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Main Discussion Area => English Warbow => Topic started by: JonW on August 30, 2015, 06:05:27 pm

Title: What to use?
Post by: JonW on August 30, 2015, 06:05:27 pm: Well after making my trade bow this year. I have come to determine I can pull quite a bit more than I thought. My trade bow came out at 82# and I would have bet it was 65#. I shot this bow all day one day at MOJAM around the course so I think I'm ready for a heavyweight. To make a long story longer, what wood should I use? I have access to Osage, Elm, and HHB and Hickory saplings or would split staves work better? Dimension? I'm not a noob to making bows so please answer accordingly.
Title: Re: What to use?
Post by: Danzn Bar on August 30, 2015, 07:52:30 pm: How well did you shoot it?? :-\
DBar
Title: Re: What to use?
Post by: JonW on August 30, 2015, 08:10:21 pm: Pretty well actually. What are you getting at?
Title: Re: What to use?
Post by: Danzn Bar on August 30, 2015, 08:13:44 pm: You asked what type of wood to use?..... ???
I'd use the what that bow was made from if you shot it well................
DBar
Title: Re: What to use?
Post by: Knoll on August 30, 2015, 08:17:54 pm: That bow you were shooting was 85#??!! Shot it quite well!
Title: Re: What to use?
Post by: Del the cat on August 31, 2015, 04:26:55 am: What do you want to use it for? A warbow isn't really designed for shooting at 3Ds.
Are you after a heavy weight bow for 3Ds or a Warbow for shooting imaginary French knights at 200 plus yards?
The main difference being draw length, and thus bow length.
As a noob, I'd say probably Hickory is a good bet.
Del
Title: Re: What to use?
Post by: mikekeswick on August 31, 2015, 06:04:01 am: Are you looking to make a true elb or a heavy bow of no particular design?
Title: Re: What to use?
Post by: JonW on August 31, 2015, 07:57:11 am: Im looking for something like an ELB. I know how to make a heavy bow just never made a real ELB. It doesnt need to be EWBS specs just long and lean so to speak :) No 3D just launching pool cues ;)
Title: Re: What to use?
Post by: blackhawk on August 31, 2015, 10:07:04 am: Any of the woods ya mentioned will work jon. Whats prob more important is you choosing the right piece of wood that will be up to the task of holding to the heavier strain..go thru your stash and find a close to hundred percent clean with little to no twist,and straight stave thats also long enough. Once ya find a good candidate come back and ask for dimensions. Obviously osage will be a lil shorter and narrower than the whitewoods ya listed etc etc....
Title: Re: What to use?
Post by: mikekeswick on August 31, 2015, 02:15:14 pm: As Blackhawk says if it an elb bow you are after then straightness and no twist are very important. Otherwise you end up fighting string alignment too much for it to be a fun exercise! I've tried a few of these sort of bows out of less than perfect elm staves and ended up chasing heat corrections = firewood.