Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: CrazyHorse1969 on September 14, 2014, 01:51:06 pm
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I took this down a bit more since last week, mostly the lower limbs/tips (to .5"). Is it looking better? Thanks, guys.
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Outer 2/3 of each limb doesn't seem to be bending much.
Del
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Outer 2/3 of each limb doesn't seem to be bending much.
Del
I'd agree
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start scraping from 8" out to the tip both limbs
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Okay. Thanks, guys.
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yes looking better :)
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Looks pretty good for me. I would start scraping the side of tips. You can even go for a Mollie if you stop scraping as soon as the tips start to bend.
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Thanks. I think I am getting even closer. See any issues? By the way, how do you rotate pictures when you attach them?
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One more...
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It looks better in the lower limb, but hingy in the upper out of the fade. The outer limbs still look a bit stiff. The pic where you are drawing the bow look much better than the ones with the brick background to me, so if you are getting close I would focus more on them as a drawn picture seems to be more true than one sitting on a tillering stick.
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Thanks. Any suggestions regarding dealing with "hinges"?
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If you are almost there in draw weight, I would try heat treating the hinge.
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So heat that spot and bend it a bit in the opposite direction?
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It draws just above 50# @ 27", and I am okay taking it down to 45# but, hopefully, no less than that.
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just try to even out the top limb, bending toward the outer part,, and see how she looks,, you can heat treat if that does not work,,
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Not to discount anything said. But in my opinion, there is no need to temper it and I see no hinge. Leave the first 10-12" alone right off the handle on each limb, scrape from there clear to the tips 12-15 times on each limb.
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I see. I will give that a shot. I would actually like to reduce the draw weight to about 45#, so that might be the ticket.
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Maybe a little more off the top limb...?
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Yup. Hit the center 5-6" on top. Then it's time to shoot it a bunch
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Cool! Will do.
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Yup. Hit the center 5-6" on top. Then it's time to shoot it a bunch
+1
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Thanks, guys. One more picture from today.
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nice job on getting it evened out,, hard to tell from the photo,, but looks good to shoot,, what is your weight now,,,
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I think i'd give the top limb five good scrapes mid out, look's just a hair stiff to me
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Yes. I still think so too.
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A little more off the top limb.
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Shoot it a hundred times and see what's what Scott. It may settle in a bit and change slightly.
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Will do. It draws 48# @ 27" (my target weight was 45# @ 27" but no worries), brace height is 6", and the length is 62" tip-to-tip. Thanks, again, guys.
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After 100 shots she may be pulling 45#@27".
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Good point!
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what Pat said