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sleek:
When you start to tiller this thing, STAY AWAY FROM THOSE LIMB SLICES! If ypu jave to, wrap them with tape to avoid an accifldent. Also, dont let the fades bend much. They should bend last, thats where your last 3 inches of draw length come from. The bending should start from the outer limbs slowly working its way in.
Well, that's my advice anyway from having built bows of this shape, but 10 inches shorter.
Now that I said all that, what are your plans on how to tiller it?
DC:
Scrape away at it until it looks right?? When you say wrap them with tape is that to strengthen them or just to make sure I don't scrape there? I would think that if ain't strong enough to take tillering it ain't going to last anyway.
Plans? I'm going to watch the thickness very closely. This one is 2" wide at the fades. I've never made a bow this wide before. The backing is 1/8" so I figure if I start to get close to 3/8" thick I'll start to side tiller. I guess I'll have to temper that with how close I am to full draw. We'll see. I just said temper. I was going to heat treat the limbs before glueup. Just flat forget. Crap. Oh well the second limb is glued and sitting in the sun. We'll see tomorrow.
sleek:
I wish I had a direct comparison of yew to osage, as a ratio in compression. If i did, i could tell you exactly how wide to make that bow for the draw weight you are shooting for. Have you settled on what your expectations are yet?
DC:
40# I make all my bows 40#
sleek:
Do you have any 40 pound yew bows that are that long?
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