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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on December 07, 2025, 07:44:27 pm »All done and fresh burgers for lunch. 
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on December 07, 2025, 07:42:18 pm »Had another deer to process so got on it Friday, got about 35lbs of burger and steaks not counting the shoulders. Shawn also had a road kill buck, We processed it also, mainly hit in the head so lots of good meat on it, Will took the hide/Shawn the meat and I got the horns.
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on December 07, 2025, 07:39:07 pm »Been needing some spoons and fork with a long handle, Beau has some bought ones he uses in camp all the time so I decided to make me some, He said I was to tight to buys some. 
I said not tight just fugal.
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I said not tight just fugal. Pappy
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Primitive Skills / Re: Life is good
« Last post by Pappy on December 07, 2025, 07:35:31 pm »Great weekend, cold but lots of fun. Jimmy showed up Thursday with a doe he killed with the bow he has been working on, it was a Gary Davis blank, I am sure this would make Gary proud. Also just FYI , it's not going to look the same in the wood around the cabin, had a couple of trees fall so having a logger cut several the keep them off the pavilion/work shop and cabin. I really hate cutting trees but it has to be done. 
Quite the mess right now but we will get it cleaned up so it won't look so bad I hope.
Pappy
Also just FYI , it's not going to look the same in the wood around the cabin, had a couple of trees fall so having a logger cut several the keep them off the pavilion/work shop and cabin. I really hate cutting trees but it has to be done. Quite the mess right now but we will get it cleaned up so it won't look so bad I hope.Pappy
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Bows / Re: The best shape for a reflexed bow?
« Last post by bassman211 on December 07, 2025, 07:29:04 pm »All the shapes you show lack set, so that is a plus to begin with, and any one of them would make a fine hunting bow. I can confirm that. If you are shooting to make a wood flight bow maybe non of the above. If chrony numbers count, and all else being equal long sloping narrow recurved tips with very little deflex in the limbs that ended up with 2.5 inches of reflex is the fastest 35 lb. bow that I have made to date. With a 355 gr arrow at 25 inches of draw the bow shot from 158 to 162 through a chrony. You make fine looking heavy bows, and some laminate, so I can't speak to that. JME
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Bows / Re: Reflexed Ocean Spray
« Last post by Doug509 on December 07, 2025, 05:00:20 pm »I put knocks in and had quite a bit of difficulty with string alignment with such a long narrow bow. Finally aligned and put on the tiller tree for some exercise. Its currently 72" NTN. At 28" draw its only pulling 27 lbs. If I reduce length to 66" shouldn't that increase draw weight to about 45 lbs?
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Bows / Re: The best shape for a reflexed bow?
« Last post by bjrogg on December 07, 2025, 04:55:42 pm »Interesting question.
I’m not a number guy. And like already mentioned. Materials make a difference. And designs are high stress.
I’m guessing the program is with zero set?
I personally like shooting number 5 . I have a short draw though and I like the early string tension. It seems smoother at full draw also, but maybe that’s less stored energy?
I think if you could keep all the reflex with zero set the one with reflex all in handle seems like it might have the most energy?
I will be watching
I want to know
Bjrogg
I’m not a number guy. And like already mentioned. Materials make a difference. And designs are high stress.
I’m guessing the program is with zero set?
I personally like shooting number 5 . I have a short draw though and I like the early string tension. It seems smoother at full draw also, but maybe that’s less stored energy?
I think if you could keep all the reflex with zero set the one with reflex all in handle seems like it might have the most energy?
I will be watching
I want to know
Bjrogg
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Bows / Re: The best shape for a reflexed bow?
« Last post by Selfbowman on December 07, 2025, 04:24:17 pm »Muskyman the long bows are on drywall . The recurve is floorings from Home Depot.
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Bows / Re: The best shape for a reflexed bow?
« Last post by sleek on December 07, 2025, 04:10:52 pm »So, which shape is the best? By best, I mean the fastest and the one that stores the most energy. Why? Which design performs the worst, and why?
Does maximim storage energy equate with performance?
I am curious if different designs of the same materiels are more or less efficient when delivering the energy to the arrow. (what weight arrows are you designing for?)
Max energy storage absolutely does not equal performance. As a matter of fact, a bow could be made to store double its energy and only deliver to the arrow a small fraction of it. I struggles with my short recurve designs stringing energy, so I started focusing on what made them more efficient at delivering that energy. Eventually I got the design sorted out. Think, the energy consumed by the 1950s big engines, but how little they delivered. Same concept.
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Bows / Re: The best shape for a reflexed bow?
« Last post by Muskyman on December 07, 2025, 01:58:20 pm »Nice looking bows selfbowman. Not to high jack the thread but, what’s the wall board behind it made of.