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Thanks Ryan
Pappy:
Ryan ,They are 64-66 for the most part.There may be a 62 in the bunch.I am going to have mine ready to bend by the weekend so I am anxious to see how it will work out.I expected to loose a lot of it as I have said you always loose close to half when you straighting one so I don't see the difference only maybe a little more stress.If they hold as much as yours I will be very pleased. :)
Pappy
Ryano:
At those lengths for your draw it will probally hold more reflex than mine. You might want to consider cutting down the 66"er I'm afraid it might shake your teeth out. Ive never tried that design on a longer bow. All of mine have been 58"ers
Pappy:
I was thinking about that on mine at least,Now I will :)
Pappy
Badger:
Justin, I am seeing it the same way you are, and just as you said, not trying to influence anything just enjoying the ride here. I would be curious as to the mass on a bow like this, I used to build quite a few of them and had to keep them pretty wide to hold the tip set back. Mark St Louis has probably built more highly reflexed recurves than anyone I know of kind of wondering what his thoughts are on the length here. I just did a mass projection with 12" reflex and it is asking for like 27 oz for a 60# bow, Loosing half that reflex would bring it down to about 23 oz. Steve
GregB:
You guys bring up a good point on the bow length. We were so fired up about getting them to recurve on the form that we didn't give much thought to bow length. For the four bows that we've already steamed and recurved...if we cut them back from 64" to around 58", we're going to lose quite a bit of the recurve. Should they be resteamed and put back on the form after they're shortened? ???
Badger, on the recurve bows you made...were they unbacked? Also what lengths were you making them?
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