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[bushboy]

Finally got going on  a modified Molly type elm bow.verh sorry to here of your wife's illness swampman.

[burchett.donald]

  Looks awesome Bush...Those levers look like they will scream an arrow...
                                                                                                                Don

[silent sniper]

Here is my progress. After building the first trade bow I decided to start another one. I built a new form specifically for it to see if I could make some design improvements.  These are the first two blanks off the new form. They were supposed to be a R/D profile, but they look a lot more like a semi-working recurve. The bow blanks are bamboo/maple/osage tri-lam with a cherry handle. I think they are going to be good shooters. I will start tillering it out and see what happens.

The parts laid out before glue up


The blanks off the form

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[hoosierf]

Update from the tundra. Sinew Backed Cockspur Hawthorn is done. Here’s the specs.

49” knock to knock
43# @ 28”
FF 97 string
Rabbit hide wraps and silencers
Wisconsin whitetail tip overlays
3 layers of elk back sinew in Old Brown hide glue
Cured 3-4 months in the AC
Tips are a bit stiff for speed and it’s quick but definitely a highly stressed effort.   

https://imgur.com/gallery/TpGnQHC

[M2A]

real cool Hoosierf. I like it.

[hoosierf]

And the white ash is now complete.  I cut this healthy tree In the spring of ‘16 in Taylor County, Wisconsin on the edge of a lowland swamp. Took it forever to dry.

67” overall
48@28”
Buffalo tips and rest
Buckskin wrap
B97 string
Beaver silencers
Feather telltales for wind direction
Cork set in superglue arrow pass
Finished in many coats or real rung oil and Minwax paste wax.

I like this one very much. It’s a fine shooter and has taken no set.  I’m ready to ship. Nobody’s home for the money shot at the moment.

https://imgur.com/gallery/KgGvljI

[jeffp51]

very nice.  I would love to see a full draw too.

[stuckinthemud]

Got mine to low brace, character is really starting to show but is making it tricky to balance the limbs, will try and post photos tomorrow

[jeffp51]

almost done tillering.  the left limb was stiffer until right at the very end, and now it is bending more than the right.  I have left the area around the knot in the right limb a little stiff on purpose.  it is 60# @28" right now, but will probably come down a bit if I tweak the right limb.  Gonna sleep on it and see how I feel.

[bushboy]

Looking great guy!today,went from floor tiller straight brace ,got lucky and the tiller is good.judt gotta reduce it a bit in weight.

[Bayou Ben]

Bows look great hoosierf!
Very nice bend Jeff!

Got mine to 18" on the long string.  I'm waiting for it to cool after re-heating out some twist that returned.  I should know soon if this will bow will make it to the finish line. 

[stuckinthemud]

starting to struggle with this, any thoughts?


unbraced



low brace



10" draw

[Bayou Ben]

I would work the right limb, particularly the inner 1/3rd mud.  The left limb does bend up after the fade but the right still needs to bend more to balance it out imo.   

[jeffp51]

I would have to heat out all that wonkiness.  I have to get the limb a little straighter before I feel confident tillering to an even bend. I am not good enough to read the bend otherwise.

[M2A]

That's some real impressive work going on there fellas. Lots of nice stuff going on.

Stuck, something you could try would be to mark your limbs every 6 inches, check distance at each mark from a straight line with stave unbraced, then brace it and measure again to see if limbs are moving an equal distance at different spots on the limbs. Hope that makes sense, that has helped me before when limbs don't come out of the fade at the same angle. But I tend to agree with Jeff.
Mike