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Offline ionicmuffin

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Re: Small Hunter Bow
« Reply #15 on: August 21, 2012, 02:06:29 am »
It is always important that you are learning something! keep up the good work! i dont mean to put your work down its very impressive, but i think that you will be several more bows to go before you can make those bows work perfectly, without stack and the like.
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Offline Zion

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Re: Small Hunter Bow
« Reply #16 on: August 21, 2012, 04:21:00 am »
Thanks for the advice, and yeah, i will keep working for experience >:D. It will be cool when i can whip out bow after bow  ;D I don't really think i understand stack though. Is it mostly caused from string angle? Could i eliminate it from this bow by taking wood off so that all the stack was pushed until FARTHER than my draw? (Idk if that makes any sense.)
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Re: Small Hunter Bow
« Reply #17 on: August 21, 2012, 06:15:23 am »
Nice looking bow,tiller looks good.Short bows tend to stack because of the string angle,only cure I know is flip the tips but then a bow that short you give up more working limb and ant sure you want to do that,lots of bend there for a short piece of wood. :) Keep up the good work. Some folks love short bow,I for one like them but don't shoot them very well so most of mine are in the 60's in length.
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Offline ionicmuffin

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« Reply #18 on: August 21, 2012, 12:39:46 pm »
I am fairly certain that by recurving the tips it reduces string angle. if someone can verify this or correct this thats fine. The string angle is whats going on. A great resource if you are willing to pay for it is the Traditional Bowyers Bible. I talks about the mechanics and the string angle involved
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Offline Zion

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Re: Small Hunter Bow
« Reply #19 on: August 21, 2012, 02:28:41 pm »
Traditional Bowyer's Bible, huh? sounds like a good book  ;D Yeah, with my next bows i'm definitely going to add some inches. Maybe if i make another 50" bow i'll make it bend in the handle and flip the tips. with that i could definitely get more strain off the limbs. The crazy part is this bow is not complaining one bit... after all it was a near-perfect sapling. Now i want more perfect wood, and a little longer  >:D
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Offline ionicmuffin

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Re: Small Hunter Bow
« Reply #20 on: August 21, 2012, 02:37:46 pm »
As a said, it may be fine, but the best bows are perfectly balanced between speed, weight, accuracy, comfort, and smooth even draw. Keep it up man!
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Offline Weylin

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Re: Small Hunter Bow
« Reply #21 on: August 21, 2012, 03:12:30 pm »
making it bend through the handle will take strain off by increasing working area but flipping the tips will add strain, not take it away.
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Re: Small Hunter Bow
« Reply #22 on: August 21, 2012, 04:21:44 pm »
thanks for all the help guys. I've got a nice apple stave right now so i might make a post on that if i make some progress  ;D
Good luck with all your guys projects.
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