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Offline BOWMAN53

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recurve question
« on: November 14, 2012, 01:45:24 pm »
Can you recurve the limbs on any bow or does it need to be a certain design. Does a board bow hold reflex well? Is red oak good enough? (Its al I can get right now)

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Re: recurve question
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2012, 02:12:09 pm »
If I'm going to put on some form of recurve or reflexed static tip on a board bow,I find it much easier to just glue on some siyahs,than trying to steam of boil a board and bend them in.

How much bowmaking experience do you have? If your still on the learning curve then just keep it simple and learn how to properly tiller a straight bow first before trying anything more advanced. Tillering and proper design are the two most important elements in bowmaking and takes a lot of time and practice to learn.

Offline BOWMAN53

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Re: recurve question
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2012, 02:44:55 pm »
What are siyahs? Can you post a pic please?  And I can now get a proper tiller and hit my target weight, so I was wanting to take the next step.

Offline autologus

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Re: recurve question
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2012, 03:17:15 pm »
Red Oak steam bends just fine, in fact it does better with steam than dry heat.  All of the ones I have tried with dry heat have cracked on the belly but the steam bent one work great.

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Offline bubby

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Re: recurve question
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2012, 03:47:05 pm »
i agree with blackhawk, although i dont have a problem steam bending boards, Bub
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Offline Bearded Mountain Man

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Re: recurve question
« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2012, 04:16:02 pm »
F.Y.I   Siyahs are what most horsebows have instead of recurved tips. They look like this...
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Offline BOWMAN53

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Re: recurve question
« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2012, 04:20:21 pm »
Siyahs are something I know nothing about and I've done research on steam bending so Ill just do that. is there a certain design I need if I'm gonna recurve the tips?  Mollegabet? Flatbow? Short, long? Or even a pyramid? (I'm kinda interested in trying a pyramid recurve, idk why). And is the tillering process different?

Offline BOWMAN53

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Re: recurve question
« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2012, 04:24:15 pm »
And they are just glued on? And can you put those on a "straight" bow?

Offline carpentertimw

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Re: recurve question
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2012, 07:51:34 pm »
can you just glue siyahs to it or do you have to do fancy joints or anything like that?

Offline osage outlaw

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Re: recurve question
« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2012, 11:29:46 pm »
I seem to remember Josh had a nice red oak board recurve. 
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Offline Matt Heppe

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Re: recurve question
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2012, 07:44:53 pm »
Here's a straight bow with glued on siyah's I'm working on right now. Some people reinforce the glued area with a sinew wrap.



You don't necessarily need a bridge (the little square blocks you see supporting the string). It depends on how you design the siyahs.


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Offline BOWMAN53

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Re: recurve question
« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2012, 08:09:10 pm »
That's really cool matt. I like that, ill have to try an make one.

Offline steve b.

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Re: recurve question
« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2012, 09:26:00 pm »
I agree, that is really cool.

Offline H Rhodes

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Re: recurve question
« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2012, 09:32:21 pm »
I think that regardless of the type of recurve you are shooting for, there is a point where the bows length is an issue.  Recurves on a bow much over 64 or 65 inches long just doesn't seem to do anything much for improving performance, in my opinion. 

I agree Matt, that is an awesome recurve. :)
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