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DC:
During this time when it's got no finish do you keep it in a hotbox or something? Maybe it's dry enough where you are.

BowEd:
I just keep it in the house on a bow rack around 50% humidity.

bubby:

--- Quote from: Stick Bender on June 10, 2017, 07:09:37 pm ---Pat I had the same thoughts as you but after doing my home work & studying composite design that if I was looking for performance out of a strait native composite design compared to self bow /sinew it wasn't there with the fine balancing act between keeping mass low length short ,reflex high and not having a bow that would stack like crazy so I'm working on a 53 in. Hybrid design bendy with 9 in. static recurves , Ed has his design down to a art after all his R&D of hard knocks he has done , making one of his would be the path of least resistance with his work as a reference but it's a lot of fun trying a new design and doing the research , let us know which way your going.

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I built a straight limbed na style hornbow that i gave badly bent , that little sucker was screaming fast, maybe i just got lucky🤔

Pat B:
bubby, did you post that bow here on "Horn Bows"?

BowEd:
Composites are a different animal as far as speed goes it seems.More manipulation conditioning and environment.No matter how much shot or braced if tillered good while braced they maintain energy and they return.That's my take on it.Ease of draw for accuracy counts too at least for me for hunting reasons.Screaming fast is a term used a lot for a general description.Speed of over 200 fps with a 10 gpp arrow I would call screaming fast.Not discounting the NA design any though.
This bow in a way is an experiment in the sense of durability.I expect 10,000 shots at least myself to call it a success or a lifetime liver.Performance wise I'll see if it's a screamer.The previous one was.I feel the working limbs are too long yet.Getting the most energy out of a shorter working area with low mass I feel would do better with high reflex of  8 to 12 inchs.
Then it's a matter of clean arrow flight to put everything together.I'm seeing good arrow flight with a 30" long 50 to 55 spine arrows on this 48 to 50 pound bow but have not distance shot it yet either.I will do the testing on this bow and let the chips fall where they may.

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