6 piece Asiatic style bamboo bow

[superdav95]

Thanks bob.  I think it will be good.  Ya it’s surprisingly thin.  I kept the oval round shape on the belly and back to keep with shape of the boo.  I toasted the slats as before prior to glue up.   

[bownarra]

Lesson learned Yes it was always going to fail there. Don't reduce the back boo at all. It you want a piece on the back like that either glue a piece of cork or leather strips on. I'm glad you've got a shooter out of it anyway

[superdav95]

Update on this little bow.  All said and done it ended up at 39-40lbs at 28” after sanding up and smoothing out the file marks and cleaning up.  Did the wraps and put a couple coats of tung oil on the belly and tips.  Total weight of bow is 433grams.  The length is 57” ttt.  Didn’t get a chance to shoot it. We had nasty snowy weather up here.  Didn’t feel like getting my chrono wet.  I’ll post some speeds next week. 

Lessons learned for sure indeed.  All experiences for the next one. 

Cheers thanks for looking

[Bob Barnes]

Congrats on bow!  I still can't believe that you could get a bamboo back and belly, on limbs that short, down to such a light draw weight.  It seems that you were just one thin center lam away from a heavy hunting weight, or maybe just remove less of the bamboo during tillering?  If you can find some proper arrows for the bow it will likely shoot very well.   

[superdav95]

Thanks bob.  My thought exactly!   I figure the next one I’ll leave it at 50lbs plus tillered and then clean up and finish and be about right.  When the limbs are this thin a few scrapes go a long way.   Don’t think I dare to go any shorter on the bow but will likley do another like this one then call it experiment done.  The next test bow will be using a single slat lam heat curved into c shape so the belly had the outer bark power fibers of the boo and add sinew to the softer back.  I can just imagine the weight and speed of that bow.  So basically a horn bow with no horn.  Just toasted belly boo and sinew.  Should be interesting anyway. 

Thanks for looking.

Cheers

[Bob Barnes]

cool... I'm looking forward to both builds.  thanks. 

[superdav95]

Still blowing snow here to get the chrono out but did put about 12 shots through it and it shoot very good.  Seems pretty quick but will get numbers posted soon.  Here’s a full draw pic of bow for now anyway.

Thanks for looking

Cheers

[bassman211]

Job well done. Looks good. They shoot heavier arrows very well also. Handy compact bow to hunt with, and an easy build.

[superdav95]

Job well done. Looks good. They shoot heavier arrows very well also. Handy compact bow to hunt with, and an easy build.

Thanks bassman

They are pretty cool little bows. Gonna make some more of these for sure. 

[bjrogg]

I like it Dave.

That turned out pretty cool.

I’ll certainly be watching for the next one.

Bjrogg

[superdav95]

I like it Dave.

That turned out pretty cool.

I’ll certainly be watching for the next one.

Bjrogg

Thanks man!   

[bownarra]

Sweet bow Glad it turned out well for you

[superdav95]

Sweet bow Glad it turned out well for you

Thanks man.  Easy and fun build to pass the time. 

[superdav95]

Did a quick video of me shooting this bow.  It shoots very well.  Compared to to my 40-45lbs bows of this style this one is quicker which I expected it to be.  The 45lb bow I made last year to compare with this one is similar dimensions in fact I used the same string when testing them both today.   We have really high humidity as everything is melting at 6 degrees and 80% humidity!  Good old Ontario goes from one extreme to the next.  As a result my speeds are slower then they would normally be I think.  The arrows I was shooting are 400grains.  The bow is 39lbs draw at full draw 28”.  So pretty close to 10gpp or just over that.  The speeds were fairly consistent at around 181fps as seen in short video clip.  I also took a side view shot for profile look.  I believe the speeds will be faster in less humidity for sure but still very happy with this.  The shoot ability is quite good compared to the other bows of this style.  Less thump in the hand and smoother shooting.  Unstringing the bow and it came right back to prestrung profile.  The weight of this bow is very light at 433grams for a bow the is 57”ntn!  The other 45lb bow at 548grams same length.  I think this accounts for the smoothness improvement and speed increase as there is less mass to move.  It was a fun build.  My next one will be a little heavier draw then this one although I’d hunt with this bow without issue at all. 

Anyway thanks for checking it out stay tuned for the next one…

Enjoy the videos

https://photos.app.goo.gl/R3ZWUkivFhKS9NwQ8

https://photos.app.goo.gl/1sXmUE7JkPCuqTGJ9


Cheers

[bownarra]

180fps @ 10gpp ain't half bad....