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Offline vinemaplebows

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Re: Frickin' vine maple
« Reply #15 on: December 28, 2014, 01:14:31 pm »
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Wow Gordon, what's the problem? Too reflexed?

Yeah, 7" of reflex, unstable limbs that refused to remember string alignment corrections, a dogleg that bent too much even though I left plenty of wood, reflex and deflex in all the wrong places. And that was just the beginning of my problems. Why do I torture myself with this stuff...

I often wonder how much performance in (fps) you gain struggling through a stave like that vs. a straight stave bent in a R/D design?
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Re: Frickin' vine maple
« Reply #16 on: December 28, 2014, 01:30:30 pm »
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I often wonder how much performance in (fps) you gain struggling through a stave like that vs. a straight stave bent in a R/D design?

I suspect little if any performance advantage is achieved with that much reflex. That said with some care I can usually "unfurl" a curled up vine maple stave into a more manageable profile. But not so this time. It did what it wanted to, I was just along for the ride. And a bumpy ride it was...
Gordon

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Re: Frickin' vine maple
« Reply #17 on: December 28, 2014, 02:11:16 pm »
If you guys are longing to do only gnarly staves, send me the ones that are completely lacking in character. I'll give them a good home. :D

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(P.S. no vine maple need apply)
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Offline vinemaplebows

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Re: Frickin' vine maple
« Reply #18 on: December 28, 2014, 03:20:10 pm »
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I often wonder how much performance in (fps) you gain struggling through a stave like that vs. a straight stave bent in a R/D design?

I suspect little if any performance advantage is achieved with that much reflex. That said with some care I can usually "unfurl" a curled up vine maple stave into a more manageable profile. But not so this time. It did what it wanted to, I was just along for the ride. And a bumpy ride it was...

That's the reason I concentrate on non-reflexed staves, or very little. People that never have worked vinemaple before always want a stave like the one you have pictured, and I tell them....no you don't, unless you live here and don't have to buy it. You want a easy stave Gordon?
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Offline Gordon

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Re: Frickin' vine maple
« Reply #19 on: December 28, 2014, 03:34:12 pm »
Well to be honest I was looking for an easy vine maple stave to make a lighter weight bow and dress up a bit. Everything in my stock is all knarly and or reflexed. You got something relatively clean?
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Re: Frickin' vine maple
« Reply #20 on: December 28, 2014, 03:58:21 pm »
Simply "D" limb bow, or rigid handled flatbow?
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Re: Frickin' vine maple
« Reply #21 on: December 28, 2014, 08:34:14 pm »
I want to make a rigid handle bow.
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