For the neutral zone, the bridge holding back and bellyapart, a long fibred hardwood is used, such as maple, lemon-wood, and even yew.
The archer may now find two types of laminated bows insome dealers' stocks. One has a toxwood belly, a hardwoodneutral zone and a fibre glass back. Toxwood is a plastic whichis very tough and has good recovery but it seems to be ratherslow in making the recovery. These bows are reflexed. SeeFig. 14.
The other type has a fibre glass belly, a hardwood neutralzone and a fibre glass back. Recently, I visited the factorywhere these bows were made and was amazed at the specialmachinery used in producing them. The engineering plansare so complete and the predetermined measurements of thebows' components are so exact that the operation of tillering
