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Blacksmith's *s'Gretel* 78" Yew Warbow +125#@32"
poplar600:
Tapers to 1/8 at the tips. No more that 1/4 anywhere.
ceolith:
--- Quote from: Marc St Louis on November 19, 2015, 07:09:24 am ---Very nice. Any particular reason you have the outer limbs doing most of the work?
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Yes, to minimize the handshock and to use the maximum power from the entire wood.
--- Quote from: poplar600 on November 18, 2015, 09:14:38 pm ---Quite a lot of sap.
1/8th is better
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Better for what? The look? Feet per second? Endurance from the bow? To reduce the hysteresis? To move to the neutral phase?
poplar600:
Looks better. Faster IMO. I have one from all heartwood.
Not telling you how to suck eggs of course.
poplar600:
I make all mine 80 inches or so. Maybe I have room to have thin sap :P
Looked at your site. Bows look truly powerful. I seem to overbuild mine a great deal.
bownarra:
--- Quote from: Marc St Louis on November 19, 2015, 07:09:24 am ---Very nice. Any particular reason you have the outer limbs doing most of the work?
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This how to tiller an elb. Perfect in my eyes.
After a few hundred elb's and monitoring set on them all this is the 'correct' tiller shape. People talk about 'full compass' tiller but to get the handle doing too much is a mistake. As the fella says it has loads of early draw weight and I bet it wouldn't if it had more bend in the center.
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