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Offline rps3

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Re: First bow.
« Reply #15 on: October 29, 2015, 08:35:22 pm »
Way to go, cant wait to see your next.
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Offline bowandarrow473

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« Reply #16 on: October 29, 2015, 08:46:00 pm »
Looks very nice, well done!
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Offline ccase39

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Re: First bow.
« Reply #17 on: October 29, 2015, 08:59:00 pm »
Absolutely love the fades. Hope you don't mind if I ripoff ur design
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Offline DC

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Re: First bow.
« Reply #18 on: October 29, 2015, 09:42:20 pm »
Nicely done. +1 on the fades
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Offline NOMADIC PIRATE

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« Reply #19 on: October 29, 2015, 09:59:07 pm »
Very unique original work on the fades, good clean transitions and good tiller,...Nice bow.
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Offline Drewster

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Re: First bow.
« Reply #20 on: October 29, 2015, 11:48:39 pm »

@Pearl, I did tiller her out to 30", but am quite chicken to draw it in fear of a detonation

Josh, if you tillered that bow to 30", I'd be drawing and shooting it at 30" too.  Put her to work.

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Offline Setarip

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Re: First bow.
« Reply #21 on: October 30, 2015, 08:21:05 am »
Thanks for the compliments gents! I may draw her a bit further today and see how she shoots. I am far from a great shot, but at 28" draw I can consistently hit my target at nearly 30 yards. I only have 400 spine arrows, uncut at 31", and 125 grain field points. Those darn plastic vanes do rough up your hand after a few dozen shots though!

@ccase39, if you want to try out those fades  then go ahead :) I'm actually pretty flattered you guys like them so much. When I was making them I did not have any preset design going so as I sanded away (a drum sander was used to do it!), it all just came together.
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Offline PlanB

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Re: First bow.
« Reply #22 on: October 30, 2015, 08:42:22 am »
setarip +1 on the plastic vanes. They also kick the butt of the arrow up I found, and it they're working off a shelf instead of skin, it's worse. If you have a spare, take the bottom vane off and see if it doesn't become the best arrow you have of the bunch. Found that out by accident when a vane tore off. I'm waiting on the arrival of feathers to re-fletch what I have, and have been collecting materials for wooden shafts, too.
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Offline dbb

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Re: First bow.
« Reply #23 on: October 30, 2015, 08:49:40 am »
Sweet first bow!
But get rid of thr plastic vanes,they dont work well on a primitive bow.
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Offline Setarip

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Re: First bow.
« Reply #24 on: October 30, 2015, 11:36:03 am »
Update!

I took the bow out and shot a few dozen arrows before the rain came in. With a 383 grain arrow (11.25 gpp) I clocked a max speed of 151.6 fps! It started out at roughly 140 fps, but I was making an effort on my release. I actually think a few more fps can be squeezed out with a better release.

When I used a 323 grain (9.5 gpp) arrow I hit a max of 159.1 fps. All in all I am quite please that this bow shoots well beyond its weight.

Hey PlanB, I did cut off a cane on each arrow and they indeed fly better and more comfortably!

Edit: I was still only drawing 28" during this run. I also was able to hit a new max of 158.8 fps with the 383 grain arrow!
« Last Edit: October 30, 2015, 12:56:35 pm by Setarip »
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Offline SeanStuart

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Re: First bow.
« Reply #25 on: November 06, 2015, 10:29:19 am »
Beautiful bow Setarip. I really like the angles. Sorry to see the small cracks you found.

Question for some of the more experienced: The back of this bow is very flat (Good for disbursing the tension). But the corners are sharper than I thought was recommended. They are slightly rounded, but not much. Any thoughts on this? Opinions? How much should the corners be rounded? Thansk
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Offline Setarip

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« Reply #26 on: November 06, 2015, 10:48:39 am »
Thanks Sean!
They are rounded to about the radius of a pencil. I actually went through and repair the cracks and am currently testing it again. So far I have over 200 arrows through her after the repair and she's going strong!
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Offline JW_Halverson

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« Reply #27 on: November 06, 2015, 02:58:27 pm »
I, for one, am thoroughly sick and tired of guys coming in here and posting their first bows and having them look as good, or often better (as in this case) than what I have been able to crank out in 14 years of making bows. And it is only salt in the wounds when he can post numbers indicating performance matches the quality of finish work and tillering. 

Excuse me, everyone, but I got a bushel of lemons to go suck after looking at this seriously awesome bow.  >:(
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Re: First bow.
« Reply #28 on: November 06, 2015, 03:06:53 pm »
Welcome Josh,
great work on your first beauty!
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« Reply #29 on: November 06, 2015, 03:21:32 pm »
realy nice bow! Tony
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