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bambule:
Very nice - as ever…
I know a guy who builds Trilam-Bamboobows - Bamboo-Silk-Bamboo.
Silk as the midlayer online to avoid the torsion of the bamboo. And ist works…
Greetz
Cord
Pappy:
Beautiful work, love seeing your bows. :)
Pappy
M2A:
I like your idea of trying to source local wood. Make what you got work for you. You sure know how to tiller, those look great at FD.
Mike
mmattockx:
--- Quote from: simk on January 05, 2023, 02:21:44 am ---from my point of view the type of midlam has little to no influenece to energy storage and therefore the wood only needs to be light and pretty. maybe I'm totally wrong.
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You're not wrong. The core is doing very little work aside from holding the back and belly together and in shape and just needs to be strong enough to carry those forces. Using a heavy wood for the core is just going to hurt performance with unnecessary limb weight.
I forgot to ask, how do you do the lam glue up on these bows? Do you glue in reflex of any sort? Got any pics of your form(s)?
Mark
Selfbowman:
--- Quote from: simk on January 05, 2023, 02:21:44 am ---thanks for nice words everybody :)
lonbow: I know Brunos bow's - they are highlights of craftmanship. way to go....
about the midlam topic: imho its only function is to transfer the forces between back and belly. from that point of view I often wondered about bowyers using tough and heavy woods like cumaru, greenheart and even ipe as a midlam. I really dont think the additional stiffness of a certain midlam material will make any difference at the end of the day. from my point of view the type of midlam has little to no influenece to energy storage and therefore the wood only needs to be light and pretty. maybe I'm totally wrong.
I totally agree! What’s in the middle does nothing. So put the light stuff in that spot. 2 humble opinions. 🤠
cheers and good luck with your small forest :) (and dont forget to post more of your bows)
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