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Offline Groucho

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Remove backset?
« on: July 03, 2025, 07:22:38 pm »
I haven't been on this forum in many years but I'm back to bow making.  Working on an osage self-bow and plan to reflex the tips.  One of the limbs has more backset than the other and in tillering I think I'm taking off too much from the backset limb.  It's getting thinner than the other limb.  Should I heat the backset out?  Thanks for the advice!
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Offline sleek

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Re: Remove backset?
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2025, 07:54:52 pm »
Hey Groucho, welcome back! Id say the limb with the arrow looks good, the other limb is bending too much in the inner limbs. Are you at full draw yet?
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Offline Groucho

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Re: Remove backset?
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2025, 08:36:52 pm »
Thanks Sleek, I didn't think of that.  It's not at full draw yet, actually I haven't braced it yet.  I think I'll brace it and look at it again.
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Re: Remove backset?
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2025, 09:30:14 pm »
Id get that left limb bending better past the fades so its not hinged before I braced it. Otherwise you will stress that hinge too much.
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