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Offline Mark Smeltzer

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Bamboo backed Red Elm quad lam
« on: October 30, 2018, 01:32:56 am »
Bamboo,  Bubinga,  Red Elm lams.
64" 40# @ 28"








Offline bjrogg

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Re: Bamboo backed Red Elm quad lam
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2018, 02:51:06 am »
Nice
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Offline simk

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Re: Bamboo backed Red Elm quad lam
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2018, 04:04:53 am »
Beautiful piece out of a pro's workshop! One time in the future i'd love to own a bow like this. Cheers
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Bamboo backed Red Elm quad lam
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2018, 05:37:19 am »
Way to go Mark! The tiller looks awesome.  (-S
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Offline Knoll

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Re: Bamboo backed Red Elm quad lam
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2018, 05:41:43 am »
Handsome. Congrats, sir.
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Offline Stixnstones

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Re: Bamboo backed Red Elm quad lam
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2018, 05:50:40 am »
Beautiful bow... looks like dream to shoot.
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Offline Bayou Ben

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Re: Bamboo backed Red Elm quad lam
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2018, 07:29:32 am »
Nice work Mark...I'm imagining how smooth that bow is to draw right now.

Offline Mark Smeltzer

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Re: Bamboo backed Red Elm quad lam
« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2018, 07:43:20 am »
Thank you!! They feel like a high early draw wt but smooth in the end. I need to do a draw force curve.

Offline Pat B

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Re: Bamboo backed Red Elm quad lam
« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2018, 07:55:52 am »
Well done!   8)   :OK
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Offline ohma2

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Re: Bamboo backed Red Elm quad lam
« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2018, 09:05:21 am »
I like that red elm.

Offline Badger

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Re: Bamboo backed Red Elm quad lam
« Reply #10 on: October 30, 2018, 10:05:49 am »
  Beautiful bow, I think the price on red elm may have just gone up a tad.

Offline Aaron H

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Re: Bamboo backed Red Elm quad lam
« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2018, 10:36:45 am »
Very nice looking bow, great bend too

Offline Halfbow

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Re: Bamboo backed Red Elm quad lam
« Reply #12 on: October 30, 2018, 01:53:12 pm »
Gorgeous craftsmanship. I'm curious what the unbraced profile looks like.

Offline Mark Smeltzer

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Re: Bamboo backed Red Elm quad lam
« Reply #13 on: October 30, 2018, 03:03:25 pm »
Thanks for the nice comments! Here is the unbraced profile .

Offline leonwood

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Re: Bamboo backed Red Elm quad lam
« Reply #14 on: October 30, 2018, 03:08:27 pm »
Beautiful tiller and awesome bow! Any special reason for a quad lam? Would’t two or three perform the same but be easier to build? Or maybe you build glass bows as well and have all the tapers worked out?