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Offline half eye

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49" Ironwood Mollegabet, 45# @ 25"
« on: July 06, 2015, 06:08:13 pm »
Told a member I'd make him up a bow, and his specs were 45# @ 25". I know that bendies are not for everybody so thought I'd try a short mollegabet....this is the first attempt.

Dead Ironwood, 1-3/8" average limb width, 50/50 layout and just at 45# at the 25" draw length. The stave had some propeller twist which makes it look somewhat odd from side to side so I'm having braced and un-braced from both sides. Also there is a knott/hump at the lower limb grip fade which makes it look defelexed at the fades so I took 2 diff full draw pics the first one is with the arrow pass at 1-1/2" above center and the second one at just under 1" above center.

Anyway better or worse this is how she turned out, does shoot very well though.
rich
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Re: 49" Ironwood Mollegabet, 45# @ 25"
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2015, 06:09:04 pm »
second set
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Offline make-n-break

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Re: 49" Ironwood Mollegabet, 45# @ 25"
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2015, 06:43:00 pm »
That ironwood looks like it can handle some pretty high stress designs. I've always wanted to try a molle.. Ironwood might be the ticket
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Re: 49" Ironwood Mollegabet, 45# @ 25"
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2015, 06:55:54 pm »
nice to see you making molly's again Rich, look's good
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: 49" Ironwood Mollegabet, 45# @ 25"
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2015, 06:58:52 pm »
If I keep looking at these sooner or later I'll want to attempt a mollie myself, which scares me because the design is so different that for me it may be like re-learning how to make a bow. :)
Nice work getting a bow out of that dead standing hhb Rich, has to be durable stuff to do that. Two more bows to finish first and then I'll be working that ironwood you sent me.
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Offline half eye

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Re: 49" Ironwood Mollegabet, 45# @ 25"
« Reply #5 on: July 06, 2015, 07:16:02 pm »
M&B, bubby, Thanks for the nice words
B2....I wouldn't trade all the molly's in the world for one of yours....with your skill-set it'll be a piece of cake.
rich
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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: 49" Ironwood Mollegabet, 45# @ 25"
« Reply #6 on: July 06, 2015, 08:19:32 pm »
  Rich,
             You got that one bending for sure! Those Mollegabets are rocket launchers :o...Feels good to be in a T-shirt eh?   49" inches jeeeesh! Nice Molly bud...
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Offline Spotted Dog

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Re: 49" Ironwood Mollegabet, 45# @ 25"
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2015, 08:59:50 pm »
OH YEA ! nice Rich.
Rich guided me through my first Molle. Now between Native bows and Molle's can't get enough.
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Offline Stixnstones

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Re: 49" Ironwood Mollegabet, 45# @ 25"
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2015, 09:24:29 pm »
I really love ur work, and like said before would love to try those bendy's but would b like learnin all over again. Guess thats what so cool about this stuff , every now and again u gotta go outside ur comfort zone. Thank u for sharing.
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Offline half eye

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Re: 49" Ironwood Mollegabet, 45# @ 25"
« Reply #9 on: July 07, 2015, 07:54:07 am »
DB, Dog  thank you sir's

Sticks, tillering bendies or mollies is not real hard to do...hell man I can do it, got to be simple

Thanks again fellas
rich
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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: 49" Ironwood Mollegabet, 45# @ 25"
« Reply #10 on: July 07, 2015, 12:25:35 pm »
Rich,
          I'm kinda with Greg, it would be a first if I tried and definitely out of the norm...Maybe the next one you do you could post some steps/build along for us...I have one of your mollegabets and it would be a head start for me anyway as a visual guide...I know There's some fellas on here that would appreciate it...
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Offline half eye

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Re: 49" Ironwood Mollegabet, 45# @ 25"
« Reply #11 on: July 07, 2015, 12:40:14 pm »
Mr. Burchett....thats doable sir...
rich
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Offline huisme

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Re: 49" Ironwood Mollegabet, 45# @ 25"
« Reply #12 on: July 07, 2015, 12:48:33 pm »
Here's a 106 (yes, one hundred and six) image album of a build-along I posted primarily for reddit. It doesn't show tillering as well as I'd like and I have a better album for ring chasing if you'd like but this should give you the basic idea of setting up a molle.

I changed from "about a third" to ten inches for my lever, that's about all I do differently now.

http://imgur.com/a/SRxV4
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Re: 49" Ironwood Mollegabet, 45# @ 25"
« Reply #13 on: July 07, 2015, 03:31:01 pm »
Yeah Rich another nice one, I know it will make the new owner happy. And yes the humble twisted staves could make the side profiles look diffrent from right or left side. Good thing is you took both pics! Keep em coming, your posts are a must for me.
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Offline half eye

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Re: 49" Ironwood Mollegabet, 45# @ 25"
« Reply #14 on: July 07, 2015, 05:03:03 pm »
Thank so much Simon, I look forward to your posts as well, sir.
rich
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