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10 years later... my Osage is ready.
superdav95:
Can’t remember if you mentioned if you used heat correction on the belly of this bow yet. Also was the prop twist there before you started scraping? If not then be aware that your scraping may be the cause. Uneven scrapes can cause twist. Just something to be aware of. It looks good at 28”. The bottom limb is a tad stiff in the mid-outers. It’s a challenging stave so congrats on getting to this stage ! If you corrected some already on the belly use caution. Best of luck. Lookin good
lenador:
--- Quote from: superdav95 on October 19, 2023, 01:25:10 pm ---Can’t remember if you mentioned if you used heat correction on the belly of this bow yet. Also was the prop twist there before you started scraping? If not then be aware that your scraping may be the cause. Uneven scrapes can cause twist. Just something to be aware of. It looks good at 28”. The bottom limb is a tad stiff in the mid-outers. It’s a challenging stave so congrats on getting to this stage ! If you corrected some already on the belly use caution. Best of luck. Lookin good
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I have not corrected it before and yeah the prop twist was pre existing. I'm using a counting method to make sure I'm tillering nice and even.. or as even as I can get with my experience.
Yeah the outer limb especially on the bottom limb is pretty stiff. It doesn't help that it has a natural deflex near the handle area. Either way I'm excited that I e made it this far and I'm looking forward to trying to keep the natural handle look.
lenador:
Got the tips perfectly where I wanted and I also worked the natural delfex out of the one limb. Tried like hell to tiller the outside of the bottom limb. Ran out of poundage. I called it off at 42#.
I'm not happy with that bottom limb but it was pretty even side to side so figured I'd put a strut on it and see what it did. Slowly pulled it a few times until I got it to full draw. Pulled it to full draw a few times and put 20 shots though it... WOW! No tuning at all and this thing feels amazing compared to my red oak D bow. I didn't know what I was missing. It is so smooth and feels fast. 8 paces and 3 under and I was point on. Good groups right out of the gate. Also no string slap like my other bow.
New string will be here tomorrow and I'll shape the nocks and handle. If I'm lucky I'll be hunting with it this weekend.
superdav95:
Congrats man. Looks great. Well done. Osage is wonderful stuff.
Muskyman:
Congratulations, looks really good to me. A lot of people like having the outers a bit stiffer. Now go out and kill a deer with it and it’ll be perfect..
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