Wood Laminate Bows

Yew wood is called self laminate or self bow if it has both the heart wood and the sap wood in the stave.

Wood laminate bows.

Bow laminate set specify draw weight in pounds b. Use our bow building laminations to build your one of a kind masterpiece longbow. Riser block wood your choice 1 1 2 x 1 1 2 x 18 d. A laminated bow is an archery bow in which different materials are laminated together to form the bow stave itself.

If you re building laminate bows not selfbows you get a different result for the back wood the part of the bow facing away from the archer requiring strong tensile strength and for the belly where compression strength is most important. The egyptian scythian and assyrian people had been making laminate bows out of combinations of wood horn and. See our selection of exotic hardwood bow laminations from around the world. Several archery companies offer bow making kits for recurves or longbows depending on what you want to build.

2x 4 x8 x 1 2 osb or plywood oven box f. But before a persons gets to the point that the benefits of laminating are outweighing the extra troubles a laminated bow creates you have to do some serious experimenting and to expect some failed bows. Use bow building glue that can handle the stresses of a bow s limbs. Glue for riser block can be epoxy but must be heated e.

The craft of making bows can take many years to learn but you can find kits that provide pre cut pieces of wood and any other materials you need to make your own bow. Kits can be ordered online or over the phone. A laminated bow offers more options as far as wood combinations and design goes. Traditional composite bows are normally not included although their construction with horn wood and sinew might bring them within the above definition.

Gluing your bow laminations or bow backing is a critical part of the bow building process. Home bow building exotic wood veneers. 10 off all bear bows code. That s because yew heart wood is hard and the sap wood is soft flexible elastic.

You want a hardwood belly to resist the compression and push the bow back straight when released. Butcher paper something to protect your table h.