X-Country Ski Bow

[Dan Chamberlain]

Call me crazy, but I'm looking at an old set of Cross Country skis and am noticing that a set of take down limbs could be cut from them.  The skis are flexible, yet there is a lot of power in the flex.  Oh well, maybe...maybe not.

Dan

[SCATTERSHOT]

I have heard of this, maybe in one of the Traditional Bowyer's bibles. What do you have to lose? Go for it, and let us know how you come out.

[tpoof]

I look at my skis and wonder of that as well?
Let us know if we should be cutting our skis up! lol

[Steve H.]

I saw someone did that on the OzBow site.  It may have been a td recurve by bolting each ski onto a riser.

[Dan Chamberlain]

One could leave the skis intact...and try for a huge dark ages bolt launcher!  Could probably toss a broom stick far enough to get Hillary to the convention...Sorry...

Has anyone seen a recurve, where the limbs are set into the riser block as opposed to laying on the outside, either fore or aft?

Dan

[Tom Leemans]

I'm just wondering what kind of contraptions are going to show up at MOJam this year now...

[mbbushman]

You and me both! I have been thinking of trying that for a few years. Just never got around to it yet. I need someone else to try it first  :D

[Luke Vander Vennen]

I tried it with fiberglass skis as a kid. Of course I had no idea that the 1 inch thick part was not going to bend nearly as much as the 1/3 inch tip. I can imagine it might work with hickory skis though