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Lets talk tri-lams.
Ian.:
I feel like there is a question missing, was it - how much weight would be gained by re-flex?
Yeomanbowman:
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Too much reflex on a bow of this sort will lose weight as the wood will give up if overdone. It also really effects stability in an ipe belly bow as it often wants to cast off to the side. With a heavy laminated longbow, I have found a little reflex goes a long way. Say 1" or so.
I made a 4 growth ring ash/mass160lb longbow with a straight glue up and it didn't follow the string over much.
adb:
I've also found heavy draw weight bows to be rather unstable with even a little bit of reflex. I had to abandon an ipe bellied tri-lam cuz I added a bit of reflex, and I couldn't brace it early on without it rolling over. Shame, it was looking like a decent bow. From now on, no reflex on warbows for me.
mikekeswick:
The other guys have covered it!
I have many,many thoughts about reflex....
Specificity is a great thing when it comes to asking questions ;)
toomanyknots:
--- Quote from: adb on March 19, 2013, 11:36:02 pm ---I've also found heavy draw weight bows to be rather unstable with even a little bit of reflex. I had to abandon an ipe bellied tri-lam cuz I added a bit of reflex, and I couldn't brace it early on without it rolling over. Shame, it was looking like a decent bow. From now on, no reflex on warbows for me.
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Were you trying to brace it at a low brace? I find any narrow profiled reflexed bow can be ustable, regardless of draw weight. You gotta give it a high enough brace to be stable from the start. It probably is more unstable the higher the draw weight though. The way I tiller a bow like this, is to use a mirror, step on the tillering string, and pull up. That way you can hold the bow stable when drawing it, until you get it to a high enough brace height to be stable and it wants to calm down and be a bow.
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