Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: duke3192 on April 30, 2015, 09:08:57 pm
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The back is carrot wood, an invasive species native to Australia, it is very tension strong, but dosen't handle compression well. The bow has a full length lam of purple and a power lam 22" of osage, bamboo belly, it pulls 52#@26''. I tillered this bow belly and back and it has survived over two hundred arrows shot thru it, by four different archers.(http://)
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the bow is 57" ntn.
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That is interesting about the carrot wood. I found it bad in compressin but have never tried it as a backing. Your bow looks a bit too stiff in the inner limbs and seems to be hinging.
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I hadn't heard of it!
Yes it looks like a bit of a hinge mid limb.
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You are looking at the bamboo nodes midlimb on the belly, measurements are 1/16'' postive.
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Is the dark wood the carrot wood?
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yes, it has got a light stain on it. Carrot wood is real white otherwise.
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Carrot wood is a common invasive exotic wood here in southwest Florida as well. Interesting to see that it can be a reasonable bow wood, at least for backing/tension wood.
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That's severely hinged...the unbraced photo proves it man...that ain't no bamboo node making it look that way..jus saying ....it needs retillered cus it ain't gonna last much longer like that more than likely, but by the time ya do correct that bad of a bend it'll be a kids bow....good try at a diff combo tho
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+1 blackhawk. I'd go ahead and make a kids bow to give away, personally. Great way to make someone's day :)
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How many of you guys criticizing my bow have made a bamboo belly bow, it is not hinging and it is still shooting after about 500 arrows through it.
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Is there a FD pic to be had?
DBar
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Is there a FD pic to be had?
DBar
Not that I need to see it to know...there's enough evidence already... But yeah...please post a photo of it unbraced straight on,and a full draw photo straight on....and not like the ones you have from an angle
BTW ...constructive criticism is a good thing....learn to accept it. ;) The folks that have been around here awhile and have made lots of bows are not easily fooled,and are here to help you,and not bash you ;)
Isn't this your first bow or so? ???
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no , i've been making primitive bows since 1995 or a little earlier and I don't have a number, I just haven't been on the PA thread.
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full draw pics
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Oh there's definitely more bend there than any of the rest of the limb. Try the circle trick. If its tiller were a little more even it'd help with string angle and set would be more evenly distributed.
Some people here have made all bamboo bows, all of them beautiful, and everyone's made a hinged bow at least once. Heck, I just corrected a hinge I was missing because of r/d.
I'm not trying to make a problem, I just hope we can all improve from wherever we all are.
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Thanks for adding the pics....still looks hinged and whip tillered to me...but if it makes you happy then I'm happy ;D
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not my bow but all boo but the riser nodes are making little effect on tiller(http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/tt320/bubncheryl/Mobile%20Uploads/KopievanAfbeelding042_zpsnwegt6zf.jpg) (http://s623.photobucket.com/user/bubncheryl/media/Mobile%20Uploads/KopievanAfbeelding042_zpsnwegt6zf.jpg.html)