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Bows / Re: Fire hardened hickory
« Last post by East_tn_primitive_skills on February 01, 2026, 09:33:03 pm »Thanks!
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Bows / Re: bamboo self bow build
« Last post by Badger on February 01, 2026, 09:04:29 pm » Bloodwood is horrible about cracking. I wouldn't use it anywhere on a bow, maybe tip overlays.
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May look at Pine Hollow Longbows.
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Bows / Re: bamboo self bow build
« Last post by superdav95 on February 01, 2026, 08:40:21 pm »Ok so quick update on this bow. After much sanding scraping and working in the changes I got it to 39 pounds at 20” and the bend was still looking good. Prior to this reduction it was around 52 lbs at 20”! All looked good so I decided to take it to 26” and get as close to 50lbs but then I heard a tic!!! My reader was at 49lbs just prior to 26”. I immediately noticed a small crack in the handle on the mating surface to the top boo limb. It appears to follow a weird grain on the bloodwood. I didn’t notice this waving grain when I selected my blocks for the handle but when shaping it up they appeared. I just figured it’s plenty thick and strong so should be fine. Nope! Anyway all is not lost as no damage to the limbs and my z splice still is good. The crack is due to the wavy grain I believe. The bottom limb looks good still. I may soak some liquid resin down in the crack and clamp it down to cure. I will definitely be wrapping them when it’s all glued up again. I think it was Simk that was saying how resin the acrylic stuff might be better to do repairs like this. Any insights??? I was feeling very good about how it was looking up to this point and I’m just glad it happened here prior to the flats. If my estimation is in line for a fast 50lbs at 27” or just a pound of two over that. it is still a tiny bit heavy at approx 2lbs per inch which is what I was noticing after 18”. So if I’m correct it’s targeted to be around 52-54lbs at 27”. I may just be alright if I can wrap it after the repair. I’ll try and post some pics in a day or so of the crack. I’m not near the laptop at the moment. I’ll post some updates after the repair too. Thanks for all the support and help fellas.
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Bows / Re: Fire hardened hickory
« Last post by bentstick54 on February 01, 2026, 08:01:22 pm »I use a free Simple ReSIZER app and never had any cost involved.
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Bows / Re: Fire hardened hickory
« Last post by bentstick54 on February 01, 2026, 07:59:37 pm »Great looking bow.
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Bows / Re: Holy Vine Maple
« Last post by Burnsie on February 01, 2026, 07:58:27 pm »I learned that lesson the hard way - I now try to get off the long string and to low brace as soon as practical.
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Bows / Re: Holy Vine Maple
« Last post by Doug509 on February 01, 2026, 07:53:41 pm »Here's some pics.
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Bows / Re: Holy Vine Maple
« Last post by Doug509 on February 01, 2026, 07:50:39 pm »I had some trouble going from a long string to a real bow string. Tiller looked great on long string with plenty of draw weight to hit 45lbs. Once i put a bow string on Hail Mary went super wonky with one limb dead straight and the other close to 6" brace. After removing wood to acheieve even tiller I landed on a pretty low draw wt of 32lbs at 28". Upper limb with knot hole 36" lower limb 34". Wish I had another 15lbs of draw wt. Shoots an arrow real nice with no hand shock.
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Bows / Re: Is this a suitable way to attach siyah?
« Last post by jameswoodmot on February 01, 2026, 07:47:12 pm »Ah ok so you’ve back with bamboo Then v notched the siyah. I was thinking of gluing the siyah on and then running the bamboo over the glue joint and up the siyah so it had a continuous back. Then sculpting away all the weight I could whilst leaving the glue joint strong. Lots of shapes to think abou, I might superglue a mock up tomorrow