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Offline Okie

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Re: "Sweet Imperfections"
« Reply #15 on: January 06, 2010, 10:46:47 pm »
Very nice !!!
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Offline zeNBowyer

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Re: "Sweet Imperfections"
« Reply #16 on: January 06, 2010, 10:47:54 pm »
That's some  beautiful  work,  have  you chrono yet?
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Offline Jesse

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Re: "Sweet Imperfections"
« Reply #17 on: January 06, 2010, 11:10:38 pm »
I really like the profile and tiller on that one. Great job :)
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Offline brownhillboy

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Re: "Sweet Imperfections"
« Reply #18 on: January 07, 2010, 12:46:03 am »
Nice job Kegan!  It does look like it would be fast.  I was also wondering if you had actually chronoed it.  I'm still amazed that you can draw such heavy weight bows!
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Offline Pappy

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Re: "Sweet Imperfections"
« Reply #19 on: January 07, 2010, 06:01:20 am »
Very nice work Kegan,another beautiful light weight bow. ;) :)
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Offline recurve shooter

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Re: "Sweet Imperfections"
« Reply #20 on: January 07, 2010, 10:34:16 am »
awsome bow man!  ;D
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Offline DanaM

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Re: "Sweet Imperfections"
« Reply #21 on: January 07, 2010, 10:37:21 am »
Nice tiller on that one Kegan well done eh :)
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: "Sweet Imperfections"
« Reply #22 on: January 07, 2010, 10:56:56 am »
Beautiful bow and very well tillered. Jawge
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Offline Barrage

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Re: "Sweet Imperfections"
« Reply #23 on: January 07, 2010, 11:44:30 am »
Nice bow Kegan.  Looks like it has some umph to it.   >:D
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Offline Chiloquin

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Re: "Sweet Imperfections"
« Reply #24 on: January 07, 2010, 12:10:10 pm »
Thats a sweet bow, great job!
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Offline OldBow

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Re: "Sweet Imperfections"
« Reply #25 on: January 07, 2010, 01:49:20 pm »
Quite the tips. Obviously you know how to make a bow with string alignment. Bookmarked, too, for Jan Self BOM
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Offline Kegan

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Re: "Sweet Imperfections"
« Reply #26 on: January 07, 2010, 06:25:57 pm »
Thanks everyone, I truly appreciate all the kind words :)

Kenneth- when the weather breaks and the snow lifts, I'm going out to the gas line to see how well it shoots at 100 yards. Right now I can't even see where the point-on ditance with this bow is yet.

Sulphur- I bareshaft the bow to the arrows, filing away the arrow pass until it shoots perfectly (kinda like a plunger with Olympic recurves). On this one I went a step further to radius the front of the arrow pass in case of torque. This is defiantely my most high-tech handle yet :D

Canoe- I used the heat gun on this one. I kept having to adjust the amounts of deflex in the limbs during tillering, saved alot of scraping and possible weight loss. Everything considered though, I relaly do think this was the easiest bow I've tillered in a very long time.

Zen- no, but I'd love to chronograph this thing. Actually, I'd like to chronograph all my bows, but this one just seems the only one that might not make me embarrased ;D

And thanks again everyone :)
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Offline adb

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Re: "Sweet Imperfections"
« Reply #27 on: January 07, 2010, 07:47:26 pm »
Super bow Kegan! Nice job all around.
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Offline crooketarrow

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Re: "Sweet Imperfections"
« Reply #28 on: January 07, 2010, 08:12:17 pm »
  Good job and that got to be the lonest draw lenth on a self bow I ever see.And I've built bows for 20 years.Can't ever remember building  or seen a 30 inch draw self bow built.Hickorys nice isn't it.My favoret bow wood for selfbows.
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Offline Kegan

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Re: "Sweet Imperfections"
« Reply #29 on: January 07, 2010, 09:07:52 pm »
Thanks guys :)

crooketarrow- I've seen much longer draws on selfbows before (at higher weights too!)- and as long as it won't punish me with lots of set I'll keep pulling 'em back that far ;D.
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