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FilipT:
My hazel longbow is ready for tillering. It will be 70" nock to nock, 72" tip to tip and I expect to have proper 30" draw length out of it; 32" is probably overkill as everybody underdraws it. It will not be a warbow, because it will be maybe 90# maximum.

I will post pictures as I go but for now I have some questions which I must resolve before I put it on the tiller.

1. String doesn't go through the center. I suspect roughed out bow blank didn't lose enough moisture before I removed the clamps so it bent a little sideways. I measured that one tip would need to move 1" to the side in order for string to go directly through center, or I could bend sideways both tips under 1" to get same result.
Should I use heat gun to correct this? Never used dry heat before and I thought I would try that now, and later use heat gun for heat treating.
2. Could I attempt to make side nocks without horn on it? I read about them and like the idea but I don't know how to make them.
3. How much poundage heat treating adds? I don't want to get over 100# bow and even now is a bit over sized for a 90#. Don't want to remove too much wood!

Tnx for help.  :BB

cadet:
It'll be interesting to see how you go. 30" from 70" is asking a fair bit of the wood... And self side nocks at <90lbs is asking a lot too, I'd have thought...

stuckinthemud:
Dry heat works well on hazel, tempering can add a lot of weight but it also adds speed to the cast. I'm sure hazel will be fine with side nocks. Did you check out the hazel warbow Del built?

FilipT:
Yes I did, but I don't remember if his was longer ntn than mine. From look they seem pretty much similar. But here is twist, I can barely move limbs a little, so I cannot floor tiller. Also during the shaping it felt like I was shaping hazel. So I think this is some heavy hazel and I may have done it by accident too powerful.

I must obtain heat gun first so I can start the tillering. I will keep you all posted.

Del the cat:

--- Quote from: FilipT on October 17, 2017, 12:57:42 pm ---... I can barely move limbs a little, so I cannot floor tiller. ...

--- End quote ---
That's the whole problem with Warbows...
Don't assume it's too powerful... it prob' isn't.
Get as short a string as pos' on it and see how it bends.
Del

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