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medicinewheel:
Hello all,
this is the first bow in well over 5 years. And I got it braced today. It is at around 50#/12" right now.
It is a 4-layer ELB as the title line says, and it has a really long story to it. Will tell when it is finished.!
Reflex is bit short of 4" right now.

Thought it was a good idea to post it so I get some presure behind finishing it...
Tiller comments wellcome

mmattockx:
Sweet, some more bows being posted. I look forward to seeing more as you get it worked out. Why ipe as the core lams?


Mark

Hamish:
MW how wide are the limbs, what weight are you going for? Not easy getting these narrow, high reflex bows into a low brace height, I'm guessing you used a bow stringer?

medicinewheel:

@mmattockx: I'll tell the whole story once it is finished! Also why I ended up with this lam combo.
@Hamish: Never even tried low brace hight. Kept tillering till I was sure I could brace it. And yes, of course I used a stringer!

medicinewheel:
Saturday morning here, starded working on the bow again. Realized a mistake in the starting post: 50#@18", not 50#@12"

Here it is at around 60#@20"
Aiming for 80-90#@32"

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