lam. The power lams and Siyahs are black walnut I had left over from a different project. Other then that it’s pretty similar dimensions is other two in the pic. I had to make a bunch of little 2” concave sections of scrap bamboo lined with leather to get clamp tight enough to ensure tight glue lines. I’ll make an inflatable laminated press one day but for now this worked. I just clamped it every 2-3” or so. Glue up seemed to go fine. I put a small section of Buffalo horn on the handle section for asthetics. I’ll clean it up bit more and post some results.
You can see the difference in reflex of the three bows. The bottom one is the first successful test subject of the self laminated boo and the middle is the new build I just finished glueing up. Still has green tape on it. The top one is the sinewed version I posted pics of earlier in this post. It still has some drying to do. I had a string on there for about 3-4 weeks while it dried. I’m happy with the amount of reflex the sinew held.
Thanks for following along
Sorry first pic is upside down! You get the idea…
Cheers
superdav95:
More pics…
Bob Barnes:
wow... just wow. :) That sinew backed version looks like you might need one of those stringing jigs to get a string on it. It also looks like a rocket launcher. It will be fun to see them strung, tillered, and shooting side by side. Well done! :OK
superdav95:
--- Quote from: Bob Barnes on April 19, 2022, 03:21:53 pm ---wow... just wow. :) That sinew backed version looks like you might need one of those stringing jigs to get a string on it. It also looks like a rocket launcher. It will be fun to see them strung, tillered, and shooting side by side. Well done! :OK
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Thankyou sir. I’m hoping for good things for the sinew backed one based on my positive results with the first one. It will take a little more effort to get strung up I believe.
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