Tri Laminate Carriage Bow.
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2020 11:17 am
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Archery, its theory and practice by H. A. Ford, 2nd Edition, 1859.
“As regards backed-bows other than yew, it has already been observed that they are inferior to the two sorts just treated of. But it must not be supposed from this that it is intended to affirm that they are bad or unfit for the Archer's use—on the contrary, if properly made, they are good and serviceable weapons, only less to be recommended than the two kinds of yew-bows; neither must the idea be adopted from what has been said respecting the superiority of yew as a wood for bows, that therefore all yew-bows are necessarily good or better than those of other woods; such is far from being the case, for a backed-bow, well made of a good piece of Fustic, Washaba, or Lance, is decidedly better than either a self or backed one made of inferior yew. It is only to the best samples of yew-bows of either kind that the foregoing remarks are intended to apply.”
“There is a bow called the "carriage-bow," which here requires some notice. It is made to divide, in the centre by means of an iron or brass socket fixed to the lower limb of the bow—something similar to the joint of a fishing-rod, in fact. The only object attained, however, is that it enables the Archer when travelling to carry his bow in a smaller compass: but to obtain this, much additional weight is added to the bow, rendering it heavy in hand, and unpleasant in use. The remedy here, therefore, is worse than the disease.”
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I had some shorter lengths of various bow woods that did not lend themselves to splicing so they became the ideal candidate for a carriage bow.
The back of the bow is Hickory, the core is of some dubious Osage and the belly is Degame.
The tip overlays are black wood and hopefully give the appearance of being fashioned from buffalo horn.
Fitting the brass sleeves is reasonably easy, just a little time consuming.
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The glued up limbs are left full width in case the fitted sleeves a little out of alignment. When both limbs have their fitting they can be brought together in the outer sleeve and a true centreline can be obtained and the bows limb plan marked out.
In essence the bow can now be finished in a similar manner to a one piece bow.
N to N is 70” and the bow draws 40# @ 28” and unfortunately I missed the target weight of 45#.
Tiller has moved a bit but I will wait until more arrows are loosed to see how much it changes and then make the appropriate adjustment.
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To preserve the integrity of the tip overlays a double loop bow stringer is needed hence the second string groove in the upper tip.
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A leather handle wrap has to be applied.
Daryl.
https://www.archerylibrary.com/books/ford/
Archery, its theory and practice by H. A. Ford, 2nd Edition, 1859.
“As regards backed-bows other than yew, it has already been observed that they are inferior to the two sorts just treated of. But it must not be supposed from this that it is intended to affirm that they are bad or unfit for the Archer's use—on the contrary, if properly made, they are good and serviceable weapons, only less to be recommended than the two kinds of yew-bows; neither must the idea be adopted from what has been said respecting the superiority of yew as a wood for bows, that therefore all yew-bows are necessarily good or better than those of other woods; such is far from being the case, for a backed-bow, well made of a good piece of Fustic, Washaba, or Lance, is decidedly better than either a self or backed one made of inferior yew. It is only to the best samples of yew-bows of either kind that the foregoing remarks are intended to apply.”
“There is a bow called the "carriage-bow," which here requires some notice. It is made to divide, in the centre by means of an iron or brass socket fixed to the lower limb of the bow—something similar to the joint of a fishing-rod, in fact. The only object attained, however, is that it enables the Archer when travelling to carry his bow in a smaller compass: but to obtain this, much additional weight is added to the bow, rendering it heavy in hand, and unpleasant in use. The remedy here, therefore, is worse than the disease.”
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I had some shorter lengths of various bow woods that did not lend themselves to splicing so they became the ideal candidate for a carriage bow.
The back of the bow is Hickory, the core is of some dubious Osage and the belly is Degame.
The tip overlays are black wood and hopefully give the appearance of being fashioned from buffalo horn.
Fitting the brass sleeves is reasonably easy, just a little time consuming.
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The glued up limbs are left full width in case the fitted sleeves a little out of alignment. When both limbs have their fitting they can be brought together in the outer sleeve and a true centreline can be obtained and the bows limb plan marked out.
In essence the bow can now be finished in a similar manner to a one piece bow.
N to N is 70” and the bow draws 40# @ 28” and unfortunately I missed the target weight of 45#.
Tiller has moved a bit but I will wait until more arrows are loosed to see how much it changes and then make the appropriate adjustment.
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- Braced Compilation.jpg (92.97 KiB) Viewed 3239 times
To preserve the integrity of the tip overlays a double loop bow stringer is needed hence the second string groove in the upper tip.
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- Tip Compilation.jpg (69.16 KiB) Viewed 3239 times
A leather handle wrap has to be applied.
Daryl.