Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Wooden Spring on October 04, 2013, 12:58:48 pm
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Anyone ever build a 100 pound pyramid bow just for the heck of it?
I've made about a dozen bows now, anywhere from 30# on up to 70#, and I want to do something stupid... I don't even know if I could pull the thing, but I've got to try it. Not that I want to shoot down airplanes, or hunt extinct reptiles, just to see if I could pull it off...
I've got access to red oak, hickory, and some really tight-grained jatoba.
So, based on a 65# bow that I made for a customer recently out of hickory and jatoba that was 2" at the fades, 1/2" at the nocks, 1/2" thick, and 66" NTN, this is what I was thinking of as a starting point:
1/8" hickory back over jatoba
62" NTN
2 1/2" at the fades (maybe 3"???)
5/8" at the nocks
1/2" thick belly at the fades, tapered to 7/16 at the nocks
Whaddya think? Am I being crazy enough?? >:D
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do a site search on Druids bows. he has made a few pyramids above 100lb I beleive. they were staves and not laminated however.
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Ditto on druids bows.....do you have anything better than jatoba for the belly? And of course it can be done...just needs the right execution of materials,design,and expertise tiller....that's all ;)
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Ditto on druids bows.....do you have anything better than jatoba for the belly? And of course it can be done...just needs the right execution of materials,design,and expertise tiller....that's all ;)
Well, I do have access to Ipe, but I'm not a fan of it... What belly wood would you suggest?
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I've made a 70"L, 2.3"W elm Holmegaard at 105# that sent a 3 ounce ash warbow arrow just as far as a English style warbow. Still have it. I also have a 72"L 3"w red-oak pyramid that is 110# that I used to practice with to build up my strength before I successfully made a war-bow.
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I've made a 70"L, 2.3"W elm Holmegaard at 105# that sent a 3 ounce ash warbow arrow just as far as a English style warbow. Still have it. I also have a 72"L 3"w red-oak pyramid that is 110# that I used to practice with to build up my strength before I successfully made a war-bow.
Really? Wow, I never would have guessed that such a long red oak bow could draw that much... How wide are the tips?
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Tips are just under 1"W. Like I said it was a bow more for a workout that performance.