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Offline selfbow joe

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Re: Nothing fancy BBH !
« Reply #15 on: January 14, 2018, 11:34:00 am »
Nice looking bow.

Offline Stick Bender

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Re: Nothing fancy BBH !
« Reply #16 on: January 14, 2018, 11:44:03 am »
Thanks guys It worked out fine with the hickory I dont know about other wood this is the first bamboo backed bow I made , StickH yes and no on the tapper I started out at 3/16 and cut the front profile out and as I sanded down to 1/8 it took a nice natural taper I left the bottom half of the bamboo about 12/1000s thicker for positive tiller I just keeped checking with calipers & pre tapered the hickory core a lot of first for me but worked out well !
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Nothing fancy BBH !
« Reply #17 on: January 14, 2018, 02:19:07 pm »
very nice great performance,,congrats

Offline Stick Bender

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Re: Nothing fancy BBH !
« Reply #18 on: January 15, 2018, 04:17:18 am »
Thanks Brad its fun so far I want to get it broke in and retest but I think its going to end up pretty quick !
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Offline Badger

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Re: Nothing fancy BBH !
« Reply #19 on: January 15, 2018, 06:40:22 am »
   Good job, good example of putting the mass in the right places.

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Re: Nothing fancy BBH !
« Reply #20 on: January 15, 2018, 07:01:47 am »
The fulldraw and chrono number says it all, really nice

Offline BowEd

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Re: Nothing fancy BBH !
« Reply #21 on: January 15, 2018, 07:36:30 am »
Very good work on a nice looking longbow.Should serve you well for a long long time.
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Offline Stick Bender

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Re: Nothing fancy BBH !
« Reply #22 on: January 15, 2018, 08:50:29 am »
Thanks fellas nice compliments from some top knotch bowyers  in my book , I have been getting better luck beffing up the lowers mass wise for the the extra in. of draw ,been working out good on the last 2 bows !
If you fear failure you will never Try !

Offline timmyd

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Re: Nothing fancy BBH !
« Reply #23 on: January 15, 2018, 01:59:28 pm »
if those numbers are accurate at 11 gpp, your bow is faster than most glass recurves. good job.

Offline Stick Bender

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Re: Nothing fancy BBH !
« Reply #24 on: January 15, 2018, 02:15:37 pm »
Those numbers are legit 509 grain arrow but Im drawing it to 29 in. hence the 11 gpp arrow to compensate, actually I was getting faster results but didnt post tell 3 arrows same speed but its a fresh bow with only 150 arrows and I also left it braced for I hour before testing there are guys here that have made much faster bows ! wood bows can be as fast as the average glass bow  a lot of Howard Hill bows are in the 160s !
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: Nothing fancy BBH !
« Reply #25 on: January 15, 2018, 02:27:14 pm »
Great looking bend, nice work

Offline barebo

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Re: Nothing fancy BBH !
« Reply #26 on: January 15, 2018, 02:51:54 pm »
There have been critics of backing hickory with bamboo, but one of the best I've made was exactly that and was really close in design to yours.
I think you've got a winner there - Nice work!!!

Offline Stick Bender

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Re: Nothing fancy BBH !
« Reply #27 on: January 15, 2018, 05:21:11 pm »
Thanks again for all the nice comments, Im humbled by them , hickory has alwas been one of my favorite white woods its always been good to me if treated right it makes a great bow !
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Offline upstatenybowyer

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Re: Nothing fancy BBH !
« Reply #28 on: January 15, 2018, 07:43:29 pm »
Way to go Stick! That's a very nice tiller and the profiles look fantastic.  :OK
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Offline vinemaplebows

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Re: Nothing fancy BBH !
« Reply #29 on: January 15, 2018, 09:55:52 pm »
Nice bends!
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