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Main Boards => The Bowyer's Bench => Topic started by: Dmaxshawn on January 10, 2014, 03:09:00 PM
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Alright guys I dont ask for much help but here goes. Ive built a few foam cored bows and absolutely love them. The ones I have built have all been one piece bows. now Im building a 3-piece longbow with foam cores and am kinda on the fence about stack calcs. In the past I backed off 30% for foam and it got me really close. Heres where It gets me to thinking its going to be a flop. Normal stack calc for me on a 50 pounder is .295 with Boo or any wood. when I subtract 30% I get a .206 stack for a 50 pound set of limbs. Just not sure of this.
What do y'all think
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I've never worked with foam---
and your math is right--as long as you trust your "foam factor" you should be good
that being said you can always sand a couple LB's off--can't sand them on!
---good luck
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Cant see why the 30% wont work all the way around. You know what they say though--you just got to build one to see where you are at.
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Thanks I'm just gonna roll with it and see what happens