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Offline CORIUS

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Re: RED OAK PYRAMID BOW IN THE WORKS!!!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!
« Reply #45 on: May 18, 2013, 01:05:31 pm »
1.5" brace pulling 50# at 20". i think i need to make it start bending more towards the handle. i usually wait to shape the handle until the tillering is done because i dont make bendy handle bows.
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« Reply #46 on: May 18, 2013, 01:11:25 pm »
That's looking pretty darn good! You are definitely ready for full brace.  I agree the inner limbs will need to bend more, but get it braced so you know how much.  Josh
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« Reply #47 on: May 18, 2013, 01:19:08 pm »
thank you gun doc!! i cant wait to finish this bow!!!
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Re: RED OAK PYRAMID BOW IN THE WORKS!!!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!
« Reply #48 on: May 18, 2013, 01:21:30 pm »
quick question. i usually guess the length of the string, but how long would i make my string for a 62" tip to tip bow to make it fully braced at 7"?
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Re: RED OAK PYRAMID BOW IN THE WORKS!!!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!
« Reply #49 on: May 18, 2013, 01:58:20 pm »
bow fully braced and then tiller at 20" with the bow braced
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Re: RED OAK PYRAMID BOW IN THE WORKS!!!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!
« Reply #50 on: May 18, 2013, 04:02:18 pm »
7" full brace, tiller at 21". how does it look? the left limb is bending ever so slightly more than the right limb which may work out because the left limb is the top limb. Any thoughts?
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Re: RED OAK PYRAMID BOW IN THE WORKS!!!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!
« Reply #51 on: May 18, 2013, 04:13:32 pm »
inner fades look like they need to move a bit more, what does everybody else think?
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Re: RED OAK PYRAMID BOW IN THE WORKS!!!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!
« Reply #52 on: May 18, 2013, 04:22:14 pm »
Yep get those fades bending more, especially since this is a pyramid bow. With the front profile you have you want a more circular tiller rather than elliptical.

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« Reply #53 on: May 18, 2013, 04:23:11 pm »
will do. thanks for the advice!
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Re: RED OAK PYRAMID BOW IN THE WORKS!!!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!
« Reply #54 on: May 18, 2013, 04:24:31 pm »
Quote from: ionicmuffin on May 18, 2013, 04:13:32 pm
inner fades look like they need to move a bit more, what does everybody else think?

Looks that way
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« Reply #55 on: May 18, 2013, 05:13:49 pm »
50# at 24"    almost there. hows it looking?
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Re: RED OAK PYRAMID BOW IN THE WORKS!!!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!
« Reply #56 on: May 18, 2013, 05:19:17 pm »
fades still need work,
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Re: RED OAK PYRAMID BOW IN THE WORKS!!!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!
« Reply #57 on: May 18, 2013, 05:26:23 pm »
Be carefull now as your outer limbs are gettine a little "whippy". Work it up into the handle some more and give us another look.
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Re: RED OAK PYRAMID BOW IN THE WORKS!!!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!
« Reply #58 on: May 18, 2013, 05:31:35 pm »
Yes definitely work the fades.  Your getting all your bend in the middle half of your limbs.  Get the inner 5 or 6 inches working to relieve that.  Josh
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Re: RED OAK PYRAMID BOW IN THE WORKS!!!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!
« Reply #59 on: May 18, 2013, 05:41:08 pm »
The inner eight inches of both limbs are currently 'dead weight' since they basically do not bend at all. Don't remove wood anywhere else but the fades! Those last fours inches of draw length must come from the inner limbs.
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