Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Matt A on April 15, 2013, 01:30:50 am
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i've got a large osage board that has grain on edge good enough for a biased grain glue up for 66 inches. however the one end i'm limited to only an inch and a quarter width due to some cracks that look natural not from drying only on the one side.
so my question is, is an inch and a quarter wide BBO that length bend through handle to 30 inch draw pushing it?
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I think you can do it with that, might get a little stack but i think it will hold up. ;)
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recommend english warbow tiller or just flattish/slightly rounded ya think
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part with straight enough grain is about a inch and a quarter thick so i could probably get 2 tries out of it and see if that crack is that deep too.
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It would depend on the weight but since its osage I think you would be fine with either. Personally though I would just do a slightly rounded belly because i love rounded bellies on osage!
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yeah thinking of reflexing about 18 inches of the end of each limb and going narrow tips and see if this thing can start an arrow on fire ! >:D
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anybody else think that this would be pushing it for 30 inches of draw?
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A 66" stave will give you a 64" n/n bow and that is doable for a 30" draw but your tillering will have to be right on. I wouldn't over stress it more by reflexing the tips. You might put a few inches of reflex throughout the entire bow. Also get the limbs to bend right up to the handle or have it bend through the handle.
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I could do that I like the look of the unbraced bows that have the slight reflex through the entire length, how many inches should i put in to start you think?
and glue them in or heat/steam the reflex in?