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Offline duke3192

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carrot wood and bamboo
« on: April 30, 2015, 09:08:57 pm »
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.
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Re: carrot wood and bamboo
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2015, 09:30:20 pm »
the bow is 57" ntn.
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Offline Badger

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Re: carrot wood and bamboo
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2015, 09:55:24 pm »
 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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« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2015, 02:26:07 am »
I hadn't heard of it!
Yes it looks like a bit of a hinge mid limb.
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Re: carrot wood and bamboo
« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2015, 08:57:43 pm »
You are looking at the bamboo nodes midlimb on the belly, measurements are 1/16'' postive.
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Re: carrot wood and bamboo
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2015, 09:11:29 pm »
  Is the dark wood the carrot wood?
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« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2015, 09:15:43 pm »
yes, it has got a light stain on it. Carrot wood is real white otherwise.
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Re: carrot wood and bamboo
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2015, 12:15:30 am »
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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« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2015, 06:30:47 am »
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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Re: carrot wood and bamboo
« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2015, 01:54:38 pm »
+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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50#@26"
Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.

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Re: carrot wood and bamboo
« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2015, 08:10:14 pm »
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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Offline Danzn Bar

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Re: carrot wood and bamboo
« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2015, 08:20:47 pm »
Is there a FD pic to be had?
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Re: carrot wood and bamboo
« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2015, 08:34:59 pm »
Quote from: Danzn Bar on May 15, 2015, 08:20:47 pm
Is there a FD pic to be had?
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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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« Reply #13 on: May 15, 2015, 09:29:21 pm »
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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« Reply #14 on: May 15, 2015, 09:41:34 pm »
full draw pics
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