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Title: From wood to fiberglass.
Post by: Liquid Amber on April 04, 2014, 10:10:00 PM

One of the projects I'm working on is compiling information on the evolution of the wood bow/organic composites to the modern composite, the most common being a fiberglass backed and faced, laminated bow.    

Composites of organic or natural materials have been around a long time and remained popular through the 1940s until the plastics/fiberglass became dominant.

So far I've compiled information from ads and articles from American Bowman-Review and Archery from 1941-1952 and recorded it in an Excel Spreadsheet.  Just beginning.   :)   I use a variety of methods to collect and record information, one being Excel.  Sample page of the draft shown here.  When finished I'll print the material off and bind a hard copy as well as retaining an electronic copy.  

  (http://i544.photobucket.com/albums/hh338/spikeknife/fiberglaSS_zps7083f47c.jpg) (http://s544.photobucket.com/user/spikeknife/media/fiberglaSS_zps7083f47c.jpg.html)

Title: Re: From wood to fiberglass.
Post by: TonyW on April 04, 2014, 10:19:00 PM

Nice job! Looking forward to this research.
Wade was investigating the types of fiberglass used in the aluminum laminated Bears.

Title: Re: From wood to fiberglass.
Post by: Larry m on April 04, 2014, 11:13:00 PM

As Always!!! Off to a very nice piece of well researched material. Appreciate your efforts and the shared info.  :)