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10 years later... my Osage is ready.
lenador:
Too much celebrate too soon! 20 shot last night and this morning I strung it and started to work the limbs and it made some pop noise. I inspected it and didn't see anything. Figured... Might as well see what happens. First full draw and BOOM!
I'm pretty certain this is due to 2 things, 1. I had my lowers working too hard from the start and tried to chase it with tillering and ran out of room. This is a lesson to be spot on with your thickness and that was challenging with this stave. The stuff lowers may work but with this bow 1.25 width I think I pushed it too much. I bet you could get away with the skinny width with a better tiller or lower weight. 2. I left the tillering string on too long and my tiller looked better with it. One I went to a proper string I could quickly see my problem was worse than I expected.
Hopless bastard taught me something's and those 20 shots we had were enough to hook me into another one. Failure isn't an option but it is a great learning tool.
In hindsight I wish I would have not been so set on the weight of the bow for myself and let the bow be lighter but atleast working.
lenador:
--- Quote from: Muskyman on October 20, 2023, 08:54:28 am ---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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We celebrated too soon. 😂
SDBurntStick:
That's unfortunate but when they break its a good learning experience.
Side note....as a guy in the electrical trade, I am wincing at the sight of that panel in the background lol.
lenador:
--- Quote from: SDBurntStick on October 20, 2023, 12:19:12 pm ---That's unfortunate but when they break its a good learning experience.
Side note....as a guy in the electrical trade, I am wincing at the sight of that panel in the background lol.
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100% agree. To me this bow was nothing more than a learning experience and a very good one.
Muskyman:
Well that sucks. I kinda thought you were home free. On to the next one
Side note....as a guy in the electrical trade, I am wincing at the sight of that panel in the background lol.
Never even noticed it SD but being in the trades myself I do understand why you picked up on it. Masonry is my curse.
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