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Osage takedown bow
superdav95:
That sucks mike. Forge ahead and use the mule headed mindset to keep going with it. for recurves I too like Weylin’s method. Also keep your growth rings on the belly to one ring also for the bend. This will help with preventing lifting of splinters. Flipped tips and milder recurves on Osage work pretty good with dry heat if you keep one solid ring on belly side as well and keep the thickness of the tip around 1/2”-5/8” depending on draw weight wanting. Unless going for more extreme recurves this method should work good for most bends. Ive also used little oil during heat and bend on a form. I have no doubt you’ll sort it out.
Dave
Muskyman:
Exactly what it did Dave. Split right where two different rings were.. thanks for the heads up
Muskyman:
I might not be completely out of the game on this bow. Went out to the shed to work on my replacement limb and started looking at the one that splintered on me and filed out the splintered part and it’s still pretty thick.. so I figured what the heck. Got out the reflex form and clamped it down, put some oil on the limbs and heated it. Didn’t heat a lot but I think enough to introduce some reflex. Going to let it sit overnight and see how it turns out. Worried a little about the area of the limb that already had a little recurve in it because it’s been heated twice now. Figured nothing to lose.
superdav95:
Atta boy mike. Way to keep at it. Keep us posted on it.
Muskyman:
Thinned the limbs down to the thickness of where my limb split. And the reflex seems to be about 2-2 1/2 inches. Still have about 3/8ths thickness in the limbs.. put the long string back on in and it was 35 plus pounds at 15 inches so I should be good to go. Probably start tillering in the next day or two.
Still got a ways to go but, it might survive me yet.
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