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alanesq:

So far, so good :-)

Make sure you dont end up rushing though, this is something I always really struggle to avoid (especially when I seem to be spending ages trying to get it right)
also, keep exercising the bow a lot as you go, otherwise I find the ash will suddenly lose a lot of weight when you least expect it

Ash is really prone to compression fractures on the belly (especially with high poundage) so keep a close eye out for these
if they are shallow then its not a total disaster (my 120lb bow has loads of them but still going strong) but when I was trying for 130lb I was getting them half way through the thickness of the bow :-(

akila:
hello.....today i wass working again on my warr bow, and i strung the bow today, and i manage to pull him to the full draw.....this means 34", the bow show 110# at 34"...the bow wass strung only 5"...it wass realy dificult to strung the bow....i had someone to help me to strung  the bow ...so i think that if i had strung the bow let say 7"...maybe the bow it will be at full draw a little stronger thenn 110lbs...but aniway its ok....i just have to put some horn to the noks, and to make him  a string and its done...left limb looks pretty good to me, but the right limb its not realy perfect....the  wood has 2 small knots  to the tips area, and this is why i could not make that area bending a little more, i wass afraid to take more wood from the area , becose of those 2 small knots....aniway this wass a learning process so i think that next one it will be better.... here is a picture at full draw..the only problem is that the bow has taken a lot of set....after i unstrung the bow the set is aboute 4", and after some time the set its aboute 2"....i think that the wood wass still a little green...what do you think i should do aboute that.??...i wass thinking maybe trying to recurve the tips...i have seen some warr bows that have the tips recurve, in some old paintings from medieval periode....

alanesq:
Excellent job there :-)

BTW - 2" of set is fine on this type of bow, mine has 3"
I find my ash bows very difficult to string, I have never really figured out why this is ? ?

akila:
You realy think so...??? im looking  for an hour at that  right limb and im so angry becose i dont like it so  much....im trying to decide what to do....but in the same time i know that there is not much to do....iff i start heat treat the belly and trying to reflex  the hall bow, i know that the set eventualy will come back....all i can do is trying to  flip the tips a little....aniway i think i will put the bow in the hot box for a fiew days to remove the moisture....and i  will install horn noks....this will be  funn....i never done this and i hope i will make it right... :-\...thks a lot for your help....

alanesq:

You can spend hours worrying if the tiller is perfect but I always figure that once you have the bow to full draw then the bow is finished
any adjusting after that may improve it a bit you you risk destroying the bow which would be a disaster after you have had it at full draw

I would stop worrying about it and get using it :-)

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