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80" White Elm Warbow Build-along
adb:
Nice! Lookin very good. Yes, you're getting close. I have a 200# scale. Come get it if you want.
Badger:
Great job on the tiller. I always struggle on long bows trying to get that nice uniform transition where the rate of bend increases gradually and then starts to decrease again as it nears the tips. Again, Good Job!!
lostarrow:
Thanks for the info on programs! Looking great! Like watching a hockey game in overtime ;)
Cameroo:
Thanks for the feedback guys, I appreciate it.
Steve, I don't want to sound cocky, but I found that with the process I used to tiller this bow, those transitions you speak of came almost automatically. They were just the result of tillering very slowly, analysing the pictures after every wood removal/exercise session, and just looking for flat spots in the tiller. Sure, it took a long time, but I'm in no hurry :)
Just a quick update on the bow - I didn't get much done today because I had to do a little heat correction for the tip alignment. Going to leave it alone now for a few days to let things equalize again.
Someone asked me about my pulley setup so I figured I'd snap a couple pictures. I rigged up a system using 3 pulleys to make it a little easier to yank this girl back on the tree. You can see in the pictures below that I am using a 1/4" nylon rope tied to the bottom of my scale, it runs down to a pulley, back up to another pulley attached to the scale, and then back down to another pulley before leading out from the wall to a wooden dowel handle. I only have to pull with half the force (or is it 1/3rd? I forget my high school physics class), but also have to pull twice (or 3 times) as much rope to get the same draw length.
toomanyknots:
Cool setup, I like the 3 pulleys, I would like to try 3. I got me a setup with two right now, yours is pretty cool.
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