I have a guy wanting to build his son a bow draw length at 15" - 36" long (5 year old)
Anybody help me?
Bout like roy shoots? :laughing:
Thanks in advance!
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Have him make it about 5 pounds, like most of your bows are:)
Kids bows are tuff cause they are shorter, so they need to be way thinner and narrow.
Talk to jess stuart. I made a couple of them but they were for bigger kids. Also, I'm not done learning about it. :)
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I'd make kids bows so they can grow into them, up to 45#@26" or so. At 15" that would only be 12# to 15#. Once they can handle 40# it will be time to upgrade.
PatB has the right idea, IMHO -- a slightly larger bow -- say 48". With a draw weight of 12-15# at 15" and a bit more than double that at 22-24". I've build a couple bamboo-slat self bows like that for friend's kids.
.030 glass. 3/4 wide and thinking .100 x .001
I got one will measure it up for ya.
Thanks!!!
Hi, made one recently for my friends nephew for his 7th birthday. 48" long, 1" wide to 1/2" tips. Stack was 0.250" 1mm bearpaw glass(thats all I had) .004 taper, bamboo core and padouk riser.17#@20"
This one I got is 38 N to N 12 in riser. .153 parallel and 10 @ 15
And maybe an inch of reflex above the front of the riser. A twig over 5/8s wide.
I build a kids longbow with 12" riser and one inch glass and lams. A .200 stack will give me about 18# @ 20". You can get three bows out of two pieces of glass which makes them pretty cost effective. Good little shooters too.
Thanks guys!! Jess, what is the ntn length on that bow?
Kenny, I make it 46" and a overall length of 48". Two 1x48 and two 1 x24 pieces from each strip of glass.
There ya go ole timer, that size bow would be perfect for yer short A$$:)
Hey, I'm short, but a knuckle dragger, none of the draw length things pertain to me. :laughing:
Thanks Jess!!
My 36" NTN (37" overall length) youth bow, is a deflex reflex design, and I use a 10 1/2" riser, make the limbs 7/8" - 1" wide, and a .125 stack gives me a 15# @ 21" bow, it's about 8# @ 15". I hope this helps.
Yes Sir!! :thumbsup: