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Fraxinus Excelsior Ash 125@30 approx warbow 74"&3/4"

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Ruddy Darter:
Thank you meanewood,
That sounds good to me, I will take another thin skim at that point on the upper limb and do as you recommended for the lower, and call it a day at that. It feels that it would shoot quite well as is. I'll give that a go this afternoon.  8)
 R.D.

Ruddy Darter:
I've taken a skim off the outer top limb, and now heat treating in two stages, I've hit the bottom limb in two deflex areas ( where the islands of growth ring are) with a little leather wrapped in tin foil underneath  so I could reflex them a little.(it's clamped to a length of 2×4 covered in tin foil clamped in a work bench).Just letting that cool off then I'll heat treat the whole limb again as one.
I have also reimbursed the trapping on the back a bit more with a scraper.
I'll post how it turns out,
R.D.

Del the cat:
Looks like it would be better up the other way...
Del

Ruddy Darter:
Thanks Del, I see how this comes out and that may be a good option. I had it in my mind from the beginning to keep the reflex end up top, thinking better to lift the arrow when loosed (?) (And also the way it grew if that has any bearing how the bow performs and holds up later in the future (?). Either way hopefully I'll see tomorrow what's up from down :D, and hoping a stiff neck and shoulder eases off by then.
 R.D.

bownarra:
Del means a flatter belly and a rounded back :) I think :)
If the tiller is wrong you'll lose draw weight to set anyway....plus the bow won't shoot as well? Forget the draw weight - perfect tiller is the goal not high draw weight. The weight is secondary to the tiller.

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