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Inaugural “junior” bow trade
Walski:
OK with me, I am almost done. I like building bows and have several in the works at all times.
Muskyman:
Did some straightening with steam today on one limb. Will do the other tomorrow. Then will see how it turns out after that. Will probably post some pictures tomorrow..
Muskyman:
I’ve got this bow pretty straight but I’ve got one little spot that has a little dipsy do in it . I’ve been planning on doing a reflex on the limbs. Should I try and take that out or just try and live with it. It’s about 8 inches from the end of the limb. Could I steam it and clamp it down from the back of the bow to flatten it out? The spot is about 2 inches long. I remember clamping my snaky Osage down from the back and that worked out okay.
Any thoughts
Muskyman:
Got another question for you guys.
After talking about mc and weight I decided to go buy a scale.
My bows limbs are still around 1/2 inch thick and around 5/8ths in the tips . I haven’t shaped the handle an it’s 70 inches long 1&1/2 at the fades tapers to 1/2 inch at the tips. Weight is 924 g or 2:0.7 lbs. 32.6 ounces
now I’ve never weighed a bow before so I’m wondering if that seems heavy. May not be relevant at this point just thought I’d share
superdav95:
Mike. If you plan to heat in a bit of reflex anyway then you may get rid of most of it anyway. Just heat it up first good then clamp it down. Most important is the alignment for tips if recurves are put in. That can be done after if they get twist in them. As for the weight you will loose at least a few hundred grams of weight yet with reduction of wood on limbs and handle shaping.
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