so, ive decided to man up and make an asian style bow that ive been drooling over. this is pretty much strictly a see if i can put it together, and hopefully have bow that will shoot an arrow ten feet! lol. this is what ive done so far. its all red oak. the handle is part of first failure at this, that one broke stringing it. the bow itself is a piece of red oak 4 foot long by 1.5 wide. cant remember the thickness, whatever you can buy at lowes, the thin one. anyways, the siyahs are laminated red oak, using a piece that was 4 inches wide, thats why the siyahs are kinda short. also, you can see how ive wrapped the ends of the siyahs with just some cotton string soaked with tbII. the string, im just re-using a the string that came with the bow KenH sent to me, the original all wood asian bow.
anyways, ive a few questions. i plan to back it, for the practice, with some heavy canvas that i found cheap at goodwill. it is a cotton canvas, but it should help keep me from dying if the bow explodes. now, my question is, anything synthetic besides fiberglass i can use and buy locally? id like the bow to stay together if at all possible. also, if i toasted the belly of the bow, do i just toast till changes color a bit? lastly, im just using titebondII for all gluings.
pics! no full draw yet till i get it backed and i havent tillered it yet because its not backed. i just couldnt wait to string it.