Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: stringstretcher on August 21, 2008, 01:38:13 pm
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Is it possible to make a holmegaard design bow glueing the non bending areas of the limb onto a flat board? Maybe an osage slat with a bamboo backing and the handle and non working tips being glued on?
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Holmgaard is a style of bow with lots of variations. You can do it the way you discribed but you can also make it without glueing on the added tip pieces. Basically a Holmgaard bow has a short, wide working area with long, narrow non working(or slightly working) tips. Pat
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Sounds like it should work to me. Justin
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Good question Stringstretcher, as I'm am going to try one built up in the same way myself ;D I cant see a problem in doing it that way, and of course you can use a light wood at the non-bending portions. I'll make mine with triangular pieces of light wood, so that the stiffness in the non-bending areas is as high as it can be, while keeping the weight as low as possible. Just gotta get some spare time and get started...... :(
//Bob
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I'm new to the term Holmegaard and it's concept. What are the advantages/reasons for doing a bow up in the Holmegaard profile if you have wood that is non or barely working?
~~Matt
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the non working sections of the limbs are big levers,they throw that sucker out there hard and fast
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also, with the outer portions of the limbs not bending, the bow doesn't really stack (string angle stays low) and therefore the entire draw is very smooth from start to finish