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Hop horn beam and belly frets
bradsmith2010:
great to hear,, I was just guessing on the reflex
bassman211:
Brad, when I put it on a 4 inch reflex form, and heat treated it ..it came off the form with just under 3 inches of reflex, and in the tillering process I lost that. Shoots good though. This bow will go to the friend that gifted me the wood. I won't go out of my way to look for any more. Elm ,and hickory are still my favorite white woods. Fire hardened hickory makes quite the bow, and elm is darn near bullet proof.
PaSteve:
Glad you got a shooter Bob. I was thinking it wasn't the tillering process with your experience. I guess a little wider made the difference.
superdav95:
--- Quote from: bassman211 on November 14, 2022, 04:42:26 pm ---Brad, when I put it on a 4 inch reflex form, and heat treated it ..it came off the form with just under 3 inches of reflex, and in the tillering process I lost that. Shoots good though. This bow will go to the friend that gifted me the wood. I won't go out of my way to look for any more. Elm ,and hickory are still my favorite white woods. Fire hardened hickory makes quite the bow, and elm is darn near bullet proof.
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I agree bassman. Glad to hear you got it sorted out for a good shooting bow. Interesting that you trapped the back. I wonder if that helped your situation a little with it also being wider too.
bassman211:
Thanks Steve. I would guess trapping helped Dave along with wider, and proper moisture content. Thank all you guys for your input.
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