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Holmegaard build along
jwillis:
Yes, it is a very good build along and the bow is looking really good. Now I'm really looking forward to making one of these. Jim
juniper junkie:
great build-a-long, really learning some neat stuff about homies. (now I understand the songs better) ;D
adb:
Hi, Everyone
Well, I managed to make a little progress this evening. When we left off last time, I had just finished roughing in the pin nocks. Tonight, I wanted to slim down the outer limbs a bit, to lighten them some, but not to the point that they bend. When I'm removing wood with the rasp, I like to use a simple set of calipers, to keep track that I'm removing equal amounts from both limbs. This is not, by any means, a method of tillering, but it allows me to have a rough idea that I'm removing equal amounts of wood from both limbs.
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adb:
I put the long string back on and worked the bow for about 50 pulls. Not too far, just to get it moving, and used to bending. Teach it to bend slowly.
Here is how I decide when it is time to go to the short string: if I have the long string on (and remember my definition of a long string), and I'm working the limbs to what I would brace the bow at, I'll measure the weight with my bow scale. In this case, the weight is 35# at what would be a low brace height. Perfect. Remember, our target weight is 52 - 57# @27". So, if we now brace the bow, we have 15# to work with, and we can exercise the limbs a bit and not pull it past target weight. If we measured the weight at what we thought would be brace height, and it came out to 50#, the moment we pull the bow, we will probably go past target weight, and cause needless set.
adb:
Time to brace! First brace should always be conservative, at least an inch or two below normal. My final brace height is usually about 6.5" to 7". I measure this from the bow's back. Low brace = more cast, but the bow is usually noisy, with a lot of hand shock. More on this later. There is another consideration on brace height with Holmies, which we'll get to later.
So, first brace height is 5".
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