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bradsmith2010:
I think I said 26 :D,,,ok just kidding,,
I think wrapping it might be a good idea,, but I am always over worried,,
if you dont wrap it and it blows,, the wrap would have looked pretty,,
if you wrap it and it holds you will always think you didnt need it,, nobody said it was gonna be easy,,, :)
Woodely:
Lots of work, looks really nice, but I'm afraid of the design been over built, say a tad stiff here and there. Does not surprise me that it lifted a splinter. Now go shoot it 2-300 times and leave it braced for about 6 hours.
What ya going to wrap it with.?
sleek:
Reading your FD chart, and knowing that 28 is 40#, guessing that 27 is 38.5 because you dont have a reading there, this bow has a stored energy of 44.1 foot pounds. Thats over 100% energy storage. You very may well have a record breaking bow there for flight shoot. Either way, that bow will be fast. Very few people make a bow that stores close to 100 percent, much less over it.
Do your best to fix that, and dont be surprised to find insane chrono numbers at 10 grains per pound, like, 190s to 200s.
bradsmith2010:
Sleek, is there a simple way to explain to me about the storage,, Im not good at math,, )P(
DC:
--- Quote from: sleek on March 22, 2019, 03:19:37 pm ---Id wrap it tight with sewing thread, the length of the splinter, then soak that in liquid ca glue. That usually does the trick.
--- End quote ---
I wrapped it. I still wanted to chrono it and see how it shoots. It shot a 400 gr arrow 161fps @ 26" draw. Not a speed demon. I'll start picking away at the levers to see how much weight I can get rid of. I'm suspecting a possible bad backing. Well not necessarily bad, just the weak point. I'm always suspicious of my Maple backing. There was some concern that the grain was a little off.
I just read your post Sleek. Hopefully the tips a really heavy
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