silverleaf maple

[Kegan]

How's it work for a laminate? Say with a thin hickory backing? Last time I tried it it failed on the back.

[recurve shooter]

yeah, and what style of bow should i go for? i like elbs but im not sure what i sould do with this wood.

[El Destructo]

                                                           two words..........Wide Limbed

                                                                             

[radius]

e.d.  :  those widelimbed bows ain't for everybody,you know!  god!

[recurve shooter]

all of mine kind of unitentionally turn out like that. i guess i'll have a reason for it this time.

[El Destructo]

e.d.  :  those widelimbed bows ain't for everybody,you know!  god!

                   I know....anyone can shoot a Stick.....but it takes a Real Man to Shoot a Wide Limbed Bow!!!!!

                                                                         

[Hickoryswitch]

Whenever I build a bow you can bet it's pretty wide. I built a couple narrow white wood bows and they made bows but they don't shoot nearly as fast as my wide ones. I would go wide with the smallest tips you feel comfortable with.

[recurve shooter]

wide, thin tips, what about the handle. can someone post me a pic of how i should work the handle on the thing. dont want it to break in the middle.

[TRACY]

I agree with Old Bow on better choices of wood. That stuff breaks and crumbles every time the wind blows. With that being said I would follow El Destructo's advice and go wide. If you've got the time and wood, why not build a couple with different profiles and see which one you like better. Good luck.

Tracy

[recurve shooter]

yeah, i know i got better choices, i just want to try this stuff for the heck of it. and i think i can get at least 4 staves, so yeah. gonna try it out.

[Hillbilly]

I would suggest a long D-bow with a slightly bending handle.

[Kegan]

I would suggest a long D-bow with a slightly bending handle.

My favorite type .

Wide limbs bows usually are faster [white wood] unless the narrow bow is longer. I've got some 70+" narrow white wood bows that draw over 75# that will spit an arrow just as fast, if not faster, than the shorter wide limb cousin. Plus, they're so vastly much easier to make and tiller .

[recurve shooter]

would someone please post or pm me a pic of how i should work this crap?

[El Destructo]

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