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grantmac:
ERC is great stuff. Very tiller sensitive though, you really don't want to do a first brace unless your 100% sure you don't have anything like a hinge. Wants to be a bit longer too which isn't a problem due to the light weight. I found it at Westwind, they have a bunch but it's very hard to find it clear. Can't go wrong for $3.50/BF though. I'm thinking about getting some selected lumber straight from the source in the US though.
As for that Ipe, it was $12/BF when I bought it. Good thing it doesn't take much to build a bow out of it. Going to try a Boo/Fir/Ipe tri-lam one of these days.
Cheers,
Grant
grantmac:
Well it isn't tomorrow but I do finally have it braced to 5.5" and I'm fairly happy with the braced profile.
Top limb left:
Top limb right:
Drawn about 15" top limb left:
Drawn about 15" top limb right:
Tillering help is greatly appriciated. I think I need to get the top limb working closer to the tip for now. I also need to come-up with a decent 100-150lb scale as this ha already broken my cheap 50lb one.
Cheers,
Grant
El Destructo:
I beleive that the Right limb is stiffer than the Left one....and both need to get more wood bending at midlimb outward towards the Tips
grantmac:
Yeah the upper (white) limb needs to bend more out near the tip and I think the bottom one could stay pretty close to where it is. I'm going to pick-up a better scale today and that will let me know if I'm near my weight. The nice thing about tillering back to 31" is that it's easy to pick-up some more pounds at the end of the draw.
Cheers,
Grant
bow kid44:
nice bow
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