All fired up

[Mad Max]

Wow!!! 7oz is amazingly lite. You could carry that thing for days on end and never wear out.

Even Roy could carry it , a beer is 12oz.

[Mad Max]

Max is the NTN bow measurement along the back surface of the bow?

yes

[onetone]

Max - How does this bow shoot? Would you build another?

[Mad Max]

This one is 26#@28" and it's a little squirrely.
I want to make 1 more at about 40/45# and see

[onetone]

No stabilkore in this one?

[Mad Max]

No stabilkore in this one?

no

[Mad Max]

This bow was un stable at 6-1/4" brace at 26# @28", ( holding the bow to my side upside down with my palm on the back of the riser wagging the tips back and forth)
I braced it to 7" and it was much better.


The 48" one on this video has a brace height of 7-1/4" to 8"

[onetone]

Thanks! 

[Pat B]

Mark, you look so much younger in the video. 

[Mad Max]

Mark, you look so much younger in the video. 

  

[onetone]

I decided to sign on at Mad Max’s “School of Extreme Bow Reflexology”.

Ended up with a little stinger 48” long 36# DW @ 28”. Learned some things and had fun with the build. Stack was 0.03 glass belly and back, 0.06 boo parallels w/ stabilkore between. Laminated the siyahs w/ maple and 0.03 G10 perpendicular to the arc of the limb. Like the bow a lot, but still working on my thumb release. Pics below: glue up, off of the form w/ boogers ground off, braced, at 28” draw, no finish but mostly done and shoots just fine. Thanks for the tutorial Max!

[Mad Max]

looking good
Way to go

Let us see the Levers

[onetone]

Here are some pics of the levers. I would make a couple of minor changes next time, but these are working fine. Last photo is of the layup used w/ hard maple and two sheets of G10 which remain inside the narrow part of the levers to strengthen them.

[Mad Max]

Cool

[onetone]

Using the thumb ring was a bit like starting over in archery, but after getting used to it, I like it. Seems to make for a regular clean release and adds a couple of inches to my DL. And the bow was a buzz to shoot so I tweaked the form some, rotating the siyah tips in toward center a bit more and laid up another bow. Started out with B55 string, but now have HMPE strings on both bows. Amazed at the amount of unstrung reflex and braced preload on these bows and was surprised at the crazy floppiness in the limbs when the bowstring is a bit too long. But as you said raising the BH reduces it. From the videos I’ve watched re these shorty horse bows, that vertical instability seems to be part of their MO to one degree or another. My question is, how durable are these bows? Do you have any thoughts on that or did James Parker talk about that at all? I got the sense from your post that he has made a passel of laminate Asiatic bows. Here are some pics of my recent build sans any finish:

[Buggs]

Cool looking bow

I'm really impressed with the use of the shelf bracket channel on your tillering board. That is a great idea, I will be co-opting soon. Thanks!

[Kirkll]

Pretty wild looking.... Fun project!

[onetone]

An update - had the chrono out a few days back and thought I’d see what this second shortie is shooting. So the numbers are DW 38.6# @ 28”, dyneema string, 500 spine carbon arrow length = 28” weight = 388 grains, shot at 28” draw length with a thumb ring. Clocked eight shots with a low of 185 and a high of 189 fps which all together averaged out to 186.6 fps. This bow continues to be a surprise package …

[Mad Max]

I've always thought with that much reflex and then bracing it would be fast. Awesome 

I have a few I need to see what kind of speeds I will get. someday 

[garyschuler]

Very interesting  to follow this and make sure to document all you do plus any changes. Nice to follow this and try to figure out your processes and theories.
Well done.!! :goldtooth