The bow of the gods
I'm planning to make what I call "The bow of the gods". It's going to be the most efficient design for a wood only bow. Any suggestions? I will recurve it, and do anything possible to make this...
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Ryan, At some point you'll have to either prove your point or try to explain the differences in wood yourself rather than just taking shots at people for NOT narrowing down the whys of wood...
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crackingbows, your guideline assumes a particular front view profile shape. Bows with different front view profiles should have different tiller shapes. I assume that the bow Jeremiah plans on making...
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The main argument is whether a design consideration in laying out a bow -inspired by a facet of the wood being used- makes the bow "well designed" as Ryan put it or a different design altogether....
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Who cares what you call it? What matters is how you shoot it. Rod.
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Different woods are better for different designs. But all woods can make all designs, as long as width and length are taken into consideration. Now lets stop with the wood war. Everyone has their own...
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Jeremiah, When you say different woods are better for different designs then you have to define what better is. More often than not the dispute is not an opinion but a measurable thing. Make the best...
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Jeremiah, you mention recurves, but Tim's reply is about reflex. Did you mean reflex, or did tim mean recurves?Wouldn't you be straining the wood more by putting it in a form green(if I understood you...
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Tim meant reflex. Oh, yeah, a bow I had I was putting strain on it while it was green and it took about 2 1/2 in of set in it... That is a bad idea.
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I replied with something along the lines of I was going to cut the wood and put it into a kinda form to give it a little bit of a back set to decrease set, while at the same time not overstraining the...
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The world record flight shot with an all-wood bow was made with a yew recurve. Unless someone beat that guy. Thats all I got to say.
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http://paleoplanet69529.yuku.com/forums/22#.UT35RVfJLHw This is one of the fastest & lightest bows I've ever seen and I'm surprised nobody has mentioned it yet. I personally made a small self bow...
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I think y'all need to get a room, or at least start a new thread, if anyone has is something new to say other than:(1) all bow woods can perform the same if designed properly or,(2) no they can't.Gabe
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All being discussed here was worked out long ago.. a few of us here make the bow you wish for on a routine basis.. Come by and you will see.. Rich-Goleta, Cal.
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My Bow of the Gods is the first one I finished on my own, Ipe backed with bamboo, English longbow, 72" long, 65 lbs at 29 - will shoot any weight arrow well.
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Bow of the gods is in the hands of the gods, I keep tryin but they won't give it back to me.
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crackingbows wrote:I wonder if the idea that light woods are the same as dense woods but just need to be made wider, takes into account heat treating?> Yes. I don't think he compared wood to wood...
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Now, to the original post. Dean Torges said in one of his books something darn close to cast resulting from dry wood carefully tillered. Early in my bowmaking I used to try to mix and improve designs...
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