Author Topic: Help W/ Russian Olive bow (Read 8992 times)

HighEagle · « **Reply #15 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:03:56 pm »

Thanks Pat

I did use olive oil and pretty much only straighten out one limb and added the reflex and heated up the fades good like PD said. I'm I good to go? or should I heat treat the belly? It fells a lot stiffer but haven't tested it much. Kind of feels like it still might take set, its got to be dry by now cut to shape and the hot weather.

Thanks Chuck

Buckeye Guy · « **Reply #16 on:** August 30, 2011, 04:26:14 pm »

The hot weather does not necessarily dry your wood
Put it in a hot box a week or air conditioning for a couple of weeks or more .
Go start another project !
Please have patience !!
Patience is what makes good bows
Guy

HighEagle · « **Reply #17 on:** August 30, 2011, 05:00:24 pm »

Thanks Buckeye

You probably just saved this Olive bow from being another one of my 30# bows, as you were typing I had it in my hands thinking its got to be ready

Thanks again Guy I'll put it back in the basement, Chuck

Kpete · « **Reply #18 on:** September 02, 2011, 01:13:13 pm »

Chuck,
I have enjoyed seeing your project and hearing what all these folks had to say about what to do next. It does seem like you have a lot of wood there for it to be such a light draw.
Kirk

HighEagle · « **Reply #19 on:** September 09, 2011, 04:12:57 am »

So here it is after a lot of heat tweaking,

Heated up the fades and flipped the tips slightly. Remember this bow was only shooting 36# @ 28" and took 5" of set. So I re-tillered. I was shooting and hoping for a target weight of 45# at 28".. Tillered high to 48# thinking after finale sanding and if it took any set it would come in at 45# will so far its holding at 50# at 28".
Added lots of pix at full draw or very close to it, seems to shoot dead on at 17.5 18 paces. It has a little twist upper tip,and has a little string vibration think cause of the recurved tips, its better at a higher brace, pix show bow at 5 1/4" brace but string still stretching.