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Lessons learned osage recurve (not for BOM)

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Justin Snyder:
Those sound like the same tips I would give after trying a yew R/D.  Especially removing the propeller from it first. Thanks for the advice Greg.  Justin

GregB:

Update...scratch another recurve, the wrapping didn't hold the splinter. It did keep the splinters from flying I guess. ;)

Another tip:
***don't get too attached to these bows too early! ;D


--- Quote ---Whats the reason for this point: "***radius the limb edges more then on a normal flatbow"?
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I think by having a larger then normal radius on the edges, it might relieve the potential of the edges splintering due to the elevated stress on the limbs caused by the recurve style. Just a feeling I have, might be wrong.

JBell, I agree...they are difficult to tiller. Aligning the tips just so you can work the limbs on a tillering tree are an accomplishment in itself. Or at least with the bow I just worked with. This recurve was a working recurve, not static. If Pappy posts pictures Monday morning, see what you think of the tiller. The top limb was bending more then the bottom. Spent most of the time on the tillering tree just trying to relieve the stiffness of the bottom limb to catch up. After spiking the limbs 1-1/2", I scrapped a little more on the bottom limb prior to restringing and trying the bow out. It evened up the limbs better, but still had the splinter pop up.

Each of these roughed in bows that I recurved the limbs on were spliced in the handle bows. If anything, some reflex was intentionally added when splicing the handles. Like I said, they were originally intended to be regular flat bows. I wonder if reflex or even straight mid-limbs off the fades might be to much stress for a recurve unless perfectly tillered and a good piece of wood. I obviously don't know how to perfectly tiller a recurve if there is such a thing. I'm still a novice, but hopefully learning from mistakes.

I'm going to continue trying to get a shooting recurve. Good experience if nothing else is gained. ;)

FlintWalker:
In the words of the great Ryan O'Sullivan, "It's just wood".
  Keep on keepin on, sooner or later, you'll get it.

Pappy:
Well Greg at least we got to shoot that one and it shot great as long as it lasted.
   Pappy

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Marc St Louis:
I made many bows like that several years ago and had a number of failures as well. There are certain tricks you learn along the way. Deflexing the handle does help

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