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bit of a puzzle, thoughts please

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DPGladius:
stuckinthemud, I like the shape of your bow. It re-curves are not as aggressive as the drawing, but it is hard to tell from the drawing.

During my crossbow builds, I had many failures trying to get a short bow to draw far enough to get good power. My final results relied on laminated oak and hickory 1/16 inch thick. A total of 6 I think. These were glued in a jig adding de-flex and reflex at the tips. The crossbow string only has slight tension at brace height, This allows it to remain strung all the time. This also allows to wood to start working when drawn which is what I needed to get an 11 inch draw length.

I added a picture of two failed attempts using a solid wood bow.

David

organic_archer:
I saw Clay Hayes recently dropped an all-wood crossbow build using yew on the Tube. I haven’t watched it because I don’t personally care about crossbows, but you might find some inspiration in it. He knows his stuff.

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