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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: LEGIONNAIRE on February 20, 2010, 02:58:51 am

Title: short one
Post by: LEGIONNAIRE on February 20, 2010, 02:58:51 am

not the finished bow since i had no camera to take anymore but heres the tiller. maple backed ash. 45 inches long 24 draw at 45lbs. braceheight of 6 inches. I tried recurving the bow but only got a very slight recurve. follows the string about 2-3 inches.

(http://i697.photobucket.com/albums/vv335/c3sarr/CIMG4062.jpg)

Title: Re: short one
Post by: elk country rp on February 20, 2010, 03:02:17 am

dang!

that's alot of bend!

nice!!!

Title: Re: short one
Post by: kylerprochaska on February 20, 2010, 03:06:18 am

looks good! finnish her up!

Title: Re: short one
Post by: ricktrojanowski on February 20, 2010, 07:18:26 am

Wow That's a combo for some heavy bending.  To me it looks like you might be able to get a bit more draw length out of it, if you get the handle section bending a little more.

Title: Re: short one
Post by: DanaM on February 20, 2010, 08:58:37 am

I give that a pucker factor of 8 :o  Hope she holds up :)

Title: Re: short one
Post by: medicinewheel on February 20, 2010, 09:54:09 am

Background is very irritating, but I believe to see less bend in the left limb and a beginning of a hinge left at mid limb. And yes, I think more bend in the handle would make the bow's life easier...
Undoubtedly an incredible arc!

Title: Re: short one
Post by: half eye on February 20, 2010, 09:57:11 am

Very good job.....and dont get too worried about string follow....you got to expect some when your that short and gettin stretched that far!!!!! You definately got a "bend goin on" I like it :D

Title: Re: short one
Post by: LEGIONNAIRE on February 20, 2010, 03:37:03 pm

thanks for the comments. I did get the handle bending a little more but like i said i didnt have a cam to take the pics. Ill finish it up and repost it. This one was a gift for my girlfriend.

Title: Re: short one
Post by: ricktrojanowski on February 20, 2010, 11:49:53 pm

Looking foward to seeing it finished up.  I love those short bows. 

Title: Re: short one
Post by: OldBow on February 24, 2010, 01:01:46 am

Quote from: ricktrojanowski on February 20, 2010, 11:49:53 pm

Looking foward to seeing it finished up.  I love those short bows. 

me too!!! -OldBow

Title: Re: short one
Post by: Pappy on February 24, 2010, 06:16:42 am

Me 3 .Man nice bend and a lot of it. :)
      Pappy

Title: Re: short one
Post by: Del the cat on February 24, 2010, 07:47:05 am

Wow, nice, that's almost a semi circle! :o
So does this show Maple is better in tension than Ash?
Del

Title: Re: short one
Post by: PatM on February 24, 2010, 11:35:43 am

No, it shows that Ash collapses under Maple and stresses the back less.