Flight Archery Projects

[RyanY]

They're still a bit lumpy after the planing. Still need to figure that out.

[bjrogg]

Hey Ryan. If you still want to come my way and send a couple down range. My fields are starting to thaw out. Shoot me a text if you still have my number.

Bjrogg

[RyanY]

Tillered the osage bow today. Not perfect but close to what I was going for. So far, retaining about 2.5" of reflex after unbracing. I think I could go with another heat treat on it and tweak the tiller a bit more. Humidity here is about 50% even over the winter. Not sure how much weight osage will pick up in the desert so I don't want to come in too high on the draw weight. Right now it's just under 50# at about 23" draw from the belly of the handle.

[sleek]

Whats the draw length? Id recommend shooting for 1 pound under you draw weight, but if you are cooking it hard and heavy, you can nail the weight and it shouldn't change any.

[RyanY]

Thanks for the input sleek. I’m planning on making my arrows around 23.5” long to give 1/2” of length to keep on the shelf. It’ll be the full 2” deep that is allowed so the draw should be the arrow length from the belly of the shelf.

[sleek]

The arrow/arrow rest relationship must be such that the arrow point will fall off the shelf at the max draw. So if its 50 pounds, your arrow tip must fall off the rest within a small fraction of an inch afterwards. 1/8" is acceptable but I wouldn't do mich more than that. The goal of course is to prevent the possibility of accidentally or intentionally over drawing the bow on the firing line.

[JW_Halverson]

Caught myself staring at the bow again, Ryan. Dang, that's just pretty with those sweet curves.

[sleek]

Tillered the osage bow today. Not perfect but close to what I was going for. So far, retaining about 2.5" of reflex after unbracing. I think I could go with another heat treat on it and tweak the tiller a bit more. Humidity here is about 50% even over the winter. Not sure how much weight osage will pick up in the desert so I don't want to come in too high on the draw weight. Right now it's just under 50# at about 23" draw from the belly of the handle.

You should be aware, we measure the draw weight and length from the back of the handle, not the belly like in IBO.