Primitive Archer

Sorry for the extra comment: I´m watching your bow and reading again not in a hurry this time and what I see here is amazing; this is a master piece. Congratulations.
It seems to  have been born as a deflex-reflex one; better for drawing it with the speed ventatge near tips.
Thanks for your answer.

Asking for a friend... What's 'ASL'?

American Style Long bow. The back profile described by sleek is very close to this design.


Mark

I’m with Eric. I’ve tried a shave horse but not a fan. I prefer a bench vise with wood and leather jaws. I made a portable bench the vise is mounted to. Mainly since I can’t do heavy wood removal and put oomph behind a draw knife with a shave horse. I think this picture shows the bench well enough. Just throwing your the info for another option. Nothing wrong with a horse, just doesn’t work for me.

Kyle

Thanks guys, I appreciate the help. I’m gonna draw up some plans and then go for it. Hoping to make a relatively portable one as I’m moving a lot at the moment. Hopefully something I can keep in my car.

I agree. So, my point being that a perfect pyramid can not be built, so modifications must be made. In my opinion, these are the best ones to make.

Fair enough. My opinion is that following the theoretical pyramid taper and using levers at the end is the best way to go. I can get circular tiller for all of the working limb with constant thickness and stiff tips (which are desirable, IMO), which is a lot easier to tiller than the ASL profile. Either way will certainly give you a decent bow in the end.

Sleek that’s s what I was saying about making the pyramid wider at the fades.

You are correct on this, Arvin. Extra width on the pyramid shape costs almost nothing in extra limb weight but will help keep set at bay.


Mark