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Turkish flight bow 43.5 inches
mikekeswick:
Thanks Aaron.
The non matching grooves/matching grooves thing isn't really about extra glueline strength. Not one of the old bows had matching grooves so you have to ask yourself why they made them with non matching grooves (it was nothing to do with time to make them). The properties of dried glue mean that stiffness-wise it is inbtween the wood cores stiffness and the horns stiffness. So when you do the glue-up and both sets of grooves are filled with glue the dried glue basically becomes a 'medium' between the two materials with 'teeth' extending into both surfaces and therefore making the transition between materials less defined.
this bow has been to 26 now and it behaving itself very well. No stability 'issues', limb strengths relative one to the other are staying stable. I'm hoping to get out at the weekend with my flight arrows and seeing what she will do. Fingers crossed for 400yds + :)
sleek:
Mike, I think you nailed the tiller for that profile. I am very much looming forward to seeing some performance numbers from it.
sleek:
Hey, you are holding out on us. I want that all the way back full draw pic!
Badger:
Looks great, I would shoot it at the shorter draw with an over draw. Shortest arrow you can get away with.
mikekeswick:
Sleek i'll try and get a friend to take a full draw photo. I'm not holding this thing at full draw waiting for a timer!!!
Badger - I'm off out tomorrow to test it at my place for flight shooting. I have high hopes! I've got a wide range of flight arrows now and will try to get some shots off with them all and record the distances. When you say an 'overdraw' are there any simple designs that you can 'fit' to a bow? I'm not ready to use a siper yet.
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