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Offline sailordad

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twisted sister(not the 80's hair band)
« on: February 10, 2009, 11:13:29 pm »
    well this is the second of two hick board bows that i am making right now,the other is all but finished and is looking good and gets shot in tomorrow.

now this is its sister,it like its sister is 72" ttt pyramid style.it also has a cotton camo cloth backing.
now i ahve this one pulling 16" and noticed that one limb is twisiting.i did notice that one side was thicker than the other,so i reduced the thicker side.
excrsized the hell out of it,and still the twis t is there.
there is no longer any noticable differance in thicknes from one side of the limb to the other.
so what can i do to remove the twist?
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thanks for any input

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Offline Jesse

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Re: twisted sister(not the 80's hair band)
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2009, 11:28:30 pm »
Im no expert but I would say you need to remove wood from the opposite side its twisting towards. I think it might end up thinner on that side but maybe it needs to be. Maybe you could also file the string groove a bit to put more pressure on the other side ???
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Re: twisted sister(not the 80's hair band)
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2009, 01:44:31 am »
Ive had hickory do that and removing the wood worked a little, them growth rings are hard to judge if there twisted naturally inside,so I piked the one that did that to me and got a 50# 66" that was straight. Good Luck :)
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Offline bambule

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Re: twisted sister(not the 80's hair band)
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2009, 07:16:37 am »
Leave it as it is - just a little twist that doesn't effect the bow - most of my bows are a little twisty - i don't care  ;D

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Offline DanaM

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Re: twisted sister(not the 80's hair band)
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2009, 07:18:49 am »
Yup don't worry about as long as the full draw isn't affected :)
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Offline TRACY

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Re: twisted sister(not the 80's hair band)
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2009, 09:31:18 am »
IMO, propellar isn't a deal breaker, leave it.

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Offline sailordad

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Re: twisted sister(not the 80's hair band)
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2009, 11:14:21 am »
well my biggest concer is that this isnt a natural prop twist.
the board was flat and straight when i started.the twist didnt show up untill i braced it.
i have made about 4 bows that had natural prop twist,didnt worry about them.
i am convinced this twist is due to tiller.this bow and its sister are going to br gifted to some young adults.
i would like and need it to turn out as i promised to make them 2 bows,and i dont have another hick board available.

so i would like to fix it if possible.i dont want them to get hurt becuase of my bad craftsmanship :-[

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Offline armymedic.2

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Re: twisted sister(not the 80's hair band)
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2009, 12:47:59 pm »
i would leave it, my favorite hick bow has a bad prop and shoots great.   lets see the camo back!
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Offline adb

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Re: twisted sister(not the 80's hair band)
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2009, 02:14:19 pm »
I've experienced the same thing with hickory and maple. I started with dead flat material, and ended up with slight prop twist on one limb tip. I tried pretty much everything, including heat correction, and I couldn't get rid of it completely. As long as it doesn't get too much worse at full draw, I'd just leave it. I know it looks crappy, but it doesn't really affect how the bow shoots, at least not in my case.
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Offline sulphur

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Re: twisted sister(not the 80's hair band)
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2009, 10:23:40 pm »
why so long???  going for someone with a 32" draw?
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Offline robbsbass

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Re: twisted sister(not the 80's hair band)
« Reply #10 on: February 13, 2009, 03:40:56 pm »
I really don't know if I should voice an opinion here,but, Hasn't a few of you used a heat gun to heat the limbs and then take the twist out. Again I'm asking, because more of us novices might run into the same problem and want to try to straighten the limbs. If so what would be the proper procedure in doing this.

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