Arvin and me

[willie]

The back is very flat.

The belly was almost what I think you would call trapped?

When I tillered I removed the peak of the trap.

If I remember correctly there is still a trapped edge over most of the working limb.

Bjrogg

did you flatten the back or were the rings that way when you got it?

[bjrogg]

The back was naturally flat. It already had the ring chased and sealed. I didn’t touch it
Bjrogg

[bjrogg]

Willie I posted width at fade wrong previously. I corrected it now. I’m going to get you some better measurements

Out of fade was 1.595”

Working on it now

Bjrogg

[bjrogg]

Willie I must have been holding the dummy end of the tape before. I didn’t think it was 2” wide

I used calipers now. I measured at thickness and width at fade and then @ 4,8,12,16,20,24”

I did top and bottom limb

Bjrogg

Ps hope you can read my children scratching

[bjrogg]

I missed a line first picture i fixed it

[willie]

     looks good,thanks    I will plot it in the other thread.  It is nice to have real life examples when making comparisions with the program.  Conventional widsom says every stave is different, and that could be more true if you were to buy a red oak board at the lumberyard where you are, and I were to do the same here.
And less true when a bowyer like Arvin is hand picking the best.

[bjrogg]

Arvin and I finally got together and got to shoot a few arrows. We didn’t have a field we could use but we shot a few arrows through the crono. Unfortunately it wasn’t sunny enough to get a reading.

Going to leave this bow with Arvin when I head home.

The full draw looks pretty good yet and we don’t seem to be picking up any more set. The  force draw is still holding up to.

Bjrogg

[Bob Barnes]

Thanks for the great picture BJ.  Nice form Arvin and the full draw looks spot on.   

[sleek]

How much set did it pick up?

[bjrogg]

Sleek it started out with 1 3/4” reflex and it seems to be holding 1 1/4” reflex

So it took about 1/2” of set. We put it on Arvins tree and compared force draw before and after we shot it several times through crono (unfortunately couldn’t get reading) and drew it and held it to full draw on tree and it held its same force draw.

I’m not a numbers guy but Arvin thinks it might be a competitive bow. I’m leaving it with him. It’s his winner or loser. It’s certainly a nice bow one way or the other.

Hopefully I can get to the flats someday with him.

Bjrogg

[sleek]

Did any of that 1/2" come back after being unstrung?

[bjrogg]

That 1/2” is difference from what I started with before any bending and what it has now. It might have a 1/4” immediately after unstrung that comes back

Bjrogg

[sleek]

That 1/2” is difference from what I started with before any bending of what it has now. It might have a 1/4” of immediately after unstrung that comes back

Bjrogg

So 1/4 is set, the other 1/4 is likely reflex that pulled out. That's damn good. Is this a bow i ran numbers on for you guys to check its surface area as draw weight?

[bjrogg]

That 1/2” is difference from what I started with before any bending of what it has now. It might have a 1/4” of immediately after unstrung that comes back

Bjrogg

So 1/4 is set, the other 1/4 is likely reflex that pulled out. That's damn good. Is this a bow i ran numbers on for you guys to check its surface area as draw weight?

Sorry I can’t tell you that Sleek but I did put the measurements every four inches of both width and thickness. It’s posted on this thread. There are two different bows that I gave dimensions for.

It would be the first one (Arvin n Me)

Bjrogg