150# recurve

[Marc St Louis]

I talked about such a bow about 10 years ago http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,54972.msg746709.html#msg746709. At the time I wasn't interested in making it but I did get around to building one, after the guy couldn't find anyone to make it for him, but never got around to posting pictures.  There is no full draw image but here are a couple pictures





The bow was 150# @ 30" and made out HHB backed with Maple.  It was a "crazy" build and not something I would recommend.  The string tension at brace was nuts.  Here is a picture as I was tillering it drawn to 29"

[Selfbowman]

Fantastic build! I hate building heavy bows! I can’t pull them back, strain myself stringing them and not knowing where to start on tiller. I have some draw weights written on my tillering board for a hundred pound long bow from one I’ve made but still not a lot of fun.

[Badger]

Wow! Have you gotten any reports back on the bow?

[Marc St Louis]

Yes heavy bows are not pleasant to build

No never heard back from him after I sent it to him

[bjrogg]

Thanks for sharing Marc. Your bends always look perfect. I would love to have one of your bows , but not that one.lol  I’m sure that was a struggle to get to first brace. And second, third, ect.

Really good to see your work again. Always gives me something to aim for.

Bjrogg

[superdav95]

Ya that’s crazy nice.  Not that I could shoot it either but it looks very well made for certain.  A special stringer is a must to get this beast strung up.  Looks like a great bow for flight record maybe.  Good to see your bows here. 

[Pappy]

Very nice work Marc, glad I don't have to do the testing and shooting it in though.
 Pappy

[RyanY]

What a beast! Looks so similar to the bows you make in that style. How long was it and how wide were the limbs?

[Robert Pougnier]

Wow that is serious. I can't imagine how fast that would shoot with the right arrow and the incredible hulk to pull the bow!

[sleek]

Goodness, how much set did it take? Do you remember its dimensions, id like to build a replica of it for flight.

[Tuomo]

Nice bow!

The interesting part is the backing. Why maple instead of hickory or bamboo? What species did you use, and what kind of backing slat – sugar maple, a single growth ring, or something else?

[Del the cat]

The images all say "Content not available in your region"
I've had it on other posts too... I want to see Marc's bow!
 
Del

[Eric Krewson]

I had a few requests for higher poundage bows over the years but nothing over 65#, that is why I started putting double nock grooves on the top limb an a wider one the bottom limb, so I could  could use a simple cord bow stringer to string those bows when they were first strung up at probably 75#+ pounds. At first I left the overlay chunky and filed it down to one groove as I finished the bow. Later I started incorporating the second groove in the finished bow as a way for the owners to easily and safely string their bow with a two loop piece of parachute cord.

A chunky stringing groove that has almost been filed away and one on my later bows;

[simk]

massive 

well done!

[jameswoodmot]

The images all say "Content not available in your region"
I've had it on other posts too... I want to see Marc's bow!
 
Del

Got to get yourself a VPN! I’m using surfshark. Think it’s about £1.60 a month. Pretty easy to do, just google surfshark and download it and follow the instructions it gives you


Incredible bow, Mark. What are the dimensions of it?