[Archers] Archers Digest, Vol 156, Issue 19

Wed Sep 14 12:51:34 PDT 2016

Hello all,

Ld. Mungo, it occurs to me that cutting down a longer Flemish string and
then using a bowyer's knot also might be an appropriate solution for these
shorter and lighter youth bows.

Baron CoG, excellent advice regarding keeping bows in the shade. I also
have witnessed a strung fiberglass recurve bow sitting on a rack partially
in the sun that spontaneously delaminated at the point where the sun heated
it unevenly.

in service,

Eirik Gralokkr

On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 3:01 PM, <archers-request at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org>
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>    1. Flemish Stringboard for Youth Bows (Garth Groff)
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> From: Garth Groff <sarahsan at embarqmail.com>
> To: archers at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: [Archers] Flemish Stringboard for Youth Bows
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> Noble Friends of the Bow,
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> I've been contemplating building a Flemish stringboard to make
> replacement strings for the smallest of youth bows.
>
> The Bear First Shot and other similar 9-pound youth bows in our loaner
> kit came with a 35" string. Nobody that I know of sells a string this
> short. Even Bear does not show them as available on their web site,
> though I suspect that a call to the company would get some strings at a
> modest cost. They were very helpful when I was looking for some
> additional arm guards that are supplied with their youth bows. The big
> problem I have is the strings that come on these bows have the small
> metal clip to close the loops. While 9-pound bows have not been an
> issue, when Lord Janyn was DEM he banned such strings for bows above 20
> pounds draw. Just in case, I chose to replace all the clipped strings on
> my bows of all sizes, and had to order custom-length strings through
> Black Rhino Archery for the 9-pounders. The clipped strings can last for
> years, but Flemish strings will wear out much sooner, and I would prefer
> to be able to make my own.
>
> A design for a typical string board can be seen here:
> http://www.stickbow.com/stickbow/features/flemishstring/flemishstring.html
> . The shortest string this board can build is 42 inches (count down the
> un-marked center pegs by twos). Adding up the two 24" sides, plus two
> cross-board runs of 2.5 inches (the adjustable center pegs would not be
> used) yields a working string length of 53 inches for the first string
> around the board. That means the working string length is 11 inches
> longer than the desired finished length of 42 inches. This 11-inch
> should be constant no matter how long the finished string will be.
>
> I'm thinking that to get a 35-inch string, one would need a 46" run for
> the working length. This would require reducing the side lengths to 20.5
> inches, keeping the cross-board distance the same for easy working (2 x
> 20.5 + 2 x 2.5= 46). Building a board like this should be easy, and I
> plan to tackle it after building some longer strings on my full-length
> 3Rivers board to learn the technique.
>
> Have any of you built or used a shortened string board? Any thoughts on
> this project would be welcome.
>
> Yours Aye,
>
>
> Mungo
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> Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 12:11:31 +0000 (UTC)
> From: john atkins <houseofgrey at yahoo.com>
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> Subject: [Archers] Heads up
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> I made this post before but never saw it in my inbox. If this is a repeat,
> sorry.
> A few weeks back at a Meridian event called Tourny of the Foxes an issue
> occurred that I believe is a heads up to all archery marshals. The MIC for
> target archery had provided bow racks that held the bows horizontally,
> suspended between two pegs. Good racks, nice job. However the weather at
> this event was extremely hot and sunny and the bow racks were in the sun.
> One individual had put his bow on the rack and stepped out of a couple of
> ends to rest. His bow had passed inspection by myself several times and at
> the event. However, when he picked up his bow and shot the next end, as he
> finished, he commented that his bow felt "funny". Upon inspection it was
> noticed that there was a hair line crack on the face of the bow near the
> riser and that the upper limb was becoming delaminated causing a severe
> bend in the limb. In short, by leaving his bow in the bow rack in the sun
> then using the bow it broke. Upon this discovery the bow racks were moved
> into the shade.
> As we are in very hot weather I caution all marshals to place your bow
> racks in shady areas.
> cog?
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