Ozbow

Hi. Has anyone used Japanese maple for a bow?
Cheers.

Do you know which variety of maple you have and also what are the dimensions of the timber?
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Make a bow to see what happens.

Daryl.

Ive been thinking about using a laminate of Australian buloke and and a much softer wood on the belly has anyone tried this or similar?

The following refers to milled boards and not split bush billits.

You will probably find that the buloke will crush the softer belly timber. Properties of buloke are shown in the following link.

https://www.wood-database.com/australian-buloke/

I would suggest a bend through the handle design as you can get longer working limbs. Watch the following link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRm08UI9iYk

A wider thinner limb is probably the better option. Dimensions in the diagram below are a starting point and width can be modified.
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The buloke could be prone to raising splinters on the back of the bow so a backing could be beneficial. One option is shown in the following video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVCMsbF_OD0

Rounding the edges of the limbs should help to minimise the chance of splinters lifting on the edges.

Daryl.