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An idea for ash bow dimensions & tillering tips
Ruddy Darter:
It also look like I'd be needing to keep it a little stiffer around that area due to a knot (which may be worked out or need a little fill) and that slight wiggle starts just about there.
Something I'll bear in mind, thinking out loud, maybe I'll flip the very tip a little that end with heat to even out if needed, I'll wait and see how it goes.
R.D.
WillS:
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Will, would that mean that you must also leave the thicker area appearing to be stiffer in the bend profile when tillering?
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No, they should look like they're bending the same as the rest of the bow. If they're already deflexed they're already essentially bending.
willie:
--- Quote from: WillS on October 04, 2017, 02:34:23 pm ---No, they should look like they're bending the same as the rest of the bow. If they're already deflexed they're already essentially bending.
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interesting approach to deflex. Should it look like they're bending the same as the rest of the bow at brace or full draw?
Del the cat:
Just my opinion of course... but:-
NO!
Any features in the unstrung bow should till be evident at full draw to some extent, so a limb that has a little reflex (unstrung) should appear a tad stiff at full draw. A limb with slight deflex should appear a little weak at FD.
If you thin down the reflexed limb and leave the deflexed limb stiff, you will end up with a bow that looks perfect for five minutes until the reflexed limb starts to go even weaker, then chrysal and collapse.
Del
mikekeswick:
--- Quote from: Del the cat on October 05, 2017, 02:11:23 am ---Just my opinion of course... but:-
NO!
Any features in the unstrung bow should till be evident at full draw to some extent, so a limb that has a little reflex (unstrung) should appear a tad stiff at full draw. A limb with slight deflex should appear a little weak at FD.
If you thin down the reflexed limb and leave the deflexed limb stiff, you will end up with a bow that looks perfect for five minutes until the reflexed limb starts to go even weaker, then chrysal and collapse.
Del
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Yup :)
You are trying to make the strain even along the limb. Regardless of what the limb is doing it needs to feel even strain at full draw.....or else problems are round the corner!
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