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Offline Frode

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New Molle with twist?
« on: February 19, 2010, 10:54:44 pm »
Hi all,
Here is a new one I'm finishing up on, and I have a question about twist.  This one seems to have just a bit of twist at brace, but I don't feel it twisting further at full draw, and I don't think I see it in the full draw pic, but...
The two tree pics are flipped, I was having trouble telling the difference.
What do you think, worry about the twist or no?  :-\
Thanks,
Frode

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Re: New Molle with twist?
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2010, 10:57:44 pm »
                                                    Some times Boards just twist like that.... ???
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Offline sailordad

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Re: New Molle with twist?
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2010, 11:17:42 pm »
i made a board bow that one limb twisted on it at brace
i left it s it was,it shot good and didnt seem to have any ill effects
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: New Molle with twist?
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2010, 11:23:14 pm »
Is the twist natural? Then usually unless really excessive I don't worry about it? Did I cause the twist by uneven wood removal? Then I fix it. It twists towards the weak side do I remove wood from the other side. Jawge
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Re: New Molle with twist?
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2010, 01:19:24 am »
If it were mine, I wouldn't worry about that little bit of twist, if you do, Jawge's advice is the way to fix it... By the way nice bow man, tiller looks great to me.   :)
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: New Molle with twist?
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2010, 08:36:45 am »
That is a great looking bow. Well done. Jawge
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Re: New Molle with twist?
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2010, 09:53:29 am »
Hey Frode,
        You got thing braced up and bending really good. It looked to me like the lower limb in the full draw pic is the one that has a little twist. If you put it on your tree and look down the working limbs "end-wise" you'll be able to see it easily. Any way you can fix that with a little "light" scraping on the strong side of the offending limb.......having said that I have had a few that were left "as-is" and they are shooting just fine to this day.
        It looks like the tiller is about perfect for a Mollegabet, so if it dont bother you....I'd shoot the living "you know what" out of it. Thats as nice a Molle as your going to see.
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Offline Frode

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Re: New Molle with twist?
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2010, 12:29:37 pm »
Thanks guys!  I've still got a lot of finish work to do on this one, including tweaking the twist, but Missus Frode says she doesn't see it getting any worse as it's drawn, so I probably wont risk lowering the weight by fiddling with it too much.  I forgot to mention that the working limbs are only 1 1/2" wide, maybe that contributed to the twist?
Thanks,
Frode
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