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Offline superdav95

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Re: Black locusts bow
« Reply #30 on: December 03, 2025, 10:51:28 pm »
Diddo.  Watching this too. 
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Offline Selfbowman

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Re: Black locusts bow
« Reply #31 on: December 03, 2025, 11:41:04 pm »
The bow is still about 90# so I’m going to try something. I’m going to trap the belly . I dividedthe limb width by 3  leaving the center flat and will scribe the edges to a 1/4” from the back. Why because I will completely lose a growth ring on one end . want to keep three growth rings if possible. Anyone done this with BL
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Re: Black locusts bow
« Reply #32 on: December 03, 2025, 11:51:09 pm »
The bow weighs 46.2 oz right now. Probably take 4-5oz out of handle section. I think this will finish at about 28oz. That leaves a lot to remove.
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Re: Black locusts bow
« Reply #33 on: December 04, 2025, 12:12:21 am »
I would absolutely NOT trap the belly. That is a recipe for failure with black locust. Id build it with a rectangular cross section or a slight crown.
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Re: Black locusts bow
« Reply #34 on: December 04, 2025, 12:53:07 am »
+1!
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Re: Black locusts bow
« Reply #35 on: December 04, 2025, 01:43:12 am »
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Re: Black locusts bow
« Reply #36 on: December 04, 2025, 06:09:04 am »
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Offline Selfbowman

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Re: Black locusts bow
« Reply #37 on: December 04, 2025, 11:01:06 am »
Ok ok bad idea! 🤠🤠🤠
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Re: Black locusts bow
« Reply #38 on: December 04, 2025, 01:36:25 pm »
  We had a guy here in Ca that used to make a lot of black locust bows. He was a top notch bow maker. Big Jim. I could never get over how thin the bows were when he finished. I have a feeling yours will be real thin like that. Good sign.
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Re: Black locusts bow
« Reply #39 on: December 04, 2025, 03:20:53 pm »
Quote from: Selfbowman on December 04, 2025, 11:01:06 am
Ok ok bad idea! 🤠🤠🤠

Yeah, take it easy cowboy, dont you know bigger is better? Are you even from Texas?
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Offline Selfbowman

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Re: Black locusts bow
« Reply #40 on: December 04, 2025, 06:33:17 pm »
Tip overlays on.
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Offline M2A

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Re: Black locusts bow
« Reply #41 on: Today at 02:02:45 am »
Looking forward to what you can get out of this piece. Never tried to go that wide with bl. I’d think you’ll be under 3/8 in thickness on the working limbs when it’s all done. Iirc that’s about the thickness I’d end up with 2” limbs at 50ish pounds and good locust. And looks like you got some quality stuff there.
Mike
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Offline Selfbowman

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Re: Black locusts bow
« Reply #42 on: Today at 12:30:46 pm »
Roughed the handle out so I could get an idea on mass weight. Getting close.
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Re: Black locusts bow
« Reply #43 on: Today at 01:20:58 pm »
Watching closely. I’ve only tried black locust once and turned out to be a bad log that had a lot of punky wood inside that I could not get past. Hoping to learn some more from your experience.
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« Reply #44 on: Today at 02:45:33 pm »
Check my earlier comments on thickness: Right thinness to avoid frets and set, width to provide strength.

My prediction is that 2-3/8" width will not produce #50 at 28" without set/frets/fracture. Hope I'm wrong.
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