I really like building Hill style tri-lams... So I figured, why not try for a quad-lam?
Hickory back, then a blood wood lam, then American Chesnut, then osage running up the fades. Purple heart, locust, and bloodwood in the grip, bloodwood and purple heart in the tips.
I was trying for a string follow bow, and I got it with one inch of string follow. It's not SUPER fast, but it's quick enough, and very, VERY easy to shoot well.
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Great job looks fantastic
Thanks!
Very nice! What's the draw weight?
Dave.
57 Lbs at 29 inches
Very nice classic quadlam bow. Glad to see you using hickory for the back. IMO, hickory is the best wood backing out there and it pretty easy to prep as a bow backing. Can you tell any difference in the performance compared to a trilam? Even though it isn't fast I bet it shoots a heavy arrow well. :thumbsup: :archer2:
It's a grunt slower, and WAY easier to hit with... And it came out of the clamps about 80% tillered... (and not because I am super skilled, either).
Nice bow!!
Love when the tiller is close off the form!! :thumbsup:
That's a beauty 😍
Thanks guys. I'm pretty happy with it so far. It certainly is one of the prettiest bows I've made, and it shoots well enough that I actually hit the target! lol...
I'm doing up another with hickory, cherry, sapele, and osage, if it works, I'm giving it to a young friend of mine...