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sleek:
--- Quote from: PatM on March 20, 2019, 06:04:25 pm ---
--- Quote from: sleek on March 20, 2019, 05:59:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: PatM on March 20, 2019, 05:42:12 pm --- I like to add up the total working limb and use that to calculate the max draw length.
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How do you calculate based off that?
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I add up the total of the two limbs that actually are bending to any degree and figure that the max draw should approach that, if not equal it.
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So you ONLY account for working length, not over all, not even levers?
PatM:
That's right since those are the only parts actually under true stress.
DC:
--- Quote ---Its up to you as it really takes forever, im just looking for a record to compare my builds to, to see how the design holds up on my shorter bows compared to longer ones.
What im asking is this:
Pull the bow to 11 inches. Record weight. Then pull to 12, record weight. Then pull back to 11 AGAIN, re-record its weight, then go to 13. Its a forward 2 back one type of thing, all the way to 40 pounds. Then scrape and start over again at 11 inches.
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I'm confused. When do I start this? What if I get 40# at 11". I can't go over 40#, that's my target weight. Sorry, I'm missing something here.
DC:
I'm rereading a bunch of no set tillering posts. In one Badger said,". Say you just braced the bow, check your weight at say 18", now excercise at 19", check weight at 18, excersice at 20" check weight at 18, excercise at 21" check weight at 18". Do this all the way to target weight at about 24'. "
Do you remove any wood during this?
sleek:
--- Quote from: DC on March 20, 2019, 08:13:12 pm ---I'm rereading a bunch of no set tillering posts. In one Badger said,". Say you just braced the bow, check your weight at say 18", now excercise at 19", check weight at 18, excersice at 20" check weight at 18, excercise at 21" check weight at 18". Do this all the way to target weight at about 24'. "
Do you remove any wood during this?
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You remove wood like you normally would, when you see a tiller problem, or you hit your draw weight and need more scrapes to pull further, nothing special there. This is all about how to approach your draw weight on the tree, and it ONLY works on a bow that has just had wood freshly removed and the limbs have not been flexed yet. All flexing 100% must happen on the scale.
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