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sleek:

--- Quote from: RyanY on October 02, 2025, 02:44:13 pm ---
--- Quote from: sleek on October 02, 2025, 02:23:27 pm ---What are the dimensions of that limb? I can run it through my bow calculator program, calculate the surface area of the bending section, and tell you how much that bow can weigh and not take set.

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I haven’t finalized it yet. I’ll probably keep it 1.75” to mid limb or a bit further and then taper into the recurve. It’ll end up being around 24” long if I go 56” ntn with an 8” handle and fades. I’m not sure how much reflex it’ll end up with but I’ll be adding some deflex at the splice. 50#@24.5-25” from the back of the bow is the goal.

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Put 2.5 and end up with 1.5 to 1.75 reflex. Make that bow as wide as possible for as long as possible, start your taper as far out as you can.

When you decide the front profile of the bow, give me the width for every inch of length and Ill tell you what that bow can do without set.

loefflerchuck:
Ryan, I have no doubt you can make a contending bow. Arvin is a master bowyer and friend, but I disagree with him on your bow being too narrow. The bow I hold the 70# primitive record for both flight and broadhead is hickory. 58” tip to tip along the curve, and 1 7/8” at the widest point. It is 68# @ 28”. I’ve seen a lot of bowyers post bows here that could come close enough to a record to get them hooked on trying to get those elusive last few yards. I like seeing new ideas. Sleek thinks outside the box. He showed up this year with a monster of a bow,  I thought was way too wide. I was proven wrong when he shot it about 375 yards. Would love to see more people on this site show up to test their creations.

RyanY:
Thanks Chuck. We'll see how it turns out. My thinking is that the ratio of the bow length and draw length should be fine for a 50# flight bow. Also seems like the arrows are such a big factor. I just got more shafts to try out as the bamboo ones I got I think will be too heavy.

Well we got our first snow here in Michigan and I never found a place to shoot. My first time might be next year at the flats. I got to bending the osage billets today. First I tried steam but it didn't want to budge. Haven't had that yet with the steaming method I've been using. The water running off had a lot of pigment. I then tried dry heat and Kind of forced it getting a lot of cracking. I think it'll be fine but definitely not fun to see that. I think on the next limb I'll try and thin it out a bit more. Also worked on a hickory bow just bringing the dimensions down a bit more to floor tiller.

RyanY:
Nice polka dots from trying to heat through the metal strip I was using to keep splinters down.  ;D  I can't recall his name but there's a gentleman who I've seen many times in TN and MO shoots who walks around barefoot and has a recurve with some very tight curves on it. I always think of that bow when putting in recurves. I don't think this was too aggressive but maybe for this wood. The osage is also quite old so I'm not sure if that makes much of a difference. Not enough experience with old osage.

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