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Elm Hall elm bows - who's building?
PEARL DRUMS:
I knew you would me my friend, thank you.
Pappy:
If things go ok I will have 2, we will see after I take them out of the hot box and finish the tillering, still seems a little wet for some reason but I am not use to Elm so it may just be the way it is. :-\
Pappy
PEARL DRUMS:
Elm often feels that way pappy, but if you are hot-boxing them, they are dry. I got mine tempered and shaped last night. Ill add over lays and get it tillered this week. I MAY try a small 30" bow from one of my cut offs.
PEARL DRUMS:
I got mine shooting over the weekend. I started with a 2" (or so) sapling and got all I could from it. I'm sitting at 33 @ 26 now. Its a nice bow, but I would have liked more weight. Like 40# @ 26. I may try to add a bit of early reflex and see what I can gain. All in all, I'm happy with it.
MWirwicki:
I left my first Elm blank at the Classic. I was going to work on it down there. I believe maybe that I filed string grooves it. I put it in the hotbox and forgot it was there, come time to pack up and come home. So it's been down there Since May. It was an adult sized, no frills longbow. I've commandeered a taxi ride home for it, after the IBO.
As a contingency, I decided to make two more. I'm working on a kid's bow that I've got to a long string, limbs balanced, tiller okay, just need to reduce some weight. The second is a plains style short draw that I just heated up on the caul, last night. I think I'll try to get a bit fancy with that one, time permitting.
Oh Drums, what variety of Elm is that? Do you know?
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