Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: allpowerfulguru on March 04, 2013, 06:05:55 pm
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Hello gentlemen, (and the occasional lady). I am working on my first full weight bow from a stave. It started out as a Sugarberry tree and is now a 1 5/8 inch wide 65 inch ntn and pulling 50lbs as 24 inches. I am shooting for 45-50 lbs at 28 inches and everything was going well until I hit about 20 inches of pull. Then some deflex that I had previously heated out returned and now one limb is sitting at about 3 1/2 inches of string follow while the other is at about 1 inch. Now I don't think that its set, because the deflexed limb looks a little stiff coming out of the fades.
My question is can I heat bend the limb back into compliance, or will I have to just finish it out and get what I get? Or am I just completely wrong?
Some pics might help.
I will also take any tillering advice from a more experienced eye. Thanks for any help, Matt
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The limb on the right has a large flat spot and a hinge forming at the tip. Is that the limb taking extra set by chance?
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I've had poor success at trying to remove set and fix tiller issues with heat.
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Make yourself a gizmo and lock that string in at about 14-16 inches and you'll see what PD is talkin about.
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Yeah, I can see that flat spot in the right limb now that you mention it. I was focusing so much on the left limb (deflexed limb) that I neglected the right limb. That should be easily corrected with a gizmo. As far as the the left limb is concerned, I was afraid that it might be too late. Oh well, will do the best I can with it. I have 4 more Sugarberry staves from this tree so hopefully I can get that deflex wrangled early in the next bow. Thanks for the help guys.