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FilipT:
When do you make final corrections, I mean, narrowing the tips and so on?

Del the cat:

--- Quote from: Stalker on September 22, 2016, 01:27:13 am ---When do you make final corrections, I mean, narrowing the tips and so on?

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Today!  ;)
That's when I have the proper horn nocks on, the tips get blended into the limb from a 1/2" round section where it enters the horn for about an 8 - 10" length. I hate when people do a sharp taper over about an inch down to a hon nock... makes it look like the end of a pencil and adds a lot of weight.
Hope fully more pics later today as I tease it back towards 32"

The right limb is only a whisker thicker now, and is a little stiff, it may well all look "right" when it's finished, but maybe I'll reverse it and have the right limb as the lower, that's all part of that final tweaking.

I daresay someone could argue that if I'd made it accurately "by numbers" it would have come out right to start with >:D... but that's their call. To my mind you don't know what the numbers are until it's finished. I'll take some measurements and post 'em when it's finally finished so we can see how close the limbs are.
Del

Del the cat:
Nocks are on now and I've got it back another 2 inches.
Final clean up with a scraper and easing off any thick spots, corners etc will bring it home to 32"
All I'll need then is someone who can shoot it.
Out of interest, I can almost string it with a stringer now, but don't want to risk my back, it's the reaching out to slip the nock on that's the problem. It would be easy with two people.
I've had another idea which I probably won't try for fear of my back...
Very long stringer bow across the shoulders, feet on stringer, knees bent, back straight. Straighten the knees, slide the loop on at a convenient height with a nice straight back.
Del

DC:
But it's a whole lot closer to your head if it explodes :o :o

Ruddy Darter:
...that'll hurt if it slips off your shoulders, I don't think I would try it..

That looks pretty good to me Del  8), looks like it will be a great arrow chucker, stocky and powerful.


Ruddy.

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