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Fair enough. I’ll definitely keep you updated on the project. Waiting on materials now. I’m using S-2 fiberglass fabric and epoxy on 1/8th inch thick fiberglass bar. Bow will be 1” at the widest part of the limb, unless I decide to make it narrower for some reason. I bought six feet of it so I can experiment a bit. Although I’m not too excited about sanding all this fiberglass. I’m going to need a way to control the dust.
I haven’t got the wood for the siyahs yet. Maybe I’m underestimating the complexity, but it seems relatively easy to carve? I found a few decent forum posts that might point me in the right direction. I’m going to reinforce the siyahs with fiberglass cloth because they seem like they could be a weak point.
Alright so after a long search I think I found a useful source for solid fiberglass bars as well as carbon fabrics, S glass fabric, Kevlar etc.
Specifically I was considering this:
https://www.tapplastics.com/product/pla … ar_bar/160
It comes in 1/8” (1” wide) and 1/4” (1 1/4” wide) bars, 6 feet long.
But it gave me some ideas for reinforcing the siyahs with a Kevlar twill maybe? Or backing with carbon and wrapping with S-2 glass? I was thinking some sort of 90 degree reinforcement would be good if my limb is only an inch thick, although at 24” maybe that’s an alright ratio.
I want a Tiny Bow like alibow sells but the shipping is too high for me. I’d like to see if I can make one myself. For those who don’t know, their bow is about 18 inches long when strung, and has a draw weight of about 25# at 10” which is the maximum draw length. It’s a scaled down Manchu bow.
I was thinking of having maple siyahs and limbs made of fiberglass lamination, but I have no idea how thick to make the limbs. I had been thinking of taking bo tuff strips and cutting them in thirds and layering those. So 24” long for the fiberglass part. Do the back/belly strips need to be sanded on only one side though? Would .09”-.15” thick fiberglass be sufficient material, or would that be way too much?
Hello, new archer here. I shoot lefty and started with a 30#@28” recurve (PSE Razorback) but became interested in horse archery before I got too far into it so now I’m shooting with a 35#@30” Samick Mind-50. Sometimes just for fun I plink around the basement with a 15#@24” right handed Little Bear. I seem to be more accurate with the PSE/Little Bear but that might have something to do with the shelf. I’m planning on getting into bow hunting once I start pulling a suitable weight and am more consistently accurate, but I’m enjoying the journey.
The guy at a local shop hadn’t heard of thumb draw and couldn’t give me pointers. Are there any local groups that shoot like this? I know CTR isn’t far away. Just ordered a custom ring from them.
Hello,
It’s my first post here but I’ve been fascinated with horse bows/Korean bows for some time now and love reading this forum. I recently have begun archery with a 35# Samick Mind 50. I hope to develop my skill in this hobby and eventually move up to a more appropriate draw weight for deer hunting. No idea how you guys manage such heavy draw weights but that’s another matter. I was going to post a new thread but I feel like my question has been touched upon here.
Are horn bows objectively superior to composite bows made from modern materials?
I don’t mean the satisfaction that comes with an historic/traditional approach to archery, appealing as that may be. Specifically, I am interested in a compact design with speed and efficiency in mind, at draw weights appropriate for a hunting bow. I would like the smoothest draw possible. With Mediterranean draw I pull about 28”, with thumb draw (which I am leaning towards nowadays) I pull around 30” I think.
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