Monday 6 December 2021

Test Bow from old Cedar Cladding

 I made up a pyrimid style bow (constant thickness, width tapered to a point) from a piece of the old cedar cladding. First try it drew to about 30# and the tip sheared off (there was a split in the wood there which I'd glued up. I spliced on a new tip and took 1.5" off each end and tried again.
It came back to about 26" (un-braced) at 32# before breaking at the same end. I videoed it all and it 's on my Youtube chanel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-G7hJW5HkY
Heres a pic of it alongside a wonky English Yew longbow that's just about ready for horn nocks. I'll get it up on tiller and check how it look first as its not bee
n worked on for over a month.

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