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Syringa character bow (updated)
DanaM:
Persverence Keenan. She's coming together. Great build along.
El Destructo:
Real Sinew.....I like to see that!!! If anyone can coax the Bow from this enchanted piece of Growth....it is you Keenan.....you have my total respect for even attempting this one!!
Keenan:
Dana thanks, Perseverence and obsession are very similar. My wife would say it's an obsession. ;D ;D ;D
Yankee, Thanks I like to use the sinew when I can. It's truely is amazingly strong stuff. "Enchanted piece of wood" I like that. ;D ;)
I like to do things primitive but sometimes todays tools can really aid. If your not sure what your eyes are telling you. Just take a pic and use your photo program to draw in an equlipes. Kind of like this.
In the brace possision the limbs match fairly well, but as you can see in the second pic the left limb needs to catch up a little. If I were to just look at where to tips are I would not notice the difference. Keenan
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Keenan:
One thing I have noticed is that I see alot of bows clamped to the tillering post. I think this can sometimes give false readings. If your bow is clamped solid and not alowed to pivot where it is held then there is the possibilty that you can be pulling more on one limb then the other.
Also I think it's important to have the bow supported right where the crotch of your thumb /forfinger would be. I know that in the past I've tillered bows that looked fine on the tillering tree but were slightly different when pulling to full draw.
Not sure if my thoughts and logic are sound but it led me to making my tillering set up like this.
It's a strap that is just nailed the the post, allowing the bow to ballance out and pivot. Seems to work good but it might not work as well if the limbs are unballanced. Keenan
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Justin Snyder:
Keenan, looking good. Problems always occur. Endeavor to persevere.
Just to set things straight, Syringa is the family that lilac belongs to. It can be anything form common lilac (Syringa vulgaris) to Japanese lilac tree (Syringa reticulata) and even a bunch of hybrids. All I have ever seen have hard wood and should be good.
Ryan, you moms mock orange is of the family Philadelphus. Justin
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