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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Elm molly 48@28
« Reply #15 on: September 20, 2017, 04:58:52 pm »
Very nice.
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Re: Elm molly 48@28
« Reply #16 on: September 20, 2017, 05:39:32 pm »
Nice looking bow!  I like that bow stand.
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Re: Elm molly 48@28
« Reply #17 on: September 20, 2017, 06:50:12 pm »
Nice work
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Re: Elm molly 48@28
« Reply #18 on: September 20, 2017, 07:27:53 pm »
A true craftsman knows how to recognize problems, and how to work around them to achieve the desired results. Leon, you did a really good job with that crooked stick. It’s a fine bow – start to finish!
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Elm molly 48@28
« Reply #19 on: September 20, 2017, 07:38:37 pm »
Well executed. I like how all your bows have a "Leon" look to them.  ;)
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Re: Elm molly 48@28
« Reply #20 on: September 21, 2017, 04:04:53 am »
Fine looking elm bow. 
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Offline leonwood

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Re: Elm molly 48@28
« Reply #21 on: September 21, 2017, 07:38:53 am »
Thanks again for the compliments guys! Makes me want to build more bows :BB I have one more new bow to show, hopefully tomorrow because I have to sort the pics and write a little story about it.
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Offline Philipp A

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Re: Elm molly 48@28
« Reply #22 on: September 21, 2017, 07:55:52 am »
Great work, awesome tiller and beautiful details. I really like this bow and would like to try making one myself. How does it shoot? How is its accuracy and speed in comparison to your other bows?

Cheers,

Phil
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Offline leonwood

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Re: Elm molly 48@28
« Reply #23 on: September 21, 2017, 10:04:19 am »
Quote from: Philipp A on September 21, 2017, 07:55:52 am
Great work, awesome tiller and beautiful details. I really like this bow and would like to try making one myself. How does it shoot? How is its accuracy and speed in comparison to your other bows?

Cheers,

Phil

I did not shoot this bow very much yet but it is very smooth and feels fast for it's draw weight. Did not shoot it through the chrony yet but might do that just to see what this one and my other new bows do.

On Mollegabets or lever bows in general: I made quite a few laminated ones and they all shoot very smooth and very fast compared to a longbow or pyramid bow. A big mistake I see often is that people make mollegabets with extreme thick and overbuilt levers. If you keep the mass of the levers as low as possible and keep the tiller roundish it wil shoot smooth and fast!






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Re: Elm molly 48@28
« Reply #24 on: September 21, 2017, 11:43:50 am »
Very nice :) Great execution with a less than perfect stave. Do you know what type of elm it is? I know it is hard to distinguish between them.
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Offline leonwood

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Re: Elm molly 48@28
« Reply #25 on: September 21, 2017, 12:12:38 pm »
Quote from: mikekeswick on September 21, 2017, 11:43:50 am
Very nice :) Great execution with a less than perfect stave. Do you know what type of elm it is? I know it is hard to distinguish between them.

Thanks! This one took some effort to get it into a shooter;-) The species is common dutch elm (Ulmus ×hollandica) which is a hybrid between Ulmus glabra and Ulmus minor. There is still a lot of it around here so I will cut some new staves next month to work on next summer
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Offline bushboy

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Re: Elm molly 48@28
« Reply #26 on: September 21, 2017, 01:03:22 pm »
Nice!looks like a 50/50?i"m glad that people are moving away from bend close to the handle molly"s like the one illustrated in tbb 1!
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Re: Elm molly 48@28
« Reply #27 on: September 21, 2017, 02:24:04 pm »
Wonderful work, Leon. I really like what you do!
This is a lever bow of its finest.
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Offline Stick Bender

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Re: Elm molly 48@28
« Reply #28 on: September 21, 2017, 02:29:44 pm »
 That tiller is Awsome the unstrung profile says it all ,when you Chrono it please post your numbers !
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Re: Elm molly 48@28
« Reply #29 on: September 21, 2017, 03:59:36 pm »
Quote from: bushboy on September 21, 2017, 01:03:22 pm
Nice!looks like a 50/50?i"m glad that people are moving away from bend close to the handle molly"s like the one illustrated in tbb 1!

Thanks! And you are correct, the levers and the bending area are the same length. Keeping the bending section wide to reduce set and the levers as thin as possible to keep the mass low.
I also make my fades quite long, somehow that feels smoother in the draw, I do make sure they move so it does not really decrease the bending area too much.

And thanks everbody else who commented on the bow! I really appreciate it!
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