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Help with latest Osage bow. All prettied up.
George Tsoukalas:
Generally tiller looks good. Looks like near handle wood needs to bend more. I mark a nice black pencil line where I want the bending to start (end of fades) then I make sure it starts there.
bjrogg:
--- Quote from: bentstick54 on March 20, 2023, 10:23:16 pm ---Dave, that’s what I see too, but looking at the squares behind the bow they all look to cross the squares at the same points. That’s why I was looking for other opinions. Thanks everyone. I’ll be gone tomorrow so will get back to work on it hopefully on Wednsday with any luck. Will post updates afterwards.
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My first thought was left limb seems a little stiff mid limb. That’s what my eye sees.
Then I looked at your marks and it seems pretty good going by them. Maybe it’s an optical illusion.
Bjrogg
airkah:
--- Quote from: bjrogg on March 22, 2023, 12:59:38 pm ---
--- Quote from: bentstick54 on March 20, 2023, 10:23:16 pm ---Dave, that’s what I see too, but looking at the squares behind the bow they all look to cross the squares at the same points. That’s why I was looking for other opinions. Thanks everyone. I’ll be gone tomorrow so will get back to work on it hopefully on Wednsday with any luck. Will post updates afterwards.
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My first thought was left limb seems a little stiff mid limb. That’s what my eye sees.
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I see it this way too even looking at the lines.
What my eyes see that may be totally wrong: Left limb bends more from fade to line 1 than right side. And then the right limb catches up by bending more between lines 2 and 4. I think the tiller pic is a little off horizontal too. When I straightened it to my eye, limb tips are at a different angle from eachother.
bentstick54:
Ok, so today I tried to get a little more bend mid limb on bottom limb, then took long even strokes off both limbs to get the weight down where I want at my 28” draw. Right now it’s at 46-1/2# @ 28”. I still need to final sand the belly and edges so hoping to lose another 1# in the process. Shot about 30 arrows through it and it handles good, feels good at release, and is as quiet as any I’ve built so far. I plan on shooting it for a few days to make sure nothing changes, then will start the finishing process.
superdav95:
Looks really good. Nicely done
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