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Main Boards => The Bowyer's Bench => Topic started by: thumbdraw on July 27, 2018, 03:45:19 PM
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Hi, I am looking for some tried and true plans for my first homemade bow. No fibreglass just wood. Flexible on the glue type.
Please and Thank you
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For a first bow, the steaming of tips to make recurved ends is pretty darn complicated. Gluing in the recurves is easy as long as you make a good bending jig. I've attached an old article on a simple way to make a wood or wood-fiberglass laminated recurve that will give you a start. I would shoot for a bow about 1-1/2" wide at the handle tapering to 1/2" at the tips, 64-66" from tip to tip. The bending jig shown in the article can be sawn out of a 2x12.
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Thanks for posting the link; love the old Root recurve I have. Way too complicated for me but a fascinating read.
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http://www.tradgang.com/tgsmf/index.php?topic=108949.0
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Ken, thanks for the plans.
I tried using tightbond III to glue 2 x 1/8 pieces together 4 ft long and they snapped.
Do I need a more flexible glue? Before glueing I could almost touch the ends together.
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What kind of joint did you have between the two pieces??? A butt joint would be worthless. A scarf joint (see attachment) that is at least 6 times longer than the thickness of the wood is the 'standard' sort of joint for gluing up two pieces like that. For that 1/8" stock I'd make the scarf an inch long.
As a glue, Titebond (tm) is often stronger than the wood. I almost always used Titebond II, it seems better than III.
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It was a lamination not a joint.