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Ryano:
Elm makes excelent short bows! ;)
tom sawyer:
You really need to string it, you can't tell what it looks like with a long string. Even your long string is longer than necessary. It changes the string angle bigtime, and puts more stress on the inner limbs. When you string it, the outer limbs are gonna look a lot bendier.
Sorry to hear about the heating accident, stuff happens though and you look like you've salvaged a nice little bow out of the deal.
tpoof:
Thanks Greg, Dusty, Hillbilly, hopefully Ryan :D ;),
Tom thats a good point I never even considered! definately will do the short string, its time. :)
I use that string for all my tillering,,, one size fits all, or so I thought? ::) I'm alot greener than the wood I work on.lol
steaming in curves as we speak,,,
and no I never used any oil, on reflection should have, ,prolly dried the limbs out way to much and made them brittle, had the limbs close to tiller then did the bend attempt
tom sawyer:
Yep the rule is (who makes these rules anyway?), you use a long string just barely long enough to get it on the nocks. Then when you have bent the bow to the equivalent of brace height and its bending reasonably smoothly, you go to a short string.
No go forth and sin no more.
Also, useth the annointing oil oneth the white woodeth.
tpoof:
Thanks for the tips Tom! ;D ;DI shall pay heed. I shall now go forth... prolly come in fifth,,, ;)
You know thats the first I've heard of that,, I guess a Flemish with a timber hitch would work alright??
I shall adhear to the oileth on the woodeth as well next time ;D
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