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simk:
Thank you sleek. Of course the belly on this on is substantially wider than the back - this didnt kept it from breaking down a little from initial performance. Imho every wooden bow breaks down a little before setteling in. This one just felt little like a dragster racing on which you have to replace engine for every run. Sure was very interesting to build on the very edge.
This bow now is given a second life as a target bow,....as suggested by you. It fully fullfilled its purpose as an object of study and was a great teacher.
I will make a new one, a better one, and if you like it it will shoot the 2023 contest. Thank you so much and best regards. Wish you success in September!
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sleek:
--- Quote from: simk on July 22, 2022, 07:46:56 am ---Thank you sleek. Of course the belly on this on is substantially wider than the back - this didnt kept it from breaking down a little from initial performance. Imho every wooden bow breaks down a little before setteling in. This one just felt little like a dragster racing on which you have to replace engine for every run. Sure was very interesting to build on the very edge.
This bow now is given a second life as a target bow,....as suggested by you. It fully fullfilled its purpose as an object of study and was a great teacher.
I will make a new one, a better one, and if you like it it will shoot the 2023 contest. Thank you so much and best regards. Wish you success in September!
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I am standing by to watch your progress :) I think you made the right call on turning it into a target bow. I wish I knew more about composite bows, I would love to help you out, but you probably know more than me. Especially on getting those fantastic glue lines.
Feel free to shoot me a message if you ever want to chat.
simk:
Thanks Sleek! I will pm you then.
The gluelines of course also are a learning process. For this one I used rubberband only. Sometimes I combine rubberband and clamps. Most important of course is preparation of the glue surfaces, the right tools and machinery can help.
Before tillering it down now I shot 10gpp from the machine. I got 191fps @27" draw. Its not overly fast....not much faster than my laminated longbows...but these then only do around 200-210 with the light arrows @28". Cant really extrapolate speeds from 10gpp to lower arroweights...this more seems a question of design; shorter bows seem to get more speed on light arrows, but thats nothing new :) ...better dry fire speed :) the other big factor of course is early string tension aka reflex and a little design and weight reduction. Close to centershot isn't a bad thing either.Jm2c.
Cheers
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