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hunterman

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composite bow questions
« on: September 24, 2007, 08:31:27 pm »
hey

i am wondering how thick i should make each of the three layers
 (horn, wood, sinew) to build a composite bow that draws around 60-70#
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Offline Ekwos

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Re: composite bow questions
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2007, 12:00:23 am »
Hi Hunterman,I would immagine about 3/16" horn, same for the wood and about 3/16 sinew dried for a bow 48" nock to nock.I managed to put way more sinew on my bow and it is now at 80lbs at 29" draw.Getting a bit hard now for an old geezer and and do some strengthening exercizes ::) .Ekwos.
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hunterman

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Re: composite bow questions
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2007, 08:18:03 pm »
cool, thanks
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