Nothing short of stunning work. Have you ever considered heat treating the bamboo? I find it totally transforms the bamboo and helps eliminate limb set whilst also increasing draw weight and snappiness of the bow.
I’ve been in the habit of heat treating the belly lam ahead of construction. I’ve heat treated bamboo bellies during the tillering stage and found some lamination problems - mainly the edges of the bamboo thinning and curling up at the glue line where the heat treat was performed.
String follow in and of itself is not necessarily a bad thing - there are a host of bows that have deflex purposely put in them as part of the design. It’s compression that robs the bow of cast - that having been said, bamboo and wood do not behave the same. I’m still learning how to deal with bamboo in belly applications because the compression properties are very different from that of any wood I have encountered. Getting there though!
@@meadowlarkadventuregear oh I see. Makes sense yes. I'm here for all of it 🙂 I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and findings as you go along with your builds. So in this case. With regards to the poundage. How do you think the bamboo is holding up in compression strength after all of your builds so far? Why does those Japanese bows hold up so well and for years and they use the same method to make bows. Back and belly with a core laminate? I wonder if it's because they build longer bows so the strain on the bamboo is not that much 🤔
Nothing short of stunning work. Have you ever considered heat treating the bamboo? I find it totally transforms the bamboo and helps eliminate limb set whilst also increasing draw weight and snappiness of the bow.
I’ve been in the habit of heat treating the belly lam ahead of construction. I’ve heat treated bamboo bellies during the tillering stage and found some lamination problems - mainly the edges of the bamboo thinning and curling up at the glue line where the heat treat was performed.
Your craftsmans/ship is sailing from inspirational winds, great work . Tripping again.
Thank you for the kind words!!!
Beautiful!!!!
I wanna touch It😍😍😍😍😍
Haha.
Seeing your work on this bow had been a motivational inspiration. Thanks alot!!!!
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And she does feel good in the hand! lol!
What a beautiful bow, you’ve done an incredible job! You’re a true craftsman 😎
@@benspeedschannel888 Thank you for watching!
That is another beautiful build! Great job as always!
Thank you! And thanks for watching!
Those tips sre beautiful! And the string groove location is inspired! 👍
@@ianbruce6515 cutting the original tips off was a bit disarming, but they did turn out pretty nice!
That turned out beautiful... super nice work...😉
Thank you!!!
Amazing build! Beautiful bow!!!!
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Appreciate all you do. Thanks for through explanations . See you soon
@@samfulks4896 Thanks for following along!
Greetings sir and everyone.fantastic.sir you the bamboo master.. I can't keep up with any other good words admiring you bow buildingbsir
@@bienyamientoefy1923 Thank you my friend!
That bow seems nice and snappy. So the string follow is not really taking away that much speed from the bow.
String follow in and of itself is not necessarily a bad thing - there are a host of bows that have deflex purposely put in them as part of the design. It’s compression that robs the bow of cast - that having been said, bamboo and wood do not behave the same. I’m still learning how to deal with bamboo in belly applications because the compression properties are very different from that of any wood I have encountered. Getting there though!
@@meadowlarkadventuregear oh I see. Makes sense yes. I'm here for all of it 🙂 I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and findings as you go along with your builds. So in this case. With regards to the poundage. How do you think the bamboo is holding up in compression strength after all of your builds so far?
Why does those Japanese bows hold up so well and for years and they use the same method to make bows. Back and belly with a core laminate? I wonder if it's because they build longer bows so the strain on the bamboo is not that much 🤔