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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Stick Bender on December 15, 2015, 05:46:59 am

Title: Sudbury Trapazodal limbs
Post by: Stick Bender on December 15, 2015, 05:46:59 am

While finishing up the sinew on a maple short bow I'm making & letting it cure ,I decided to ruff out a new bow & decided to go with the sudbury design since I have always loved that bow since I first saw it, originaly I was thinking osage,but when I was in the shop yesterday going threw my staves there is a stave of perfectly strait Red hickory calling out to me ,I'm sudbury under this bark dummy, so when wood talks to me I listen (yes my wife is making a appointment at the shrink as we speak). But since I'm going with the original design wood ,I was thinking to go with the trapped back like the original but never tried it and only know what I have read TBB and so forth any thoughts ?  I'm just comming of a D bow faliure so my self esteem is kinda low, so if it's  over my skill level & to exsparmental  I would stick with the strait limbs this is my 5th bow build.

Title: Re: Sudbury Trapazodal limbs
Post by: PatM on December 15, 2015, 05:51:27 am

It's not a complicated step and it apparently helps balance the tensile versus compressive abilities of some woods.

Title: Re: Sudbury Trapazodal limbs
Post by: Selfbowman on December 15, 2015, 09:35:38 am

I am not familiar with this design I don't think . Could someone post a pic? Arvin probably showing my ignorance. Would not be the first time.

Title: Re: Sudbury Trapazodal limbs
Post by: BowEd on December 15, 2015, 09:40:27 am

I think the limb has a kinda willow leaf type top view profile.Pretty neat really.Could be wrong.I've never made them either.

Title: Re: Sudbury Trapazodal limbs
Post by: Stick Bender on December 15, 2015, 09:42:52 am

Here is a vid of the original

http://youtu.be/WCm6VNbITwU

Title: Re: Sudbury Trapazodal limbs
Post by: Selfbowman on December 15, 2015, 09:56:30 am

I could not tell was it rawhide baked? Thanks for the video. I like too look at different bow designs.

Title: Re: Sudbury Trapazodal limbs
Post by: Stick Bender on December 15, 2015, 10:43:08 am

Nope just a traped back !! Very interesting design to me !
Love at first site

Title: Re: Sudbury Trapazodal limbs
Post by: scp on December 15, 2015, 01:27:23 pm

I think it has the most natural curves for making a bow mainly by scraping. Trapping is usually just making back corners well round while keeping the belly flat with sharper corners.

Title: Re: Sudbury Trapazodal limbs
Post by: PaulN/KS on December 16, 2015, 01:53:17 pm

Dimensions and a great drawing of it can be found in Volume I of The Encyclopedia of native American Bows, Arrows an Quivers.
One of my favorite  style of bows too.

Title: Re: Sudbury Trapazodal limbs
Post by: Stick Bender on December 16, 2015, 02:13:31 pm

I love that book ! For a book that has few words I find my self looking at it 2 to 3 times a week.

Title: Re: Sudbury Trapazodal limbs
Post by: Springbuck on December 18, 2015, 11:46:22 am

  Seriously, trapping is not hard.  Make the bow like you are gonna, with a rectangle limb section, and then during early tillering, when the width is established, trap it a bit.