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osage/hickory reflexed short bow
Pat B:
She's gonna be a great little bow. I like hickory backing, especially for osage and ipe. It makes for a great bow...and like you said, it is way easier than dealing with boo.
I have used leather to pack out handles. works very well and flexes with the wood. Shoe repair shops(if there are still any) have pre-cut sole leather of about 1/4" thick or so. I use this quite a bit. I like to put a bit on the back also to help round out the handle( I make bulbous handles) and make it more comfortable while shooting.
If you reduce the width of your tips but leave the thickness you will decrease the physical weight without reducing the strength. As far as the gaps in your glue line, a bit of super glue will fix you right up.
Lots of folks cut in the handle first thing. I like to leave the handle area and the tips unfinished until the very end. I even shoot a bow first before reducing these areas. This gives me a place to clamp the bow in the vice without effecting the final bow. Pat
radius:
Working good so far. Amazes! me every time I pull on this thing. It's not a "little sucker" as I have been calling it. It's also not a "sweetie" as Pat B has been saying it would be. It's a MONSTER!
I finally got some brace height out of it today. 3.5 inches. Found some unevenness in the tiller. Fixed that. Every time I string this monster I am "knee-tillering" it. Finally, the inevitable happened, but only in a very minor way.
This crack is so minor, I could probably just sand the spot away and never notice. It still needs to be tillered, otherwise i'd just wrap it with artificial sinew or something. It bends all the way along its length, so I can't just leave the handle out of the equation.
While I wait for some advice, I'll post some other pictures of the firehawk and work on the BBO bows which were my first thread. Thanks.
radius:
oh...
with the taut string on (not braced, just v. tight) I drew the bow on the scale to 13 inches...the same draw as in these new pictures. It was 38-40 pounds!
Pat B:
Put some super glue or TB glue in the splinter and temporarily wrap it until it dries. Sand it smooth and keep on. If necessary, you can add a permanent wrap later. Pat
El Destructo:
Hi....I don't know where you came up with the Bench Leg Mounted Tiller Device....But I would spend the Money for an Oak Board or something ....make a Tiller tree....and Mount it upward on a Leg...and lose the Clamp... That setup scares me to look at....when you pull a Bow on this ....where is your Face located??? I would be afraid to use it....but thats Just My Opinion...And I Have Been Wrong Before....but as my Wife would say....Very Seldom would You admit it!!!!!!!!!! >:D
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