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Offline Pat B

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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #150 on: February 13, 2023, 03:19:56 pm »
 :OK   (-S
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #151 on: February 13, 2023, 05:12:04 pm »
What a great build along Pat.  Thank you so much for taking the time.  Glad you are feeling well again.
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #152 on: February 19, 2023, 03:15:09 pm »
OK guys, believe it or not I'm back working on ElgBue. I clamped the bow on the tiller tree with a long string to see how she bends now that the sinew has had a chance to dry...



...and after a scrape here and there to try to even out the limbs...



 I'm hoping to get her braced so I can really judge the bend and draw weight but until then that's all I have for now.
Stay tuned!
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #153 on: February 19, 2023, 06:06:14 pm »
looks great (-S
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #154 on: February 19, 2023, 06:21:48 pm »
Ya that’s looking good pat
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #155 on: February 19, 2023, 07:17:31 pm »
Thanks for your phone call and help today, Brad. I think I'll try the temporary nocks inside the cut in nocks tomorrow and get her braced.
Thanks, Dave.
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #156 on: February 19, 2023, 09:04:42 pm »
Looking good Pat. Have been patiently waiting.
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #157 on: February 20, 2023, 09:17:41 am »
Looking great to me. 
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #158 on: February 20, 2023, 09:58:34 am »
Very impressive, Pat. Jawge
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #159 on: February 20, 2023, 10:59:02 am »
I need to brace this bow so I can see how the string tracks and get a real idea about the tiller. Yesterday I got a call from Brad Smith. Brad is a sinew backed bow enthusiasts and has taken an interest in this build. He asked me how I planned to brace the bow with this much reflex then suggested temporary nocks. He said what he does is tie a piece of leather below the nocks and use a tiller string at those temporary nocks to bend the bow while putting a string on the regular nocks...so that's what I did...

...then I tied on a para cord tiller string using bowyers knots. This worked great but once I got the string on I could tell the string was tracking to the left of the bow.


now I'll go back and shape the tips and do some heat correcting on the levers to get the string to line up.  More to come.
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #160 on: February 20, 2023, 02:05:53 pm »
whats you estimate on draw weight,, when it was braced
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #161 on: February 20, 2023, 02:16:28 pm »
Brad, it pulled off to one side as soon as I got tension on the bow string so I unbraced it and heated and bent the levers over a bit. I need to pre-stretch the new string for it too to be able to brace it. I'm going down to my shop now to shape the levers and tips then I'll try to brace it again.
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #162 on: February 20, 2023, 02:52:39 pm »
Brad, I just low braced the bow(used push/pull) and put it in the tree with the bow scale. She pulled 33#@22" so that works out to about 45#@26" maybe a bit less. I still have a little adjusting to do but the levers are long enough I might pike it an inch or so on each limb which will bring the weight up some. She does seem to draw pretty smoothly.
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #163 on: February 20, 2023, 06:01:46 pm »
Cools stuff. I’m still watching this. 
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Re: New bow started(again, 1/4/2022){ and again 8/10/22}
« Reply #164 on: February 20, 2023, 07:02:40 pm »
wow that sounds bout perfect,, :)
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