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Small twist in a stave

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Asiertxu:
Oh,

Regarding to the twist on that stave, then what the others have allready said.
You sould be O.K. at that lenght and draw weight.

Cheers..

Asier. 

SimonUK:
Thanks guys.  I'm quite disappointed with the low draw weight - welcome to the world of bow making!  I think I will shorten only the weakest limb, it's my best chance of getting up to 75 lbs.

heavybow:
Simon nice picture you forgot to smile. Marlon ;D

Marc St Louis:
Depending on your draw length you could shorten that bow by up to 8", 4" from each end. You would still get a 31" draw from that lengh, maybe more. Elm is very strong in tension so you don't have toworry about it breaking on you. I would also be tempted to take a heat gun to that one and temper the heck out of it

Yeomanbowman:
Hello Simon,
Don't forget about pyking as well as shortening.  Jaro takes his tips down to sub 1/2" with dense ash/elm (I think?), but 1/2" maybe safer .  The outer limbs look a little bit chunky, do you leave them a tad thicker for tillering and slim them down before horning?
Lovely bow BTW.
Jeremy

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