serpentine

[james parker]

thanks fellers,cowboy that backup is for tresspassers and poachers,i hate to have to wear it but its part of the job,personally i would rather shoot them with my bow, lol.....

[nickf]

you're the bamboo master Robustus... Just love the bows you turn out!

[cowboy]

  - won't catch me tresspassin . Think I might prefer a bullet..

[Marc St Louis]

Thanks for the extra pics James.  I assume that the limbs were glued straight out from the handle and that the limbs took permanent deformation as shown in the unbraced picture? 

[james parker]

no marc,the limbs were not staight out of the fades,the unbraced profile exhibits the same shape  staright from glue up ,,except it has around plus or  minus one  inch of string follow ,the bow has finally settled in at around 56 t0 58#  @30" only at this draw does the bow  have its full pontentail ,i will be trying one with a hickory back and boo belly soon,i will let you know how it comes out..thanks for the intrest marc.........james

[DCM]

Fantastic bow.  Thanks for posting.

[Marc St Louis]

Thanks James. 

It is amazing that the bow did not take more set.  I don't make all Bamboo bows as it's too hard to get Bamboo up here but I have heard that you need to glue in a  lot of reflex into that type of bow because they lose much of it.  Obviously this is not the case with you

You should really chronograph that bow to see how fast it is.

Steve Gardner in CA and I have talked about starting to record wood bow performance and storing the data on my website, maybe on a spreadsheet or something like that.  He will do the testing along with a few others that have agreed to help.  The plan is to test a variety of different types of bow styles and types with arrows of 10 GPP.  This is limited to wood bows only, no FG, but modern string materials are allowed.  I have a self Elm recurve I built that I will be sending down to him for a start and I think a few others have agreed to build some bows for testing.  This will be an ongoing project that will be updated as new information is acquired.  Perhaps you would be interested in participating?  PM me if you are

[james parker]

thanks marc ,yes i would be intrested in these test,althogh i have  not speed tested any of these bows,i dont trust my chronoghraph,it is out  of date and in bad shape..i will be working on a few more of these designs later this summer,and will send you a couple,if thats alright with you.........james

[Marc St Louis]

James
To participate in the tests you need to send the bows to Steve as he is the one who will be doing the testing.  He is setting up a shooting machine for that purpose.   

[mullet]

 James, send me the bow and I'll send it to Steve. 

[james parker]

sorry mullet i dont think im gonna sell this one,too difficult to make,i dont know if i will be offering this model for sale,maybe i will later in the year or next year,but thanks for asking..........robustus

[Ryano]

That's amassing.  There appears to be only about 8 to 10" of working limb in that bow. I can't believe it takes that kind of bend at the poundage and is holding up. 

[Mechslasher]

love the last pics!  you are definately the king of bamboo.  can't wait to take the bow making class you are doing at the tenn. classic.  that bow is a contender for lam b.o.m. and bow of the year.

[james parker]

thanks mehslasher,i dont think im the king,but i have made much progress,i hope to get someone to help me with a buildalong so i can post it here on pa.  i dont have a video camera,,,,any takers out there?  robustus

[Barrage]

A build along would be great!