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non-traditional trad bow.
pierce_schmeichel:
Yeah if I'm going for a 31" draw under 60" i would make it a bendy handle bow that is 50"ntn with 1.5 layers of sinew staying 4" from the tips with the sinew. And the woods i would use would either be American Elm or Osage because of their high elasticity.
I am very much a sucker for juniper but juniper in this situation would blow up. I mean you could do a 60" bow and get a 30" draw but that's just too big of a bow to me...I also only have a 24" draw length so I sick to 48" and under for my bow lengths.
And aesthetics are definitely a factor, I hear ya. Without a handle bows tend to just look like a stick or a toy, but I have very much grown to like them! You can make them suuuper small. If I'm making a sinew backed osage or elm bow it only needs to be 40"ntn and I can still get my full 24" draw. Practically speaking i just love the small form factor.
superdav95:
--- Quote from: pierce_schmeichel on November 05, 2024, 03:20:50 pm ---Yeah if I'm going for a 31" draw under 60" i would make it a bendy handle bow that is 50"ntn with 1.5 layers of sinew staying 4" from the tips with the sinew. And the woods i would use would either be American Elm or Osage because of their high elasticity.
I am very much a sucker for juniper but juniper in this situation would blow up. I mean you could do a 60" bow and get a 30" draw but that's just too big of a bow to me...I also only have a 24" draw length so I sick to 48" and under for my bow lengths.
And aesthetics are definitely a factor, I hear ya. Without a handle bows tend to just look like a stick or a toy, but I have very much grown to like them! You can make them suuuper small. If I'm making a sinew backed osage or elm bow it only needs to be 40"ntn and I can still get my full 24" draw. Practically speaking i just love the small form factor.
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Yes the small size is appealing to me to give it a go for experiment with. Thanks for the ideas
mmattockx:
I love watching your experiments, Dave. Always very interesting and well thought out.
How wide are the limbs? They will have two pieces of bamboo laminated together to form the full thickness?
Mark
Selfbowman:
Dave I’m not sure I understand this bow build. But you have to have fades in the limbs at the attachment points if not it will hinge there. Been there done that.
superdav95:
--- Quote from: mmattockx on November 05, 2024, 11:31:21 pm ---I love watching your experiments, Dave. Always very interesting and well thought out.
How wide are the limbs? They will have two pieces of bamboo laminated together to form the full thickness?
Mark
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thanks mark.. ya the limbs are about 2-2 1/8" wide just out of the riser and taper from there. its only one piece of bamboo for each limb. no laminations. its basically the same as my other builds instead with deflex instead of reflex. limbs are heat treated the same and fixed to the riser the same.
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