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mmattockx:
--- Quote from: superdav95 on November 08, 2024, 01:22:20 pm ---heres some more pics a few differet angles. hope this helps
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Thanks for the pictures. Was there a lot of string tension at brace? How was the early draw weight?
Mark
superdav95:
--- Quote from: mmattockx on November 10, 2024, 10:04:54 pm ---
--- Quote from: superdav95 on November 08, 2024, 01:22:20 pm ---heres some more pics a few differet angles. hope this helps
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Thanks for the pictures. Was there a lot of string tension at brace? How was the early draw weight?
Mark
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Mark. I didn’t do up a force draw curve or anything on this one yet but I would say that just by feel it has less early draw tension then my more reflexed versions of these bows. Its late draw feels about the same though. It came as no surprise to see this as the backset adds some early tension.
superdav95:
a little update on these little bow experiments. I finished up the second one i show here that had less deflex and less sharp an agle on the siyahs. I wrapped and served it all for testing and it shot really well actually. the limbs held up very well and and did not lose much if any at all of the little gentle reflex heat induced into them. I kept it mild as I want to take advatage of a longer draw if possible. speed testing this bow was cut short as i had a siyah split on the one end and followed a grain line from the string groove. oh well no damage done to the limbs so i made another and reinforced with some buff horn on the sides as ive done before. I tapered the backside of the siyah to allow for better string slippage back there with the large string loops. I made these siyahs very light and want to give this bow every chance to perform its best. prior to the siyah splitting on me when shooting i had gotten speeds of 187,188,193 shooting a 500 grain arrow. the pull of the bow was 51lbs at 28". Im wanting the bow to end up at 50 lbs at 29-30". when i got out to 29" it split the siyah. I suspect that if i kept it under 45lbs it would likley had been fine. pushing the limits of the oak. Im always carefull to follow optimal grain for these levers to avoid issues but wood still has its limits. so I did a little sanding off the belly and put a basic stain on it and sealed it with a laquer. Ill wrap with a dark brown b55 string and reshoot it and see where it ended up. bend looked good upon shooting it initially so hopfully i didnt mess with it too much. we shall see how it shoots. fingers crossed.
willie:
nice hope to see a fulldraw pic with the fixed siayh.
do you think there was any twisting of the siayah at full draw? do you have to adjust your siyahs/string alignment to prevent twisting once they are glued on?
superdav95:
--- Quote from: willie on November 13, 2024, 08:09:44 pm ---nice hope to see a fulldraw pic with the fixed siayh.
do you think there was any twisting of the siayah at full draw? do you have to adjust your siyahs to prevent twisting once they are glued on?
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thanks willie! yes im hoping to get it all wrapped and shooting again in a day of so when laquer dries. with the stain under it it takes a day or so. the siyahs stay put and so long as they are on straight im good. ive had some with little twist but easy enough to heat and reset them again. I do most of my shaping and thinning of the siyahs with file work after they are glued and set to avoid the twist and have good string alignment. glueing them down while in block dimensions make this easier and makes it visually easier to detect problems and make certain to get them straight. the serving holds them down really well. Ive made 70lbs versions of these and glued and served the siyahs with no problems. any very minor tweeking can also be done to fine tune the siyahs while thinning them too after glue up. this is especially the case when i do side supports of horn after the fact.
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