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Juniper/Sinew early tillering. What do you think?
WhistlingBadger:
I'm a little worried about how much the recurves are pulling straight, especially on the left side. Is that OK? And it looks like I need to still get the right mid bending a little more. Amazing the things I can see in a photo that aren't obvious looking at the real thing.
Pappy:
Looks like right limb 5/6 inches out from fad to an inch or so before the re flexed tips. Looking pretty good so far. :)
Pappy
superdav95:
It’s slight but I’d agree with pappy.
Another consideration…. What draw length you at in last posted pic? Hard to tell for sure but if you still have a few inches to go yet and still quite a bit over draw target weight then maybe getting the inners bending more to keep the tips from pulling out too much more. Just a thought. If you are close to draw length now then I might not mess with it too much. Bend looks good. Make the right one your bottom limb.
WhistlingBadger:
--- Quote from: superdav95 on April 21, 2025, 06:15:36 pm ---It’s slight but I’d agree with pappy.
Another consideration…. What draw length you at in last posted pic? Hard to tell for sure but if you still have a few inches to go yet and still quite a bit over draw target weight then maybe getting the inners bending more to keep the tips from pulling out too much more. Just a thought. If you are close to draw length now then I might not mess with it too much. Bend looks good. Make the right one your bottom limb.
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The pic is at 21". Going to take it to 27". I'm afraid I'm actually going to come in below target weight. It's only 35# at 23", and I was hoping for 55# @ 27". Hope it doesn't come in too light for a hunting bow. I think I'll go ahead and take it to full draw tonight and see where it's at.
Thanks for the help, guys.
WhistlingBadger:
OK, got it to full draw and it didn't explode! Got my heart pumping--I just knew it was going to blow up on me. But not a snap, crackle, or pop. Think I finally figured out how to get sinew to stick--maybe that fiasco with the dogbane last year wasn't a complete waste.
I'm a little disappointed that it came in at only 42#, so probably not powerful enough to hunt elk. Can't just add another layer or two of sinew, because I decided to put the snake skin on it before I tillered it...dumb.
For all that, I'm pretty tickled though. Limbs are nice and even, I really like the bend, and man, does it look sweet. Going to go put a few arrows through it and see how it shoots.
Then I'm going to have to build another one...I still have one more decent juniper stave, a big pile of sinew, and I'm sure I have another bull snake skin around here somewhere.
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