Kviljos mini warbow (new pics on page 3)

[Kviljo]

Just though I would share my little warbow here too

I finished it long ago and shot a couple of arrows from it, but after checking it with Badgers mass formula, I found that it was highly stressed so I didn't dare to draw it for the whole winter. I recenty stressed it down a bit, and retillered it once more. So this evening I finally took the camera with me, and was ready to forgive the bow if it wanted to leave this world    But it didn't, and it was great to shoot

It draws 70# @ 28", and is 70,5" nock to nock. After perhaps 50 arrows tonight, it followed the string 0,5", measured from the back. I hope and think it will do quite well as a broadhead-flightbow, though I would have to make another string for it. The linnen string is oversized for the bow, but should be close to Mary Rose spec..

http://kviljo.no/bue/barlind.wmv

Ahh, can't wait for my 80" yew stave to get dry

[duffontap]

I've always liked the look of that stave.  Great looking bow there Kviljo.  I hope you'll be posting some video's soon.

           J. D. Duff

[Kviljo]

Try this one:

http://kviljo.no/bue/barlind.wmv

 

Those are 75 gram/ 1157 grain arrows by the way

[duffontap]

Nice work!  Have you shot for distance yet.  Those 75 gram arrows should be eating that bow for lunch. 

            J. D. Duff

[Kviljo]

Nope, but I'm hoping to angle it at 42,8 degrees soon. I'll just have to make some suitable arrows first.

They slowed it down for sure, but not as much as I would have expected.
The bow is 33mm X 30mm at the handle, and 27mm X 26mm at about midlimb, so I think it should be pretty high-performance
Well, that's what I hope anyway

[Kviljo]

A new one is on its way

This too is brevifolia and not as long as I would like it to be. Though some of the MR-bows are as short as this one -> 72".

Very tight rings, but the wood seems brittle, so I'm a bit sceptical. I'm aming for 80-100# somewhere between 28 and 32" though.

[SimonUK]

Very nice bowhorse kviljo. I must make one - I'm getting tired of using a spokeshave one-handed!

[Kviljo]

I managed without any form of wise for two years, I guess I was in such hurry to make bows that I didn't have time to make the horse. Now I can't imagine making bows without it Absolutely worth the effort!

[Kviljo]

I've only applied the measurements of bow A in "Secrets of the English war bow", so I'll have to adjust the tiller a bit.
I was a bit surpriced that the measurements gave the bow such a round tiller, and not the elliptical that we see more often.

Hoping to finish it soon, though I wont be able to shoot it for a while. Must be over 150 pounds as it is now

I'm really not sure wether I should go for gold and just fine-tiller it as it is, and risk having a lot of nice firewood, or take it down under 100#.

Do you think the stave could withstand 130-150 pounds beeing only 72" long?

[Kviljo]

Hehe, I just simulated the bow in Supertiller, and it says 144 pounds at 30".

If ot was 77" long, it would be 113 pounds at 30.

So I think I have decided to rather have a shootable self yew, than a almost-replica MR that might as well break.
Hopefully it will land over 100 though.

[heavybow]

Kvijios Thats a nice looking bow. marlon

[Yeomanbowman]

So I think I have decided to rather have a shootable self yew, than a almost-replica MR that might as well break.
Hopefully it will land over 100 though.

Hello Kvijo,
Sound's a wise idea,  It has taked over 100 years to grow.
After all 'fools rush in where angels fear to tread'.  She's going to be a real looker, though.  BTW, what's 'SuperTiller'?  I thought they were a 70's prog rock act?
Jeremy

[Kviljo]

Supertiller is a program developed by Alan Case. It's a bow simulating program. Check it out:
http://www.flightarchery.com/forum/index.php?topic=122.0

Just made a stringer for the bow, so I'm hoping to brace it now.

[Kviljo]

Just a little update from todays work. I've tillered it to brace and sanded it. It is 37x32mm at the center and still way too heavy 

Those are reindeer nocks by the way.

[Kviljo]

84# @ 20", which should translate into 151# @ 31" according to Supertiller.

Yep, I will have to take it down some more.