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Offline Matt A

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biased grain BBO ?'s
« on: April 15, 2013, 01:30:50 am »
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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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Re: biased grain BBO ?'s
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2013, 01:34:31 am »
I think you can do it with that, might get a little stack but i think it will hold up.  ;)
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Offline Matt A

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Re: biased grain BBO ?'s
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2013, 01:41:06 am »
recommend english warbow tiller or just flattish/slightly rounded ya think
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Offline Matt A

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Re: biased grain BBO ?'s
« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2013, 01:42:21 am »
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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Offline Jmilbrandt

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Re: biased grain BBO ?'s
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2013, 01:44:34 am »
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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Offline Matt A

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Re: biased grain BBO ?'s
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2013, 01:47:35 am »
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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Offline Matt A

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Re: biased grain BBO ?'s
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2013, 12:05:38 am »
anybody else think that this would be pushing it for 30 inches of draw?
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Offline Pat B

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Re: biased grain BBO ?'s
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2013, 12:13:15 am »
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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Offline Matt A

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Re: biased grain BBO ?'s
« Reply #8 on: April 16, 2013, 12:15:56 am »
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?
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