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Kegan:
Well, I know I have seen this thread before, but I can't remember it co I'm gonna ask any way. Since a bow loses about 10# in breaking in, how do you make up for this, or deal with it. I try to go by Paul Comstocks method of breaking the bow in as soon as the tiller is good and then chasing weight (or leeaving it there usually). What do you do to account fot the weight ????

duffontap:
Kegan,

A hunting weight bow of, say, 60#s shouldn't loose more than a pound or two in shooting in.  Bows need to be exercised regularly through the tillering process and after sanding before they are given a final weight.  If a bow loses 10#s, something has happened like a serious hinge or major moisture gain.  Hope that's helpful.
 ::)
           J. D. Duff

Justin Snyder:
What JD said.   Justin

tom sawyer:
Mine often lose up to 5lb.  Might be I'm not exercising them enough.  My own philosophy on that is, why bend something that is less than perfectly bending?  Theres a lkine you have to walk, you want the corrections to register but if there's still imperfections you don't want to overly stress the weak areas.  I walk on the conservative side, and when I shoot in I make final minor adjustments and see a larger drop in poundage.

I compensate by quitting about 5lb above where I want it to be.  YOu can always remove a little wood, harder to replace it.  But I've done that too.

Badger:
Kegan, if you built the perfect bow and had the moisture managed just right it is possible to build a bow that has no weight loss even durring the building process, but not likely or always feasable. Use enough wood in the bending areas and use enough bending area in each limb and you can keep the loss to a minimum maybe 1# or 2#. This is something I think we all struggle with and try to get better at. Steve

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