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Question about Osage and bamboo?? And bow build

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Selfbowman:
Great way the bamboo in now the challenge starts!!! Fitting the boo to the belly.

Selfbowman:
I have the boo strips  coughed out now the thickness nightmare same size handle,same length. Try to get close to mass?? Go with thickness of the limbs of the record bow?? A little of both???  God please help me!!!

Selfbowman:
Ok if I did my math right the record bow weighs 19.4 oz the Osage bow blank weighs  25.4 oz, the strips weigh 6 oz . 31.4 oz -3oz our for the handle is 28.4 oz -19.4 oz I should need to remove 9oz according to the related math bowyer!🤠🤠🤠

bentstick54:
Addition and subtraction looks right to me. I would approach slowly in consideration of not knowing how much difference there is between the tension strength and compression strength of the bamboo.

Selfbowman:
Ok.bentstick how much is that???🤠🤠🤠🤠 The bamboo I prepared is thinner than what I put on the back of the other bow. But the record bow is 1-1/4” wide at the fades and 1” wide at mid limb. The new bow is 1-5/8” wide at fades and 1-1/4” wide at mid limb. So it’s hard to compare the two. Finding the neutral plane without building hundreds of bows  is impossible. So I’m going to have to depend on a lot of luck here. I feel lucky.🤠🤠🤠

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