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Main Boards => The Bowyer's Bench => Topic started by: KenH on July 27, 2014, 11:28:00 AM
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Here's my no-prosthetic grip version of the short, radical decurve/recurve bow which JamesV designed.
Several others, including Tenbrook, make similar designs with modern prosthetic, hand-filling handles.
James was kind enough to send me a copy sketch of his form design. Since I'm more traditional than most, I prefer shooting off the hand Asian style, and wanted that short, radical de/re design but without the modern handle. Et voila!
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b282/kenhulme/P1010253_zps6ae772bb.jpg) (http://s21.photobucket.com/user/kenhulme/media/P1010253_zps6ae772bb.jpg.html)
This is just cleaned up out of the form. It's the full 1.5" wide, with 1/2" wide pin nocks (another Asian design bit). 44" nock-to-nock. With this tight bastard string it draws 35+ @ 26". The stack is .16 -- .03 x2 glass, .07 Red Elm and .03 red Bow Tuff. The riser is 14" long and 1.25" deep.
This is super simple to build on a 2x10 rubberband form and would be a great starter for someone's first wood-glass composite.
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Very nice Ken!
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Oh, me like! It looks great, but how does it shoot? Those ends look static, though. Do they open up during the draw?
Pictures would help explain...
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I like those short recurves! I wonder if one could be built using all natural bamboo?
Dave.
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I like it too :jumper:
hurry up, more pictures :)
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Here's a link to JamesV's build, with shot of the bow at reasonably full draw:
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=011729#000000
Bamboo? Sure, as lams between glass.
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Very nice! I love the look, feel, and performance of Asian bows...and 35#@26" is my draw weight/length. :) . I might have to take a "walk on the wild side" and build my first glass bow now!
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Ken...................
Very nice job on the little bow, let us know how she performs.
James
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That is one snappy shooter! Narrowed it to 1.25" and it came out 28# @ 26", just perfect for my kind of roving.
When you draw, those recurves unwind; and when you release they wind back up and sure make an arrow scoot!
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Very neat! I would like to see an un braced pic if you got one.
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Unbraced it is. Stlll got scraps of rubber across the riser from the glue up...
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b282/kenhulme/P1010251_zps664ca8d6.jpg) (http://s21.photobucket.com/user/kenhulme/media/P1010251_zps664ca8d6.jpg.html)