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The Mechanics of Limb Twisting Explained - An Experiment

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Strongbow:
Like others have been saying this seemed so counter intuitive to me, but after the visual demo it makes sense.  I successful duplicated the experiment to see it first hand.  Being new to making bows this will be a big help.  Thanks 4est Trekker!

Prarie Bowyer:
I tried the little experiment on a scrap from a belly and it bent straight ::).

I'm looking at my bow and I had the twist going out... then I flipped it around cause I'm smart enough to remember which end is which dontcha know, and I made it worse.

So on the tree it's flat.  I pull the cord nad the rt. limb (not marked with tape)flexes slightly away from me as it goes down and twists. 

So to fix this I need to scrape either the SIDE that it is flexing toward on the belly a bit closer to the riser OR the side opposide the flex direction?

jpitts:
I'm printing this. This has been a monkey on my back from the get go.
Thanks 4est.

briarjumper12:
I am saving it to print also.  I don't know how many times I've set in my shop staring at a twisted limb trying to remember which way I fixed the last one.  Thanks !!!!

Jodocus:
haha, I'm glad I only just started bowmaking! I had encountered this on my first bow already. I felt I had to weaken one side of the limb. I had no idea wich one.

Thanks, that would have taken me a while...

Wait... which side do I have to weaken again?.. :P

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