| From: SteelyDan
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| Date: 07-May-20 |
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I have succesfully made several board bows out of 1X2 kiln dried maple, including a couple of dual shelf bows.
Has anyone tried making a snaky board bow out of something wider, like a 1X3".
Is there any reason why you couldn't? It might be a little more challenging tillering?
SD
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| From: Runner
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| Date: 07-May-20 |
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Scalloped bows are made from boards and I have seen an article on making a snake bow from a hickory board.
Of course that defies the whole follow the grain theory.
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| From: glenbow
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| Date: 08-May-20 |
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I have successfully made a fake snake bow from a de crowned hickory stave. I backed it with rawhide and held up fine. There was a story in primitive archer many years ago how to do it.
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| From: BowAholic
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| Date: 08-May-20 |
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I made one from an ipe board a long time ago. It held together but fretted in a couple of places. I backed it with a python skin that was like rawhide. I was disappointed in the finished bow due to the handshock too, but it was the first time I had used ipe and it is very heavy. I got the 'perfect snake' pattern from Mickey 'Ferret' Lotz.
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| From: BowAholic
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| Date: 08-May-20 |
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I found a picture~
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| From: George Tsoukalas
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| Date: 08-May-20 |
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Intentionally, violating grain is never a good idea. Ideally, boards should have straight grain lines from tip to tip. I learned fast after being hit by flying wood and drawing blood. Jawge
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| From: D.Lewis aka tonto59
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| Date: 08-May-20 |
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Those snaky bows are really cool looking. Do they shhot as good as a straight limbed self bow. How much tougher are they to make?
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| From: BowAholic
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| Date: 08-May-20 |
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just my opinion...but no, they do not shoot as well as a nice straight piece and I'm thinking that it's because they need to be slightly overbuilt just to stay together. It does take quite a bit longer to work one down and there's a lot higher risk that it won't stay together due to the strange grain.
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| From: PEARL DRUMS
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| Date: 08-May-20 |
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George's post says all you need to know.
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| From: SteelyDan
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| Date: 08-May-20 |
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Not to beat a dead horse but what if most of the grain lines fall within the width of the board?
I would only be talking mildly snaky then. SD
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| From: Bassman
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| Date: 08-May-20 |
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Follow the grain on a snaky stave is the safest way. Beyond that it can break.
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| From: Runner
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| Date: 08-May-20 |
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The safest method of doing this with a straight stave would be with Elm.
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| From: 4nolz@work
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| Date: 08-May-20 |
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Mickey Lotz also sent me the "perfect snake" template to make a glass laminated longbow to match his.Ive posted pictures in the past.They seem to bend too much right out of the fades and it hurts cast.
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| From: 4nolz@work
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| Date: 08-May-20 |
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The pictures are in the "who makes their own laminated bows?" thread I ttt'd it
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| From: BowAholic
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| Date: 08-May-20 |
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Mike, that was cool and sounds like it had the same design flaws as the one I made...too bad.
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| From: Bjrogg
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| Date: 09-May-20 |
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The real reason we make snaky bows is because we follow the grain. A straight grain stave should be a straight line bow. A snaky grain stave should be a snaky bow and follow the snaky grain. Some woods have interlocking grain and can handle a certain amount of grain violations.
I would say a well built snaky bow would out shot a poorly built straight one.
Bjrogg
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