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Osage Bow Follow Along
SLIMBOB:
Good morning Arvin. Yes sir, it has been interesting. I'm checking out frequently, The Hickory bow your working on. Looks like it could be a screamer when your done.
bentstick54:
Bob, how thick and wide is the handle section, and how much backseat did you achieve? I have not had much luck on my Osage to get that much movement in the handle section.
SLIMBOB:
The handle right now is approx 1 inch X 1.75 inch. (Or close). I don’t know what the backset alone is. I figure about an inch give or take. It doesn’t take much movement in the handle to project that out at the tips. Figure that I am bending the area over the 5 inch handle and 4 inches of fades, so 9 inches. If you got 1/8” movement over that area, it will project out to about an inch on this length (or so my non mathematical brain figures).
bentstick54:
Thanks Bob. Maybe I just need to get a little more aggressive with the heat when trying to get the handle area to move. Fades out are not much of a problem.
superdav95:
Ya Osage is great stuff. Love that you can heat bend it dry like that for the most part. Pretty tough. Looking good. Is this gonna be a molle style bow. Those tips look a bit like a mollegabet in the one pic of you floor bending the limbs.
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