longbowdave1
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I had a leftover piece of the pink riser from the last 48" kids bow. When the riser is layed out carefully, you can get two out of one standard riser block. So, I thought I would make use of it. She's a "powerful" bow pulling 15 @ 18", and 20# @ 22".(LOL)
I've been asked what thicknesses of maple and glass I use to build these kids bow. Here it is, two hard maple parallel laminations of .070, two black glass .030, and a 12" long riser for a 48"AMO bow. I use a R/D bow form that I built, but you could just as well glue up a straight limbed kids bow. The riser is about 1 1/4" tall during the glue-up stage. Bumping the maple lams up .074 each will increase the weight up to about 22# @ 22", depending on the shaping and thickness of the limbs, ETC....
Time to put down the bow tools, and get ready for my sons Youth Turkey hunt this saturday! I haven't hunted since last week of December. and it will feel great to be out there calling birds for Mike.
I've been asked what thicknesses of maple and glass I use to build these kids bow. Here it is, two hard maple parallel laminations of .070, two black glass .030, and a 12" long riser for a 48"AMO bow. I use a R/D bow form that I built, but you could just as well glue up a straight limbed kids bow. The riser is about 1 1/4" tall during the glue-up stage. Bumping the maple lams up .074 each will increase the weight up to about 22# @ 22", depending on the shaping and thickness of the limbs, ETC....
Time to put down the bow tools, and get ready for my sons Youth Turkey hunt this saturday! I haven't hunted since last week of December. and it will feel great to be out there calling birds for Mike.
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