Author Topic: ASL stack? (Read 2393 times)

pditto613 · « **on:** February 17, 2020, 06:57:30 PM »

Going to try my hand at a forward handle ASL. Looking for stack suggestions. Shooting for 50 - 53 lbs at 28”. 66” bow length. Plan to reflex the limbs 2 - 3”. Let me know your thoughts

Flem · « **Reply #1 on:** February 17, 2020, 07:21:04 PM »

Have you made a standard handle ASL? Just like that, but backwards

Poundage is kind of dependent on wood choice, glass thickness, taper rate, width, etc. Thats a lot of reflex for an ASL. Ball park, .500 give or take .030? You probably won't know until you make one for a baseline.

monterey · « **Reply #2 on:** February 17, 2020, 09:16:04 PM »

How long will the riser be?

How wide at the fades?

How wide at the nocks.

What will be the total thickness taper?

pditto613 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 18, 2020, 03:20:33 AM »

18” riser. 1 3/8” at the fades. 1/2” tips. .005 taper. Wasn’t planning on tip Wedges. The only asl’s I have built have been Bingham’s. I am open to all suggestions. My only have to is a recurve style medium wrist grip. I just can’t shoot the straight handle well at all.

garyschuler · « **Reply #4 on:** February 18, 2020, 06:10:27 AM »

ASL,.500” at center limb like stated. 18” riser is very long usually about 14-16” - 1” to -1/8” limbs and 7/16” tips at notches. Research ASL websites and Dick Wrightmans old pages at Howard Hill Longbowman.
It is all subjective to experience and what you want to do.

monterey · « **Reply #5 on:** February 18, 2020, 02:39:26 PM »

Quote from: pditto613 on February 18, 2020, 03:20:33 AM

18” riser. 1 3/8” at the fades. 1/2” tips. .005 taper. Wasn’t planning on tip Wedges. The only asl’s I have built have been Bingham’s. I am open to all suggestions. My only have to is a recurve style medium wrist grip. I just can’t shoot the straight handle well at all.

My swag at that would be 43 to 47

Forwardhandle · « **Reply #6 on:** February 18, 2020, 05:46:01 PM »

This thread is catching my interest I would like to make one to down the line !

pditto613 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 18, 2020, 05:47:58 PM »

Since I am not looking to re-invent the longbow I am going to rephrase the question. If you were going to build an forward handle asl reflexed longbow at 50-53 lbs how would you go about it? I believe there are a few of you out there who have done this quite well.

Flem · « **Reply #8 on:** February 18, 2020, 06:43:26 PM »

If your lucky, canopyboy or jsweka will chime in. As I recall they have both posted reverse handle ASL's they have made.

kennym · « **Reply #9 on:** February 18, 2020, 08:38:37 PM »

This may help, but looks like pbucket got part of it....

http://www.tradgang.com/tgsmf/index.php?topic=153078.msg2648847#msg2648847

Flem · « **Reply #10 on:** February 18, 2020, 08:57:39 PM »

Thanks for posting that Kenny! Thats a great reference. Now I'm wondering where David Lowe went to?

pditto613 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 19, 2020, 03:34:43 AM »

Thanks Kenny. Definitely different from the Bingham version. Shorter riser, narrower and faster taper rate. Starting to see why the stack numbers were so different from my guess.

jsweka · « **Reply #12 on:** February 20, 2020, 07:48:55 PM »

Quote from: Flem on February 18, 2020, 06:43:26 PM

If your lucky, canopyboy or jsweka will chime in. As I recall they have both posted reverse handle ASL's they have made.

I haven't been on much lately and just saw this.

Here's how I build one:
16" riser
0.050 glass
0.005 total taper to the lams
1 1/8" width at the fadeouts, maintain this width 14" out each limb, then tapering down to 1/2" at the string grooves
My form is perfectly straight and I end up with about 1/2" of string follow after it's been braced for the first time.
If your form was straight and you wanted a 66" bow that pulled 50 - 53# at 28", I'd suggest a total stack thickness of 0.500". If you want it reflexed, I can't provide much advice because it will really depend on how much reflex.

Flem · « **Reply #13 on:** February 20, 2020, 08:45:46 PM »

John, do you use an asymmetrical riser?

jsweka · « **Reply #14 on:** February 20, 2020, 10:27:52 PM »

No. Everything is the same on both ends. I let the bow tell me which limb wants to be the top limb when I first get a string on it.

pditto613 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 22, 2020, 06:05:37 AM »

That’s what I was looking for. Thanks and nice bow

Roy from Pa · « **Reply #16 on:** February 22, 2020, 09:00:50 AM »

Canopyboy, aka Dave made this for me.

pditto613 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 23, 2020, 04:41:26 PM »

Spent last two days building my form and grinding lams. Had everything laid out to start the dry run and realized I don’t have a firehose long enough to glue up a 68” bow. Nice bow Roy

Flem · « **Reply #18 on:** February 23, 2020, 05:16:44 PM »

I'm sure someone here can help solve that dilemma. Post up a picture of what you are using for a form.

pditto613 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 24, 2020, 03:23:06 AM »

Big Jim is going to solve it when I order more fire hose

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