Bigfoot522
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This is a staic limbed bow I made for myself about 8 years ago.
I been wanting to post it but didn't want to hyjack the thread..View attachment 66228
The limbs for both of these bows will have a parallel and tapered lamination of Walnut. He's made limbs with cores of osage, bamboo, maple, and others. He's also used carbon a few times. The last two bows he made for me had carbon with Bocote veneers. A set of limbs he recently made from walnut outshot my carbon/bocote limbs. which is why I kept it simple and went with walnut on this bow.
So do you think there is a correlation between different type of veneer and speed? I understand core will affect bow a bow shoot, but does veneer? I would love to get a custom bow with the type of veneers that look good, but I'm a fan of getting the most efficient design too.
Wait, just to be clear, is it full one piece walnut limbs or walnut veneers?
I feel like we're moving into selfbow territories.
I think I confused everyone when I used the term core instead of laminations.I'm not following. What makes you say the statement above? Just to be clear the bow you asked about above has two wood laminations along with glass.
I think I confused everyone when I used the term core instead of laminations.
I recently been educated on the fact that veneer and laminate does not mean the same thing. So I was confusion myself or was assuming something when I read about bows. So when you say laminated, I assumed you meant veneer, that why when you talk about how the walnut bow he made was faster than the carbon, I got confused because in my mind it was veneer, so 'wait, so veneer affect limbs quality?'I'm not following. What makes you say the statement above? Just to be clear the bow you asked about above has two wood laminations along with glass.
Not exactly. One piece of wood can mean different things. Self bows are typically made with hand tools from a stave or section of log. The bark was still on the log that this one came from. Literally came from a section of log. The riser and limbs are the same piece of wood. There is no glue or joints and this was made with a draw knife and rasp only.I recently been educated on the fact that veneer and laminate does not mean the same thing. So I was confusion myself or was assuming something when I read about bows. So when you say laminated, I assumed you meant veneer, that why when you talk about how the walnut bow he made was faster than the carbon, I got confused because in my mind it was veneer, so 'wait, so veneer affect limbs quality?'
So when I referred to selfbow, I was thinking that isn't selfbow basically one piece of wood? So your dad made limbs from walnut only? etc.
I recently been educated on the fact that veneer and laminate does not mean the same thing. So I was confusion myself or was assuming something when I read about bows. So when you say laminated, I assumed you meant veneer, that why when you talk about how the walnut bow he made was faster than the carbon, I got confused because in my mind it was veneer, so 'wait, so veneer affect limbs quality?'
So when I referred to selfbow, I was thinking that isn't selfbow basically one piece of wood? So your dad made limbs from walnut only? etc.
Got ya. Like @Petrichor said above a self bow is one peice of wood. In my bow above the walnut is the wood "core" but there is no reason to add veneers because that was the wood I wanted to show. I see how my first explanation was confusing.