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Offline Badly Bent

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Burnt Toast-2nd white oak bow
« on: November 11, 2012, 07:51:34 pm »
This is the second white oak I've made and just finished. Gave it the name of 'burnt toast' because of the deep heating she had. Reflex heated in and I really didn't expect or want that much reflex to stay in it. Shoots with some handshock and now that I see the pics I think it may be due to poor tiller. Anyway; 58" ntn, 48# @ 26" and plenty o' propellor twist. Thanks for looking gang.
Greg
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Offline Dictionary

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Re: Burnt Toast-2nd white oak bow
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2012, 07:56:38 pm »
Tiller looks spot on to me. What did you finish it with?

Nice work
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Offline Zion

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Re: Burnt Toast-2nd white oak bow
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2012, 07:59:07 pm »
Daaamn dude that looks awesome! I don't think the tiller is the reason for the handshock because it can't get much better than that. Really nice finish, too, just the way i like it.
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Re: Burnt Toast-2nd white oak bow
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2012, 08:04:26 pm »
Great looking bow. I dont see a pic of the one with poor tiller tho.
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Re: Burnt Toast-2nd white oak bow
« Reply #4 on: November 11, 2012, 08:13:35 pm »
Finish looks sweet...

Im gonna play devils advocate and disagree with everyone about the tiller being perfect. I disected it and drew a straight line from tip to tip. I think your handshock is coming from a hair to stiff of a bottom limb..it looks like the bottom limb tip is about almost an inch behind the top limb tip,and looks a hair stiff by that black wrap. Brace profile shows around a 3/8" positive tiller too. As long as it shoots good and the handshock doesn't bother ya too much then just leave it. I like the unbraced profile,and it should have some zip.

Not picking on ya,just explaining what I'm seeing from the pics. Which doesn't tell the whole story as I know.
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Burnt Toast-2nd white oak bow
« Reply #5 on: November 11, 2012, 08:41:24 pm »
Sweet bow like the finish.
Rob
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: Burnt Toast-2nd white oak bow
« Reply #6 on: November 11, 2012, 08:43:13 pm »
Looks really nice Greg.  Great finish on that one.  Agree on the bottom limb, but it's probably picking at nits.  Better than a lot of mine.
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Offline H Rhodes

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Re: Burnt Toast-2nd white oak bow
« Reply #7 on: November 11, 2012, 09:16:15 pm »
Beautiful bow Greg.  How wide are your limbs? The first ones I made out of  white oak, I overbuilt some, too wide, tips too heavy.... thinking I was dealing with some other type of oak or a lesser bow wood.... which made my hand sting some.  I have learned to go with narrower limbs and thinner tips -  white oak will take the strain and shoot sweeter that way...   All that said, I really like it and I think you finish a bow with the best of them!!  Tiller looks pretty doggone good to me.  Pics are hard to tell by...  I think that bow i posted with that doe the other day might have been 1 3/8" at the fades down to about 3/8 at the tips.....   I couldn't wait till season is over - I am chasing a ring on that BL right now.   
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Re: Burnt Toast-2nd white oak bow
« Reply #8 on: November 11, 2012, 09:37:42 pm »
Thanks Dictionary, finish is leather dye with 7 coats tru oil followed by 3 coats satin spar.
Thanks Zion
Thanks Turtle
Yeah Chris I think your right about tiller being cause of shock, it is 3/8" pos. tiller at top limb too just as you guessed. Top limb does a weird whoopty doo out of fade and I tried to get tiller closer to 3/16" than 3/8" but couldn't for some reason. My tiller eye is an on again
off again thing lol. Gonna have to leave this one as finished though.
Thanks Trapper Rob
Thanks Simbob and yeah I agree on the bottom limb to after looking at the pic more. :)
Thanks Howard, limbs are 1 1/2" at widest. I will be getting more white oak in the future to play with, like the stuff. Good luck with that
locust stave and remember I have another saved for you.
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: Burnt Toast-2nd white oak bow
« Reply #9 on: November 11, 2012, 09:55:48 pm »
If its to much hand shock for you send her to me, that is one incredibly nice bow.    ;D

Jon
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Re: Burnt Toast-2nd white oak bow
« Reply #10 on: November 12, 2012, 12:03:17 am »
That is one sick bow there !!!!!!!very cool looking, very cool! >:D
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Re: Burnt Toast-2nd white oak bow
« Reply #11 on: November 12, 2012, 01:13:43 am »
Thanks Infrit
Thanks Soy
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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: Burnt Toast-2nd white oak bow
« Reply #12 on: November 12, 2012, 08:07:03 am »
Nice finish, great looking bow. Hope you can get the hand-shock issues fixed.
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Offline JonW

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Re: Burnt Toast-2nd white oak bow
« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2012, 08:49:08 am »
Nice looking bow Greg. A little handshock just separates the men from the boys.
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Re: Burnt Toast-2nd white oak bow
« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2012, 09:39:57 am »
Quote from: JonW on November 12, 2012, 08:49:08 am
Nice looking bow Greg. A little handshock just separates the men from the boys.

Yup..the men like it smooth and the boys like it rough..lol :laugh:
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