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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: eastcreekarchery on October 28, 2020, 02:15:47 pm

Title: Cedar bow designs?
Post by: eastcreekarchery on October 28, 2020, 02:15:47 pm

What designs work well for cedar? I'm looking to making a shorter bow with short drawlength. any ideas?

Title: Re: Cedar bow designs?
Post by: Mafort on October 28, 2020, 02:28:40 pm

I’d do a western California style bow

Title: Re: Cedar bow designs?
Post by: gutpile on October 28, 2020, 02:57:24 pm

I sinew backed a 58" 2" wide at fades 1 3/4 mid to 1/2 tip...flipped tips...4 inch handle 1 1/2 fades... 46@27... came out really nice.. very light in hand... gut

Title: Re: Cedar bow designs?
Post by: Pat B on October 28, 2020, 05:24:33 pm

What kind of cedar? Eastern Red Cedar or Western Red Cedar?
Guts suggestion sounds pretty good for ERC.
 In the newest PA Magazine(just got mine today) Mike Yancy has a nice sinew backed ERC he made with mostly sapwood. Only heartwood is in the handle.

Title: Re: Cedar bow designs?
Post by: gutpile on October 29, 2020, 08:35:45 am

it was ERC.. clean stave .. did not remove sapwood... no sense in it since I sinew backed it.. only heartwood on bow is a piece on handle..so it is really an all sapwood bow..bow is really a nice shooting bow... quick and feather light in hand... gut

Title: Re: Cedar bow designs?
Post by: loefflerchuck on October 29, 2020, 10:17:42 am

I've found all sapwood juniper bows have the least issues. I've also found they shoot a little faster in my experience.

Title: Re: Cedar bow designs?
Post by: eastcreekarchery on October 29, 2020, 10:51:03 am

gonna be an eastern red cedar. Do you think having some knots will be an issue? the cedars in ny can be pretty knotty

Title: Re: Cedar bow designs?
Post by: gutpile on October 29, 2020, 11:07:10 am

they could be an issue .. depends on where they fall on design... my stave was clean.. fairly rare.. but not impossible to find... if you can lay knots out in handle or fade would be ideal.. as long as not punky..... gut

Title: Re: Cedar bow designs?
Post by: Pat B on October 29, 2020, 03:29:19 pm

I agree with gut.