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Turbo! Longbow
willie:
quite nice!
the black belly lam is horn? details please....thickness? taper? fauxhorn?
simk:
no thickness taper apart of the boo willie! You want to see it hinge fade to midlimb after glueup. rest is being tillered by hand. 8) buffalo horn. most of the tillering is mainly done by the sides and fine tillering by bevelling the belly edges some. With horn even a mediocre tiller is good enough. Critical part is the boo, if you do not sinew. horn is more kryptonite than wood. But sinew would slow it down and create handshock at that length. I have a thickness sander and can get my lams pretty precise. that helps a lot. By changing woods in the grip area I can vary physical mass from 430-600 gramms. Made them up to 45# drawweight. 50# should be possible safe. Wouldn't bet for much more (without sinew) - its maxed out. But my goal is to make lower drawweights shoot well.
thanks dave!
willie:
thanks Simk
hoping for a full draw pic to see how much outer half bends
simk:
willie: well, latlely didn't come round often for a fulldraw pic...cought a tennis elbow hauling yew (R just to get an idea...random pic from tillering process...and its not taking set...hahaahaha....
willie:
thats quite a bit of bend on the inner half, thanks for adding the pics
bog ash .... so long time
has the timber been underwater long? from a northern country?
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