alternative materials & new methods... etc

Flem · February 10, 2021, 10:25:02 AM

Do you live out on the Tundra? Sound like you need a ninja suit, headlamp and folding saw

Oh, and maybe a book on pruning

Longcruise · February 10, 2021, 12:50:09 PM

Quote from: Flem on February 10, 2021, 10:25:02 AM
Do you live out on the Tundra? Sound like you need a ninja suit, headlamp and folding saw
Oh, and maybe a book on pruning

I took a look at where 60* North is and I'm thinking things don't get very big there.

williwaw · February 10, 2021, 02:36:07 PM

Quote from: Longcruise on February 10, 2021, 12:50:09 PM
Quote from: Flem on February 10, 2021, 10:25:02 AM
Do you live out on the Tundra? Sound like you need a ninja suit, headlamp and folding saw
Oh, and maybe a book on pruning

I took a look at where 60* North is and I'm thinking things don't get very big there.

I'm near the coast. Spruce trees 3-4' diameter, some of the best in the world for building stuff like airplanes and arrows. Might be ok for cores, if i find some with sufficient density.

Service berry, wild crabapple, etc, just not of any size. Tundra if you go up above treeline or further north. Good fishing here though.....

buddyb · February 12, 2021, 11:23:37 PM

Has anyone tried hickory yet in a recurve bow?

Shredd · February 12, 2021, 11:49:14 PM

I was told it was fast but then I was told by another that cores really don't matter...

kennym · February 13, 2021, 11:05:59 AM

Hickory did well in the Walk The Talk

buddyb · February 13, 2021, 05:44:18 PM

Kenny, where can i read about it?

Buemaker · February 13, 2021, 05:52:28 PM

Bill Howland said he made his own actionwood from hickory and used it if a customer ordered a bow and was going to shoot real heavy arrows.

Roy from Pa · February 14, 2021, 10:29:47 AM

One of the rules Terry has listed is "no links" to other archery sites.

Had to remove them, sorry guys.

Longcruise · February 14, 2021, 11:03:30 AM

The site is still there but it appears to be dormant.

Stagmitis · February 14, 2021, 07:16:51 PM

Hickory really did well in WTT!!

From what I recall Ken coached aaron (Feral Donkey) on this straight limbed longbow 65" (NO backset) bow made with hickory which I think was tempered.

This bow hit 179.7 Fps @ 10 gpp which is SMOKIN for that that style bow especially since there was no reflex/backset. I shot this bow at a shoot a year after WTT.

Like Shredd sez design is everything but in a deep core environment the core does matter to squeeze out some extra Fps.

williwaw · February 14, 2021, 11:07:43 PM

I would be interested in any info about hickory, but missed the links. Would whomever posted the links be kind enough to pm them?

thanks.

Stagmitis, any pics of the bow? It was a ALB I presume?

Stagmitis · February 15, 2021, 08:52:50 AM

Williwaw kinda ASL profile when strung but wider flatter limb. 18" Handle, power lam, slow limb tapers.

Flem · February 15, 2021, 10:06:30 AM

I would like to check out those photos, but unfortunately photo bucket......... SUCKS!

Shredd · February 15, 2021, 11:46:40 AM

Quote from: Flem on February 15, 2021, 10:06:30 AM
I would like to check out those photos, but unfortunately photo bucket......... SUCKS!

2X

Crooked Stic · February 15, 2021, 12:10:40 PM

Sorry Roy I wondered about that.

williwaw · February 15, 2021, 07:56:09 PM

Quote from: Stagmitis on February 15, 2021, 08:52:50 AM
Williwaw kinda ASL profile when strung but wider flatter limb. 18" Handle, power lam, slow limb tapers.

wider at the fades? I'm guessing if it didn't have much thickness taper it would be more of a pyramid with the best part of the taper being in width? Maybe the flatter limb was thinner than a ASL, and not working the core so hard, it was better able take advantage of a stiffer core made of hickory.

Stagmitis · February 21, 2021, 09:48:19 AM

Much wider at the fades and much flatter limb than a traditional ASL. He also threw out the PL lam another 3" past the fades so about a 21" handle. In effect he had a short working limb while maintaining stiffness in the outer third.

buddyb · February 21, 2021, 11:30:12 AM

Stotler longbows are built kinda the same way with a shorter working limb.