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Osage bow for 33 inch draw
Selfbowman:
Use all that stave you can!!!
Badger:
I have made a lot of long draw bows just for fun and they are mushy as hell, once you start tillering and they start to take set you are done wherever that happens to be.
Selfbowman:
I ve built some 90-100 # bows for flight. One boo backed Osage , one complex composite boo backed boo core horn belly. They broke records at 28-29” . They blew at 32-33 inches 67-69” long 10” handles. The Osage bows of that weight just took set. just saying.
bradsmith2010:
Ok I made a 64 inch bow just to see at 32 inches of draw it was shooting in the high 170's,, I didnt put much reflex in, it was about even,, it had two layers of sinew,, but it was shooth and easy to shoot,, it was bend in handle,, narrow profile,,
I usually dont make long draw bows, but there had been several post, and I just wanted to see what it would do,,
power stroke and all that blah blah blah,,
what Badger said,, if its taking set,, extending the draw is usually just a wash,,
sleek:
--- Quote from: bassman211 on June 05, 2022, 10:32:28 am ---Sleek I under stand what you are saying. Nice to know that short bows will take that long of a draw. With half inch knocks it will be 67 inches long if I can pull it off. For him that is a short enough bow. His nick name is high tower. Bownarra how much sinew? I mostly use one layer, but it seems to me I would need more for this bow. Thanks for your input guys.
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At 67 inches long, you should have no problem. Just do your recurves to a degree that allows a 90° string angle at full draw. Also, deflex the fades to bring your recurves flush with the back of the handle, then reflex the mid and outer limbs to bring the recurves about 3 inches above the back. That will allow for some reflex to pull out and still maintain a good 1.5 inches reflex for a nice fast bow. And by the way, all that doesn't take into account using sinew. I don't think you need it if the stave is good
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