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Hill style tri-lam build-a-long!
radius:
i think your long string is a little bit waaaaay too long. it's deceptive.
with the long string, pull til you feel some tension in the limbs, then, if you can draw it the equivalent of a normal brace height (say, 7 inches past where the feeling of limb tension set in), then go to a very slight brace...like 2 inches. You want to brace it as soon as you can, but low. This will show you what the limbs are doing, but in a safe manner. Then you can work out your hinges, and as they disappear, you can gradually increase the brace height to 3", 4", and on up to 7" or whatever.
Looking good so far, man. How thick is it and how wide? Is it a direct taper from the fades to the tips, or do the limbs run parallel partway?
Apex Predator:
1 3/16" or so wide. I'll have to measure the tickness for you. It is a straight taper to the tips.
radius:
thanks
Apex Predator:
I have been finishing a Hill blank the last few days, and will return to this one in a day or so.
Apex Predator:
Well folks this one died a horrible death this morning. I had worked out the hinges and some limb twist as seen here.
I had the bow drawing to 10-12", and was excercising the limbs, when she exploded pretty violently. Luckily, I was standing 12-13' away from my tiller tree. It looks like the cypress just couldn't handle the shear strength. I should have known better! This cypress was pretty, had straight grain, but was feather light.
Well, you know what they say. If you ain't breakin, you ain't makin! On to the next one!
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