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Hickory bow build.
superdav95:
--- Quote from: Selfbowman on March 13, 2023, 11:19:19 am ---Looking good Dave . How was it to string?
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Thanks Arvin! It’s not too bad to string now. I had to make a new stringer for it as it’s still maintaining 10” of reflex which is surprising. I’ll send the stringer with the bow.
superdav95:
--- Quote from: bjrogg on March 13, 2023, 11:52:28 am ---
--- Quote from: Selfbowman on March 13, 2023, 11:19:19 am ---Looking good Dave . How was it to string?
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You got a scary part done.
I still always pucker a little first brace and that one would have a higher pucker factor
Bjrogg
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That’s for sure bj. I’m glad it’s braced and bending now. Little stiff in spots but I’ve been up to my neck dealing with maple syrup that I can only do little here and there.
superdav95:
Here’s a quick little update on the bending of this bow. Bend doesn’t look too bad but still need to work it out a bit to be the bend that I’m looking for. Little more inner bend on the top (right) limb I think from looks of things. I’ll do a another 20-30 pulls to 23-24” and see how it looks tomorrow. I’m neck deep in sap to boil right now so if I get another chance tonight to bend it a bit more tonight. Here’s a short video clip of preliminary bending to 23-24”. It’s at about 41-42lbs so far. Thanks for looking and following along on this adventure of pushing the extremes.
Also to my surprise I have kept 10” immediately after stringing and pulling for a while maybe an hour or so while I run back and forth to boiling sap! After about 10-15mims it creeps back to just under 11” reflex! We shall see if this translates into performance or not.
Vid clip
https://photos.app.goo.gl/NTgGNBJpgtBaD8Q59
superdav95:
Few more pics… I made the grip little smaller too. Cheers
PaSteve:
Very impressive build, Dave. Waiting patiently for the chrono results.
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