Well she finished out quickly this morning, waiting for someone to photo full draw pics. Like to share a couple of tips here that can be helpful to anyone even experienced bowyers. Knowing when to brace a bow can be a little iffy sometimes, especially reflexed bows or recurves. It really doesn't have to be. When I braced the bow last night it was pulling 50#@20" on the long string. After bracing this morning I put it back on the scale and it measures the same braced as unbraced. Of course bracing a bow adds a lot of stress that an unbraced bow is not experiencing so once it is excersized I expect to loose a few pounds just to wood compression. As expected this happened. I lost 3/4" of my reflex and about 2 1/2# draw weight just in compression losses to the wood. I now have 2 3/4 reflex and expect that to drop to about 2 1/4" by the time I shoot it in. 2" was my goal.
As you can see in this pic I had an unexpected surprise, a little black dot developed into a hole that goes almost 1/3 the way across the limb. I decided not to touch that area anymore but it does leave me with some lack of confidence in the bow. Hopefully I cna test the bow out today if the sunshine cooperates, my chrono doesn't seem to accurate in bright sunlight even with the diffusers, I may have to wait till morning when it is overcast. 245 fps with 200 grain arrow is the goal.
