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Ian.:
The shorter a bow the harder it will be to draw and also the string angle wont be comfortable, I think go as long as you can within reason 76" is about right

fishfinder401:

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--- Quote from: fishfinder401 on March 19, 2011, 03:36:03 pm ---chris, i might be biased towards heavier bows, but i would say go for ipe and a 100+ bow and see what you can do, if its to heavy, shave it down, and once the poundage is right, put the finish on it
noel

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i have to disagree with that statement
you should know what weight you want befoe you tiller the bow
during the tillering process you NEVER WANT TO EXCEED YOUR INTENDED DRAW WEIGHT
if you pull the stave past your draw weight during tillering this can cause a slow bow as the wood cells have been stressed past the finished weight
this causes excessive set,poor cast etc etc
in my opinion this is just as bad as changing the bow profile during tilliering
always have a plan before you start and stick wth it
if you want a 130# bow,start to make it and finish it,if yo want a 6t0# bow start it and finish,but never jump ship mid stream
jmho  ;)

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i do agree with you to a point, i didn't mean a change of more than like 10lbs, just more to fine tune it, if he wasn't comfortable with the strength, but you do have a very valid point
noel

NTD:

--- Quote from: Ian. on March 19, 2011, 07:45:11 pm ---The shorter a bow the harder it will be to draw and also the string angle wont be comfortable, I think go as long as you can within reason 76" is about right

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76" seems pretty long for Ipe....but then again I've never built a bow over 60lbs...

adb:
I wouldn't go shorter than 76" for any bow at or above 100#.

NTD:
I've seen your bows so I believe ya ;)  Thanks Adam.

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