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Hickory backed hickory, pulling 90# @ 25" so far...
toomanyknots:
...and that is as far as I can pull it on the scale so far, :). Hickory backed hickory, 74 3/4" ntn, 1 1/4" wide and 1 1/16" deep at the handle.
Low brace:
Drawn about 20" at low brace, pulling 80# here. It has went down a smudge in weight since then:
Full brace:
This is about 31" to 32" draw approximately, I use my belt buckle as a guide, as my belt buckle is about 31 1/2" to 32" from the floor:
This is the linen string I am using on this bow, 9 strands of 70# breaking strength linen, twisted in a 3 ply:
In my opinion, the left limb might be bending a little bit too much midlimb in one spot, and needs to bend a little more at the tip. It is pretty close I think though.
toomanyknots:
Here is a link to the video that I took the fulldraw photo from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbNc9A3ugYQ
bow101:
8) Another good one. "Great Scott" look at that tiller ;D Looking good; looking real goooooood.
toomanyknots:
--- Quote from: bow101 on March 01, 2013, 11:52:56 pm --- 8) Another good one. "Great Scott" look at that tiller ;D Looking good; looking real goooooood.
--- End quote ---
Thank ya, i'll try to get a better fulldraw soon, I know there is alot of wood in the way of the other limb so you can't get a good look at the tiller.
toomanyknots:
I think I am about done tillering this bow. The handle could come around just a bit, but I am thinking it might be smarter to leave it a bit stiff with a big heavy dense hickory bow anyway, thinking about handshock and all. I got some nocks on it and have been debating tillering symetrical, or slightly stiff on the bottom limb, but I am just never am happy with a longbow that is asymmetrical. The top limb still has a spot that is working a tiny bit too much I think, but it is real close. The last time I have weighed it, it was pulling 95# or so @ 27"/28". I am thinking it has come down a bit though during tillering. It still only has just over an inch string follow, and that is after being pretty brutal with it, letting it sit at full draw on my static tiller tree (one with the notches), pulling it a good deal past 32", and all before reducing it in weight further. So I would think a wood that is rumored to be quite weak in compression, after being abused so much without being treated, would have more string follow by now. Here are a couple better tiller pictures:
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