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Title: Help with Baby Hill Style bow
Post by: KenH on July 05, 2014, 02:13:00 PM

SO... I've got a lady asking me to build a “real” first bow for her year old grandson.  She basically wants a Hill style longbow 2-3 ft long drawing 10-15#s.  The idea is to start the youngster at age 2 and have a bow he can shoot for a couple years, and an heirloom to pass on to his son...

I'm thinking 30” long,  3/4” wide (so I can cut 1.5” lams in half).  Handle about 3" lolng with 1" fades.  I haven't a clue for a lam stack, but I'm thinking .03 glass x 2 (since I've got a short piece handy) plus a .07 wood lam (have those handy too).  If it's too weak I can always add additional glass to the back.

Any other thoughts, suggestions, etc.?  Anyone ever built something like this?

Title: Re: Help with Baby Hill Style bow
Post by: rmorris on July 06, 2014, 01:25:00 PM

I wish I could help you out on that but I hope you keep us updated so we all can copy your work! I have a 15 month old and another on the way this January .

Title: Re: Help with Baby Hill Style bow
Post by: MoeM on July 06, 2014, 03:00:00 PM

Maybe    this (http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=009933)  can halp ya- at least a smaller scale to calculate down to your desired size!

Title: Re: Help with Baby Hill Style bow
Post by: KenH on July 06, 2014, 05:21:00 PM

Thanx MoeM.  I'll drop him a note and see if I can get real dimensions from him...

Title: Re: Help with Baby Hill Style bow
Post by: JamesV on July 07, 2014, 10:42:00 AM

Here is the specs I use:

36" bow....... 34" NtN, .030 glass, 120 total stack, 11" riser, no taper, 20# @ 21"

James

Title: Re: Help with Baby Hill Style bow
Post by: KenH on July 07, 2014, 10:58:00 AM

Many thanks, James!  Will work it out from there!