Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: KShip85 on February 08, 2010, 04:44:23 pm
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Well, had this piece of cedar sapwood roughed out and tapered down for a long bow. Backed it with some canvas material and put on some temporary nocks to see how it was bending. Pulled it back maybe 16 inches and POW! Sounded like a .22 pistol going off next to my ear. Nose is just a touch sore as some part of the limb smacked me right on the tip of the bone. I had some doubts from the start with this one. The back had some odd small valleys all over the back. Anyway thus passes another cedar bow.
Kip
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sorry bout your loss , cedar is a lil tough to make a bow from , not much room for error
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I think I will stick to wide flat limbs when working with this stuff and also invest in some rawhide for backing.
Kip
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...but when cedar blows, IT BLOWS!!! :o Too bad! Now get back up and start another one. ;)
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You ain't kidding Pat. If I keep this up I am going to start wearing a face shield when working with some iffy cedar pieces!
Kip
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Kip - sorry to see another one blow-up! But I know you are not about to give up.....!
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If you aren't breaking one every now and then you aren't making bows. Keep at it. Hope you are wearing safety glasses.
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That's why I leave the cedar bows to ya'll....... ::)
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The more I hear about cedar, the more I'm thinking the ERC that I have drying might be better used as walking sticks. Or perhaps a decorative bow to hang on the wall at camp.
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The more I hear about cedar, the more I'm thinking the ERC that I have drying might be better used as walking sticks. Or perhaps a decorative bow to hang on the wall at camp.
No, no, no - to both you and Ryan - we have seen beautiful ERC bows here.
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There have been some fine bows on here in the past made from cedar. But it is cool when it blows. ;D
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Sorry to see that. I just blew a sinew backed ERC. I'm thinking my other ERC stave will be made into hearth boards as DanaM suggested.
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The more I hear about cedar, the more I'm thinking the ERC that I have drying might be better used as walking sticks. Or perhaps a decorative bow to hang on the wall at camp.
No, no, no - to both you and Ryan - we have seen beautiful ERC bows here.
Yeah guys, I LOVE cedar. Check on one of my recent posts and you will see a cedar bow that held up for me. When it holds in makes a beautiful bow that can really have some zip to it. I have heard of people to do it without backing them but from my short time with it I would recomend using something. I heard rawhide works well and sinew on shorter ones. The one that survived for me so far is 61 1/2" 75# at 27 inches, and it zips an arrow pretty good.
I got to thinking about it some more and I believe that it got too dry. After backing it I set it in the back of the shop not really thinking about the fact that with the stove going the temp is over 80 with 30% humidity. I've heard that cedar dries fairly quickly anyway. Oh well, live and learn!
Kip
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A guy came to my camp-o-rama two years ago with an all sapwood ERC, ELB style bow that shot very nicely. I was amazed.
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A guy came to my camp-o-rama two years ago with an all sapwood ERC, ELB style bow that shot very nicely. I was amazed.
Was it backed with anything?
Kip