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Hickory bow build.
PEARL DRUMS:
Tough problem, but not unlikely with sinew and hickory. Both are tension monsters. That poor belly is in for a battle, I would think. I vote for a boo belly. Horn is nice, but heavy and will probably not help the mediocre performance you speak of.
That's my .0314287 cents :)
superdav95:
Arvin I’ll weigh it and let you know. Ive started prepping for the horn already but prior to that it weight about 690grams. The tips and handle could be slimmed down a bit yet I think too. I would say finished out it would have been around 650grams. Now with the horn it’ll be closer to 750-800grams. The bow I did last year similar to this build was around there for weight. It shot around 195-197 at 10gpp. So close! I had some readings at 203fps with 400grain carbon arrow.
Bj I think I’m gonna go with the horn laminate on the belly. I’ll get it set up today and post some pics.
superdav95:
--- Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on March 16, 2023, 11:26:28 am ---Tough problem, but not unlikely with sinew and hickory. Both are tension monsters. That poor belly is in for a battle, I would think. I vote for a boo belly. Horn is nice, but heavy and will probably not help the mediocre performance you speak of.
That's my .0314287 cents :)
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That’s funny PD. I was up late last night debating this and cut and prepped a set of boo slats as well as horn slats. Trying to decide I figured I would decide this am. I am gonna go horn as I know I can still scrape a bit to fine tune tiller. The boo I’ve done too with great results but it is trickier to get tiller right with belly lam. I hate scraping too much of the power fibers off to fine tune. Yes the weight increase with horn is an issue but it’s pretty elastic and tough. Horns is a known match mate with sinew and wood core. I literally just decided this before seeing your post.
Thanks for your input.
PEARL DRUMS:
Good thought. Boo would limit the tweaking you are able to do. Maybe the compression strength of the horn will add enough performance that the extra mass it adds is negated? You could very well end up with a rocket ship :) Hope you do!
bjrogg:
--- Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on March 16, 2023, 12:19:26 pm ---Good thought. Boo would limit the tweaking you are able to do. Maybe the compression strength of the horn will add enough performance that the extra mass it adds is negated? You could very well end up with a rocket ship :) Hope you do!
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Well you two both know way more about this than I do. Don’t let my vote make you go against your better judgement.
I have never done anything with sinew backing or horn belly but I do know it is a very durable combination and you have experience with it.
I’m thinking that the horn would probably be pretty thin yet? Are you going to try for a heavier draw weight?
Bjrogg
PS I’m still thinking it’s going to be a rocket launcher too. Still routing for you. And have my respect for sharing the details of this build as it goes
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