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Selfbowman
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Re: Bend radius and compression loading of osage
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September 13, 2017, 02:04:25 pm »
I am in the doing it by feel crowd. Trying to understand the mass theory and how it applys to the species. I am currently using primarily Osage . I have been moving the mass for awhile now . Steve and Tim have already done this so I am probably just proving what they have already done. :-) oh we'll hardheaded people have to make their on mistakes. :-) I learned a lot about arrows in the flats!
Arvin
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Well I'll say!! Osage is king!!
willie
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Re: Bend radius and compression loading of osage
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September 13, 2017, 02:23:56 pm »
Arvin
Just wondering if "osage is king" at the flats? Not trying to be a smart ass, as osage is certainly proven to be the best for a lot of things, but have you been considering any others for flight shooting?
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Stick Bender
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September 13, 2017, 03:00:21 pm »
My intuition tells me to first consider the species and quality of the stave I'm using
Jeff that was a great quote not all wood is created equal and it heavily influences design & mass placement that's something I had to attend some classes of hard knocks to figure it out ,now I let the wood tell me what kind of bow it wants to be rather then forcing my design on the wood !
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Selfbowman
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September 15, 2017, 11:17:29 am »
Well Willie Steve still holds the record with a Osage bow so I guess it is. My Osage was 20 yds short but I will blame 15 of that on arrow design. Mine was poor to say the least. But there is next year! And time to build some arrows and bows. I had two blow on me . One the string broke and the other the upper limb. I was shooting flight arrows that weighed less than 200-250 gr. Also I think the bows got too dry . Last day I wrapped best bows with wet towel over night. No problems but shooting 450-500 gr. arrows instead of arrows half the weight. Not sure what the real cause of failure was. Arvin
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