Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: E. Jensen on January 18, 2015, 05:32:29 pm
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Hey everyone, I'm a relatively new bowyer, made less than a dozen so far. Here is the last bow I finished. Its a molly/pyramid hybrid with shorter levers, maybe 6-7" and sinew wrapped nocks and its slightly trapped with a tempered belly. Its not perfect but I measured 145 fps with a 515gn arrow. I was hoping for higher and maybe my chronograph isn't working right but that's acceptable right?
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Certainly looks like good tiller, but maybe you can remove mass from the levers? The mark of a good molle is light, very narrow levers. Perhaps a front profile shot could help?
Levers also don't need to be much more than double the thickness of the working limb to be completely stiff and lever-like, and can be tapered toward the tip just slightly. Lots of time refining a scrape at a time can get you the perfect lever if you don't have the experience to just whack it out.
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Yes they taper to about 1/4x1/4 at the tip and are much thinner width than the working limb.
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Tiller does look good to me. Nice work.
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Looks good to me too, don't be shy about posting more pictures of it, we like the pics. here. :)
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Its a fine bow to me. 145 fps is probably faster than any bow I've made. How heavy is the draw weight?
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Oh right I left that out!! 50-55#
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Is the top limb longer than the bottom?