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Offline make-n-break

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Re: 45.5" TTT 50#@26" osage in progress ( FULL DRAW PAGE 2 )
« Reply #45 on: March 13, 2016, 09:01:16 pm »
Fast or not, that is a SICK bend.
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Re: 45.5" TTT 50#@26" osage in progress ( FULL DRAW PAGE 2 )
« Reply #46 on: March 13, 2016, 09:18:09 pm »
Quote from: PatM on March 13, 2016, 08:59:40 pm
sleek, Have you seen these bows yet?
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,28969.15.html

I'm gonna have to sit down and recoup after seeing these. seems they all use sinew though,  but he relies on deflex like I do. But damn his workmanship. Wow.
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Re: 45.5" TTT 50#@26" osage in progress ( FULL DRAW PAGE 2 )
« Reply #47 on: March 13, 2016, 09:27:18 pm »
Yeah there is sinew but you can definitely still make it work since you're using a bit more  length overall and  potential working limb by  making the deflexed and recurved portions shorter.
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Re: 45.5" TTT 50#@26" osage in progress ( FULL DRAW PAGE 2 )
« Reply #48 on: March 13, 2016, 09:30:11 pm »
Well I don't think any shorter will do any good without sinew. I'm struggling to keep any string tension as it is.
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Re: 45.5" TTT 50#@26" osage in progress ( FULL DRAW PAGE 2 )
« Reply #49 on: March 13, 2016, 09:39:37 pm »
I think if you really steam the middle section and get a sharper  central reflex and deflex the fades even more you'll have more potential to heat treat your limbs backwards to gain string tension.
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Re: 45.5" TTT 50#@26" osage in progress ( FULL DRAW PAGE 2 )
« Reply #50 on: March 13, 2016, 09:52:34 pm »
I was hoping for more handle reflex but it didnt work out. Poor technique. That is the game plan though.
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Re: 45.5" TTT 50#@26" osage in progress ( FULL DRAW PAGE 2 )
« Reply #51 on: March 13, 2016, 10:05:30 pm »
Probably need to leave the whole stave chunky and narrow and thin just the central piece so that you can get the bend concentrated in those spots.
 It's always tempting to get the  whole bow roughed out more but then the limbs are too floppy to be used  to bend the middle.
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Re: 45.5" TTT 50#@26" osage in progress ( FULL DRAW PAGE 2 )
« Reply #52 on: March 13, 2016, 10:21:16 pm »
You speak truth.
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Re: 45.5" TTT 50#@26" osage in progress ( FULL DRAW PAGE 2 )
« Reply #53 on: March 13, 2016, 11:44:41 pm »


Got the handle fitted. I love cedar as a handle material. Beautiful and soft easy to shape.
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Re: 45.5" TTT 50#@26" osage in progress ( FULL DRAW PAGE 2 )
« Reply #54 on: March 13, 2016, 11:47:23 pm »
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Re: 45.5" TTT 50#@26" osage in progress ( FULL DRAW PAGE 2 )
« Reply #55 on: March 13, 2016, 11:48:42 pm »
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Re: 45.5" TTT 50#@26" osage in progress ( FULL DRAW PAGE 2 )
« Reply #56 on: March 14, 2016, 03:56:08 am »
Wow Kevin,  you've proved me wrong. I said I didn't think you could do it and you did. You even went and showed off and made it sapwood backed!  >:D

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Re: 45.5" TTT 50#@26" osage in progress ( FULL DRAW PAGE 2 )
« Reply #57 on: March 14, 2016, 07:21:18 am »
Wow, I'm impressed too. Good you left the recurves a bit shorter and less abrupt though.
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Re: 45.5" TTT 50#@26" osage in progress ( FULL DRAW PAGE 2 )
« Reply #58 on: March 14, 2016, 09:05:46 pm »
Thanks everyone.  I'm calling this bow done. Next one I will use all I have learned from this one and hope to get a great performer. Hope to have chrono numbers after this weekend.
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Re: 45.5" TTT 50#@26" osage in progress ( FULL DRAW PAGE 2 )
« Reply #59 on: March 14, 2016, 09:37:08 pm »
great work,, really nice, what was the chrono results,,?? :)
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