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RG:
I won't have much of an oppurtunity to help but I will take up a collection to help out the one's that get fired for staying on the internet LOL
Justin Snyder:
Pappy, one of the staves that I got from Manny he had roughed out. Since he roughed it out with a round belly I would bet your OK. Justin
Pappy:
Thanks Knothead I may need that.Justin ,so you think it need to be rounded on the belly,I usually do Hickory fairly flat ,just radius a little.Maybe Manny will check in and tell me what is best.
Pappy
Rich Saffold:
The bow Manny sent to my son is 68"ntn 1 5/16th's outside the fades and the belly is radius, and heat treated. The limb cross section is just under 3/4th"s where it starts bending. And he flipped the last 4" of the tips about 1/2" deflection.. This bow draws 70#+ @ 29" and the limbs hold an inch plus reflex although I don't believe this bow has 300 shots yet..
Both limbs have the same dimensions lengthwise..I made a "D" style longbow as well 70" which performed well considering a knot when thru the grip section..So I'd do radius with guava.
GregB:
Pappy,
Remember we worked on a d-style hickory together that was not the best piece of wood. It required a lot of straightening to get the string to cross the handle. It was also narrower then the flat bows we make...around 1" to 1-1/8" if I remember correctly. It turned out to be a good shooter as I recall. The tillering is more time-consuming because you have to maintain that radius while removing material.
Greg
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