so, another update on this one. in an attempt to raise the draw weight a bit,ive boken it of course! lol heres the two things that i did
i backed the bow with hemp twine. not the thin stuff, or the thick stuff, the stuff in between. didnt raise the draw weight. will probably do this again on the next bow i try, but i will use the thin stuff.
also, i got tired of trying to find a good piece of bamboo so i split a bunch of the small shafting i had, ground it down by hand, heat treated it a bit, and glued it to the back of my bow. two things.. since i dont have a belt sander, i used a dremel, causing un-even glue lines and some seperating. and two, i put this on the belly of this bow, hence the heat treating of it. well, i knew i was dooming myself to failure with this one because at my handle, i didnt go up the fades, it cause a crack on the back of the bow. its done. buuutttt, i did learn a good way to attach the stuff to the belly, just cant do it all in one sitting. also, i need to make up a jig of some sort, to make them uniform in width. i know itll probably cause limb twist because the might not be uniform in thickness. i got the idea from it basically bundle bows and taking a split piece of shaft, and seeing how far it would bend..
question.. im planning to do this again. can i find a piece of red oak, that has just decent grain? i plan on putting the bamboo on the back of the bow this time..