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Offline huisme

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #225 on: February 11, 2014, 02:24:55 am »
Yeah, sounds like what I should be doing tomorrow.
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Offline Ink

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #226 on: February 11, 2014, 08:27:14 am »
Josh, you make a valid point that i'm gonna have to chew on for a while ;) I do already know however why a lot of my previous bows did not retain most of the reflex. I was making the typical holding the bow at full draw for too long mistake while checking tiller. Kinda anxious to see how much these will retain. I also purchased a chronograph recently and an going to guage the speed of the one i'm sending to my recipient. I'm also gonna make one with 4" dropped down to 2" and check that ones speed. cause if i'm just working extra for nothing i want to know  :laugh:
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Offline NeolithicMan

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #227 on: February 11, 2014, 09:11:29 am »
Ink, I think you have the most discussed bow of the trade so far! some body is getting a celebrity bow :laugh:
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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #228 on: February 11, 2014, 09:43:19 am »
Quote from: NeolithicMan on February 11, 2014, 09:11:29 am
Ink, I think you have the most discussed bow of the trade so far! some body is getting a celebrity bow :laugh:

Just like me to always go against the grain,  i'm learning a lot from the discussion of these bows. Gundoc came up with some good points i hadn't thought of.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #229 on: February 11, 2014, 09:49:42 am »
85% or more of the set a bow takes on will happen from the center limb out. Add most all of your reflex where the bow starts to narrow, that's where set comes from. Not the working portion of the limb so much.
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #230 on: February 11, 2014, 10:34:31 am »
Good advise pearly
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Offline Ink

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #231 on: February 11, 2014, 11:34:06 am »
Quote from: PEARL DRUMS on February 11, 2014, 09:49:42 am
85% or more of the set a bow takes on will happen from the center limb out. Add most all of your reflex where the bow starts to narrow, that's where set comes from. Not the working portion of the limb so much.

Perhaps thats why im losing so much, been placing most of the reflex in the lower portion of the limb and at the tip. Yet another thing to add to my bucket list.
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #232 on: February 11, 2014, 11:43:29 am »
Its exactly why my friend. Your limb width tapers, add reflex accordingly. If the reflex is even from fade to tip that narrowed section doesn't stand a prayer against the parallel section as the limb bends. See whatta mean?
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Offline Buckeye Guy

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #233 on: February 11, 2014, 01:08:34 pm »
Pearly
Jump out of here and start a new thread  so we can have a bigger discussion on this topic with out cluttering this thread !
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #234 on: February 11, 2014, 01:30:45 pm »
Im done Guy.
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Offline 4dog

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #235 on: February 11, 2014, 01:31:09 pm »
i 2nd that motion Buckeye!!    ;D
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Offline DuBois

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #236 on: February 11, 2014, 07:03:13 pm »
So what would you rather have if you lived in a climate that was humid in summer? A rawhide backed or a sinew backed bow?

I decrowned the buckthorn and have goat hide or sinew to put on. I think it would be fine with hide and a little too long as is for sinew.

Or,  would you prefer a mulberry self bow with bendy handle?

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Offline BOWMAN53

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #237 on: February 11, 2014, 07:08:02 pm »
rawhide, sinew would be real fussy in humid wheather.
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Offline huisme

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #238 on: February 11, 2014, 07:23:00 pm »
I'm in a climate kind of like that, S/W Washington, and I'd probably prefer the rawhide or selfbow since sinew is so sensitive out here.
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Offline DuBois

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Re: 2014 bow trade works in progress
« Reply #239 on: February 11, 2014, 07:26:18 pm »
OK, thanks  ;D.
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