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Takedown Osage in the works
bentstick54:
Thanks Damon.
bjrogg:
--- Quote from: bentstick54 on January 24, 2025, 04:18:47 pm ---BJ, set is mostly in outer 1/3 of both limbs. That’s almost always where I end up with some, but usually around 1”. That’s why I think I should have let the stave dry longer.
I seem to have the same problem. It always looks a little stiff in outer third to me in my upper limb.
If I take a little off and make the bend look right it takes set.
It is nice to let them really dry down. Wet wood definitely worse for set to.
Nice bow. How did you do the handle? It looks nice
Bjrogg
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Selfbowman:
Looks good and everything said above!
bentstick54:
BJ, I had purchased the metal/ brass sleeve set several years back. I took a heavy sheet of white construction paper and set the sleeves on it, used a block of wood and hammer and tapped the sleeves hard enough to imprint on the paper, then cut that out with scissors. I glued the paper “patterns” to to end off the billets, then used a rasp to shape the end of the billets fitting the sleeves as I went. I had some JB Weld that I used to epoxy the sleeves to the wood. Let set for 24 hours and started on the bow.
Thanks Arvin
Pappy:
Looks really good to me, I would probably leave as is, but for me just flipping the tips don't change much as far as tiller but dose add a few pounds of weight, and at least for me make it a little smoother draw. I have made several with them type sleeve and they work great, learned early on not to clamp them in a vice or be rough with them getting the fit, just have to work slow until they slide on pretty easy with out damaging the sleeves, don't take much to get them where they don't come apart easily. :)
Pappy
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