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Offline ken75

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Re: hickory flight bow. # 56
« Reply #15 on: December 02, 2010, 10:55:36 am »
thanks everyone ,ill let ya know what happens , not yet ohma
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Offline Badger

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Re: hickory flight bow. # 56
« Reply #16 on: December 02, 2010, 01:25:02 pm »
   Very nice looking bow, should do pretty well. Steve
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Re: hickory flight bow. # 56
« Reply #17 on: December 02, 2010, 02:20:55 pm »
Very nice, as usual with your bows!
Mark
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Re: hickory flight bow. # 56
« Reply #18 on: December 02, 2010, 04:33:23 pm »
Unbelievable bow!  I would have never thought it possible to make a hickory bow to those dimensions/weight and end up with almost no set.  Did you heat treat the bow?  What kind of hickory is that?
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Offline ken75

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Re: hickory flight bow. # 56
« Reply #19 on: December 02, 2010, 09:12:38 pm »
thanks Steve , Mark , WV hope what i sent you helped i havent heat treated a bow in almost a year , not against it ,i just dont .i cut a pignut hickory  while back and had it milled im using boards from it now
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Offline wvarcher

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Re: hickory flight bow. # 56
« Reply #20 on: December 02, 2010, 11:06:54 pm »
Ken, thanks for the info.  Your bows are an inspirational ,to say the least.  I had almost given up on making a pyramid style bow out of hickory.  I see it can be done after looking at the bows you have made.
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Offline ken75

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Re: hickory flight bow. # 56
« Reply #21 on: December 02, 2010, 11:46:42 pm »
one of the worst probs i had with pyramids was to much tip movement and not enough near handle wood moving . ended up with set in the outter limbs . you gotta get the mid to near handle wood working but not enough to take set
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Re: hickory flight bow. # 56
« Reply #22 on: December 03, 2010, 12:39:23 am »
Just realized that the title reads #56 not 56# Wow Ken, You truly are a bow making machine! 
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Re: hickory flight bow. # 56
« Reply #23 on: December 03, 2010, 08:42:02 am »
Hey Ken - stupid question, but when you have a tree milled like that, does it have to season first or is it milled green and then seasoned?  I would think the boards would go all snakey if cut green?
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Offline ken75

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Re: hickory flight bow. # 56
« Reply #24 on: December 03, 2010, 02:29:12 pm »
lol Nate. milled green stacked so they dont twist
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Offline ken75

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Re: hickory flight bow. # 56
« Reply #25 on: December 04, 2010, 02:46:29 pm »
well i just got a chance to flight shoot this bow today , average conditions 510 grain arrows 5 1/2 inch parabolic fletch with MA2 broadheads. four shot best was a surprising 191 yards. shortest shot was 188. ive got a tri lam r/d bow floor tillered and a chirstmas bow to build , but next one for flight i think i will go 68 inch so that i can overdraw to 30 or 31 inches . according to tbb4 thats the key to long flight ...horsepower !! anyways hope yall enjoyed this ,was a blast for me
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Re: hickory flight bow. # 56, flight shoot results
« Reply #26 on: December 04, 2010, 02:52:11 pm »
Wow Nice Job Ken!
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Re: hickory flight bow. # 56, flight shoot results
« Reply #27 on: December 04, 2010, 02:55:17 pm »
thanks Nate
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Re: hickory flight bow. # 56, flight shoot results
« Reply #28 on: December 04, 2010, 03:31:48 pm »
12 yards, 1 foot, 2 inches shy of the world's record......not to damned shabby bud.
rich
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Re: hickory flight bow. # 56, flight shoot results
« Reply #29 on: December 04, 2010, 03:58:20 pm »
Sweet !
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