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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: druid on March 15, 2022, 11:48:44 am

Title: Elm bow, 70# 30”
Post by: druid on March 15, 2022, 11:48:44 am

Elm bow for a friend from abroad that lives in Serbia. Elm, 70” ntn, 70# at 30”, tested to 32+”. Physical mass 515 gr, 5 1/2 brace height, heat treated, little character. One limb with slight deflex, the other one straight.

Title: Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
Post by: Pat B on March 15, 2022, 12:18:40 pm

Nice tiller on a very cool stave.  :OK

Title: Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
Post by: Badger on March 15, 2022, 01:39:46 pm

 Beautiful bow!

Title: Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
Post by: bjrogg on March 15, 2022, 01:57:37 pm

Very nice Druid.

Don’t hurt yourself. Your really pulling her back there. Pretty bend

I’d probably take my ear off or something drawing that far.lol

Bjrogg

Title: Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
Post by: freke on March 15, 2022, 02:29:07 pm

Like this bow, your friend will be very happy :)

May I ask, I have recently build a similar bow but in hazel, how wide is this bow?

Title: Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
Post by: RyanY on March 15, 2022, 02:50:45 pm

I have a piece of elm drying and I want to make something like this with it. Great inspiration!

Title: Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
Post by: Marc St Louis on March 15, 2022, 08:50:07 pm

Very nice

Title: Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
Post by: bownarra on March 16, 2022, 03:20:08 am

Beautiful tiller - just the right shape :)
Good to see you are still making bows Druid :)

Title: Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
Post by: simk on March 16, 2022, 04:50:36 am

beautiful bow, great tiller, nice pics. I could tell from a mile that it comes from your shop (-S
thoughts: the bow has some pronounced deflex and reflex parts. sadly we have no proper pic from the actual side profile. I don't really notice these imperfections in the full draw pics anymore....tiller seems very symmetrical. I once learned, that the unstrung profile should be reflected in the full draw. this doesnot seem to be the case here. am I wrong?
I had similar experiences with some bows I made; just tillered away minor inequalities to a "perfect" tiller shape and felt it was right.
this is no critics, I'm just again wondering about it on this bow as I have on some of my bows. how/why do such minor imperfections seem to just dissapear in the full draw situtation? do such minor things just stretch out and become irrelevant? please teach me 8) thanx for posting!

Title: Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
Post by: Del the cat on March 16, 2022, 06:57:51 am

Great work as usual :)
Del

Title: Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
Post by: superdav95 on March 16, 2022, 09:15:18 am

Super nice bow dude.  Tiller is perfect

Title: Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
Post by: meanewood on March 16, 2022, 02:02:24 pm

Nice bow and looks like you have used every bit of the length when positioning the nocks.

Hey simk
You've asked a question that represents a dilemma for bowyers when tillering a stave with reflex and or deflexed areas.
The purpose of tillering is to spread the strain imparted on the limbs evenly when pulled.
If you don't allow for any reflex or deflex in an attempt to get a visually perfect shape, you have defeated the original purpose and some areas are working harder than others.
This is not a problem if the bow is not taking any set in these harder working areas.
I personally like to represent the reflexed and deflexed areas in my tillering process but most bowyers like the even appearance.

Title: Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
Post by: dreamcraft_archery on March 16, 2022, 03:10:51 pm

Love it!

Title: Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
Post by: WhistlingBadger on March 16, 2022, 06:13:55 pm

Very nice!

Title: Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
Post by: druid on March 17, 2022, 03:35:44 am

Thank you, my friends. I am very glad you like it.
Freke, it was about 30- 32 mm wide, I am not sure, forgot to measure handle as I usually do. 😶
Simk, thank you for asking. 😌 That is topic that asks for longer explanation how I see tillering. In this moment I don’t have enough time but in next day or two I will type in details about it.

Title: Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
Post by: BowEd on March 17, 2022, 05:36:17 am

Sweet looking bend on that one.Very nice bow.