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simk:
what do you guys think - how far can I draw this bow before it explodes?
Its boo-backed-yew, tillered to 38# @ 26", 63.5"ntn

???

 :)

bassman211:
I wouldn't ruin a perfectly nice bow to find out, but it's your bow ,and your call. If your glue line holds maybe the low 30's, but that is nothing more than a wild guess. Be safe when you try it.

simk:
Bassman, this bow wasnt so nice. It was made from a crooked piece of bellywood. I did heat straighten a lot before glueup. While tillering all the twists came back. It was a pain to tiller and it hurt my heart to see all the heating work just slowly dissapear. Thats why I degraded this one to be experimental test bow. I always wanted to do this with a bow and this one now just was the right one. It was for maximised learning effect. .
Any more guesses? :)

Pat B:
You might be surprised how far it will bend but will it recover or will it develop lots of string follow.

mmattockx:
With a bamboo back and a yew belly I wouldn't be surprised to see it not blow at all and just crumple the belly up into massive compression failures.


Mark

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