Bamboo recurve build along

[Sam Harper]

I added a bamboo recurve build along to my web page:

 http://poorfolkbows.com/brecurve1.htm

Here's a couple of pictures

 

 

[LESKEN2011]

Thanks, Sam. More great info shared with the rest of us!!

[Bob at Work]

thanks Sam...you are fearless!    
Bob

[Sal]

Your website is a treasure trove for beginners,and now for advanced bowyers.  Thanks.

[takefive]

That is a terrific bow and an amazing build along.  I just book marked it in hopes of getting back to it someday when I have the skills to give it a try.  Thanks for posting it!

[Xander]

Nice build along!  You really take the fear outta bow building for someone like me who hasn't done it before!

[CalebNH00]

Sweet bow!

[mwosborn]

I like the looks of them - thanks for sharing.

[MoeM]

Whoa Sam Harper, I love you HP- learned a lot there and didn`t know you`re here too.
Thanks a lot man!!

[Sam Harper]

I love you, too, Moe. What does HP mean?

[MoeM]

Goddamit meant YOUR for sure^^ (but your cat`s cute   :D )
HP`s posed to mean HomePage... vintage name for website- maybe some of the olders will remember...

Anyway I can`t remember how often I referred to your BBI BA on preperaring boo and the need of plams you saved me quite a lot of time describing the work in words or writing    
(I hope I`ll be someday able to tiller such bows myself   :( )

[Roy from Pa]

LMAO:) Way to go Moe..  

[LittleBen]

HAHA thats hilarious. Sam, what's the brace height on this?

Also what type of front profile are you using? pyrimidal? or is it straight for a portion of the limb? Thats alot of recurve, any stability issues?

[Pat B]

Good build long, Sam. Thanks for posting it here.
I'd bet with different belly material you could get the speed up some but this bow seems to shoot just fine.

[Sam Harper]

Originally posted by LittleBen:
HAHA thats hilarious. Sam, what's the brace height on this?

7.5"

Also what type of front profile are you using? pyrimidal? or is it straight for a portion of the limb? Thats alot of recurve, any stability issues?

The limbs are straight until the last 8" when it tapers to the tip.  There are no stability issues.

[Sam Harper]

Originally posted by Pat B:
Good build long, Sam. Thanks for posting it here.
I'd bet with different belly material you could get the speed up some but this bow seems to shoot just fine.

I think you are probably right.  Less deflex would help, too.  It's almost strung even before I string it, so there's not a lot of tension in the early part of the draw.  I will probably make another form at some point because these are fun to do.  I'll probably make the next one a little shorter, too.

[LittleBen]

Awesome build along as usual. Nice looking profile too.

I'm very interested to see phase two of this ... less deflex etc. as mentioned.

Very neat. I have a blank for a form I was going to cut out for a hybrid R/D design, but this is really tempting.

[Sam Harper]

I figured out today why my bow had too much deflex.  It's because I was using a 2x8 instead of a 2x6 like I did with my first two recurves.  I had 2 inches more deflex with this one than the original two.

[kevinbarry]

Thanks Sam. Looking foward to trying to make one myself.