Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: makenzie71 on August 09, 2011, 01:47:13 am
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Going to give another go at a different kind of bow than my long bows. I've been trying to work on high reflex bows and aggressive recurves. I'm going to tone it down a bit more with this one and take my tome on it. Now that I got a long bow again it's not so much a big deal to step away and shoot some instead of knowing I'll only shoot when this bow is finished lol
Anyway, I'm wanting to do this recurve Slight reflex with the bulk of the work being done mid-limb. It's going to be a shorter bow so there's going to be a lot of bend there. I want a 55~60" length bow, 30" draw, and 45~60lbs.
I have a pile of 1/8" hickory slats. Grain isn't perfect on any of them, but it's not too bad on most. Can it hold up to a really bendy bow? I intend for bamboo to be on the back and belly of this bow.
Opinions?
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Hickory can definately take the bend...more so than most other woods.
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If it's used for the core, will grain be so detrimental? The stuff I have isn't terrible, but it got cut into slats because the board wasn't good enough for a bow itself.
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I've used badly violated hickory backing strips and never had a back failure. As a core wood you shouldn't have any problems. Try to avoid knots though.
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I've only made one hickory bow so far and it had over 15 run outs...holds up just fine.
Hickory is some tough stuff
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I have 2 friends that use to build full working recurves. They build some really nice ones (dozzens). T