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6 piece Asiatic style bamboo bow
Bob Barnes:
I like the look...it would be interesting to see how much weight it added and what the effect was on cast...and then how well it hold's up after lots of bending/shooting. Great idea. :OK
superdav95:
Thanks man. Ya I think time will tell on this. The leaves were not so brittle that they broke apart on me when wrapping them on the limb. I saturated them with lots of glue then skimmed off the excess. I’ll measure the weight when applying it to the actual bow and see what difference if any it makes. Should be interesting anyway. Thanks for looking.
superdav95:
So I decided to go for on the bow after testing the idea out on a old test piece. It turned out good I think. It added about 12 grams weight after all the coats of glue and a couple coats of spar urethane. In a couple days I’ll string it up and shoot it to see how it does. Let me know what you guys think of this. Just something I’ve wanted to try for a while.
Bob Barnes:
That was fast...I always wait a week or two before spraying finish just to make sure the glue and other materials are completely dry. I hope this works like you want, and can't wait to hear/see the results. It does look good. :OK
superdav95:
Thanks bob. The titebond 3 dried overnight for me and then I laid it out in the sun for the day before applying the spar. I find that titebond dries pretty well for me in a day or so. Gonna let that dry a few days and should be good. It’s dry to the touch now but it takes longer to dry throughly. I may apply a Matt finish spray when it’s done drying I’ll wait and see. I’ll get it strung up then and fling some arrows through it and post results.
Thanks for looking
Cheers
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