48" Recurve finished

[JamesV]

I designed and built this little 48" recurve as an experiment from scrap glass/ maple lams. Suprising how fast this little bow shoots.

A special thanks to Mike Mecredy over at MadDog bows for his help with the stack on this bow.




 

Was thinking this might be a good design for a high performance kids bow until the wife got her hands on it, with her short draw, probably not gonna get it back.

Oh well guess I can always build another one or 3

James

[fujimo]

very cool- how is the stability and forgiveness of poor release etc on those short bows.
look really neat and funky!!!
whats the accuracy like?
nice job!!!

[Trux Turning]

Very nice!! I'm a fan of those short bows.

[Ice Mike]

That's awesome! !

[takefive]

Very cool X 2!

[bjansen]

Looks really good.  Nice design.

[Mike Mecredy]

I like it.

[chackworth3]

Sweet bow! I'm a fan of short bows too

[cunruhshoot]

Great looking bow  - very sleek...I am not sure what that means but it sounds good.    :D

[kennym]

Very cool!!

[LESKEN2011]

Nice bow, James. I can't wait to see it in person!!  

[jess stuart]

Great looking bow.  The short ones have a bunch of wow factor.  Thanks for sharing with us.  How much taper etc? We need details leaving the out is cruel.

[JamesV]

The specs. on this bow are: 46" NTN, .170 total stack with .030 glass on the back and .020 on the belly. The maple lams are parallel (no taper) The limbs are 1 3/8 wide. 40# @ 26", 14" riser. The profile of this bow is similar to a reduced K mag.

James

[bow loving man]

cool bow!!!

[KenH]

James -- Is that your design?  Would you be willing to share a tracing of that profile?  Or did you buy a proprietary plan somewhere for it?
 
I've toyed with the idea of making a bow similar to yours with a  "banana" shaped riser that would run from your riser's fades, to the deep part of your grip and back out.

I don't care for what I call the "prosthetic" grip, and I prefer shooting off the hand rather than a shelf.  I know... I'm weird....

[Wolftrail]

Very cool little bow,  a 26" pull on 'er,  impressive.....   :cool:  
Cheers to a job well done.    

[MB_Sweden]

Nice curves

[carpin'mark]

Awesome little 'bush bow', very cool.