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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: DavidV on September 03, 2013, 03:50:23 pm

Title: Trapped Hickory D-Bow (Pic Heavy)
Post by: DavidV on September 03, 2013, 03:50:23 pm

Here's a really simple bend in the handle hickory bow. Trapped the back because the sister bow took a lot of set. this one's about 1 3/4" after shooting.

66" ntn
+/-40# @ 28"
Really great shooter for the most part except when the humidity is bad :P

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Sorry about the far away full draw pic I had to use the timer...

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Title: Re: Trapped Hickory D-Bow (Pic Heavy)
Post by: BOWMAN53 on September 03, 2013, 05:11:27 pm

i had one like that but i heat treated the poop out if it. hickory loves to be heat treated and will reward you well if done right.

Title: Re: Trapped Hickory D-Bow (Pic Heavy)
Post by: DavidV on September 03, 2013, 05:57:09 pm

You're right, I thought about heat treating it when I started but wasn't sure if it'd overpower the back... Lol, but I think hickory can take just about anything.

Title: Re: Trapped Hickory D-Bow (Pic Heavy)
Post by: PrimitiveTim on September 03, 2013, 06:07:40 pm

Ooh nice!  It's gonna take me a while to get bendy bows out of my system.  Was this made from a stave or a limb?  How thin is it at the handle?

Title: Re: Trapped Hickory D-Bow (Pic Heavy)
Post by: dbb on September 03, 2013, 06:26:13 pm

Nice bend on that one!
Im not shure but i dont think there is a risk for the back in heatreating a hick belly.
It seems so much stronger in tension than in comression to start with and the bow will feel much "snappier" too

Title: Re: Trapped Hickory D-Bow (Pic Heavy)
Post by: Don on September 03, 2013, 06:44:51 pm

Nice. I like hickory.
I to heat treat the belly, it works well.

Title: Re: Trapped Hickory D-Bow (Pic Heavy)
Post by: IdahoMatt on September 03, 2013, 06:56:23 pm

I like the bend on that one.  1 3/4" set is not bad. :)

Title: Re: Trapped Hickory D-Bow (Pic Heavy)
Post by: DavidV on September 03, 2013, 09:39:06 pm

PrimitiveTim- This was from a rift sawn board I had. It's 5/8" thick at the handle, 1 1/4" wide at the handle, 1 1/2" at midlimb tapering down to 1/2" tips.

Title: Re: Trapped Hickory D-Bow (Pic Heavy)
Post by: Josh B on September 03, 2013, 10:21:54 pm

I reckon that'll work!  I like hickory!  Josh

Title: Re: Trapped Hickory D-Bow (Pic Heavy)
Post by: steve b. on September 03, 2013, 11:53:18 pm

Looks great.

Title: Re: Trapped Hickory D-Bow (Pic Heavy)
Post by: adb on September 04, 2013, 12:49:35 am

Hickory sucks when it's wet, but she'll be sweet when it dries up a bit.

Title: Re: Trapped Hickory D-Bow (Pic Heavy)
Post by: Arrowind on September 04, 2013, 12:55:50 am

Nice job!  Looks great!

Title: Re: Trapped Hickory D-Bow (Pic Heavy)
Post by: hedgeapple on September 04, 2013, 01:11:47 am

That's a good looking bow.  To reduce set in you next bow, take a look at where this bow took most of its set.  It looks to me like it's bendy a little too much at the handle to about 8 to 10" out each limb.  The rest of the limbs are hardly bending at all.  And from your unstrung picture, it looks like that's were you set occurred.  Get the mid 3rd bending more and the handle bending a little less on your next bow and I'll bet you'll have 1" or less set.  Oh, and heat temper.

You still got a good bow there.