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Finished composite hickory bow/ pics

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bubby:
Looks great ed, get a horn ring and yank it back and see what ya get

DC:
That's a beautiful bow. Love the braced and full draw pics.

Knotty:
@BeadMan don't worry I totally understood, thank you for taking your time to answer my question 😊

BowEd:
Thanks DC.
bubby....Pulling back to 30" will make my form even more screwed up then it is.I'd have to start all over again.I like coming close at least to what I'm shooting at......lol.and then a horn ring too yet....that's too much change....lol.The bow should probably get pulled back to 32" to get the right amount of efficiency from it.That means a kiper and new arrow shafts just for a specific bow.Ahhhhhhh too much.....lol.Then to top it off I'd lose a bunch of my wonderful set back too yet.Guess that's the test these bows should get put through though.
wizardgoat.....I guess it's a modern composite.Really Knotty hit it on the head to me.It's just a self bow with composites on it.Only I've refined my self bows to work a bit better than I did 7 years ago.....lol.
There is no sinew on the last 8 or 9 inches before the tip.I always do that for easier no nervous tip alignment to be done with the heat gun.
I'm gonna open a subject up about heat adjustment to horn applied to a wood core with smooth on with sinew on the back of wood core.I've done this in the past with no problems occuring.Waving the heat gun on the low setting of 500 degrees[mines' a Wagner high-1100 degrees/low-500 degrees] back and forth and then checking with a laser thermometer to not go over 150 degrees slowly twist/reflex/and deflex can be done a limb.Everything has to be cured well though first to do this.Smooth is supposed to be able to handle up to 280 degrees before delamination.I've never needed to go that high.Sinew should'nt go over 120 degrees but if cured well you can push that too and creep back then won't be much either.

mikekeswick:
Beadman - thanks for taking the time to reply properly ;) I would guess at 28 inch draw 10gpp arrows = 170fps. Increase that drawlength  and it will obviously be better.I look forward to seeing your two Turkish? hornbows as well.
I've been learning to shoot with the thumbring....it takes some dedication....it's taken me two months to start to get any where near my 'normal' accuracy back. I just went to our 3D National champs.....only managed 500 points normally I'd be closer to 700. Once you get down to about 50 inches I think the thumbring is the only logical choice.
Again congratulations on your new bow. It will look a million dollars when you do the finish work.

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