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Inaugural “junior” bow trade
Muskyman:
Looks good Aaron. I haven’t worked on mine since my last post on this thread. It’s pretty close though.
stuckinthemud:
Looking really nice!
paulc:
I have made a little progress on my bow...not enough to share though. And if I was a gambler I would NOT put any money on the current stave. I found another piece of river birch in the rafters that probably should have been committed to the burn pile rather than put in the rafters. But after hacking away with the circular saw and then my rasp I have a wonky "character" stave about 1.25" wide full length. Based on my reading 1.25" is probably too narrow for river birch but maybe if I make it bend through the handle it might work, maybe come in about 45lbs...I hope to reduce it some more this weekend till I feel like it is bending evenly the full length then heat treat it before going to actually tillering it. If I can get it strung, and then to draw length without blowing up I will shoot it a bunch before finishing it. And hopefully post some pics this weekend. The stave is light as a feather which I find interesting....
Paul
Muskyman:
I actually worked on mine some today too. This stave is making me crazy. I put it away in the house about 3-4 weeks ago and it sat there while I painted my house aka my honey do. Took it out to the shop, strung it up and flexed it a while then pulled it to full draw and it was a fuzz over 55 lbs. when I put it away it was 50 lbs. I sanded on it some trying to fix what I always felt like was a flat spot on the top limb right where it has a little natural reflex that I just can’t make go away. Got it down to about 53-54 lbs. sanded the flat area on the top limb and the bottom limb full length.
I’ll shoot some pictures of it at full draw on the tillering tree and one just strung also took a picture right after fooling with it for about an hour. This stave has never taken any set at all and has had about 100 or more shots through it. If you look at the antler tip you can see that one full draw picture is top limb to the left and one of it to the right
Any thoughts as to if I should try to take the flat spot out or just let it be and as to why it went up in draw weight.
Thanks
Muskyman:
Top limb to the right at full draw
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