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Offline Bitterguy

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Can i salvage this?
« on: April 08, 2013, 10:01:26 pm »
So I was going to make a 66" Molly for my old man's bday but then I decided to flip the board ovver and mark up a 72", I got it all cut to length and then I went in to remove wood from the lever area, using the drawing of the 66" bow on the wrong side cutting into what was the correct bows working limb by a good 5". This left me at 58" ttt and I was wondering since I'm going for a 25-30# @ 25-26" bow cus he's starting to get his old man joints if I could salvage a pyramid bow out of it, it will have a 4" handle 2" long by 2" wide fade and width taper from 3/4 to 1/2" would this work?
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Offline ionicmuffin

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Re: Can i salvage this?
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2013, 10:03:01 pm »
your going to need to give us the wood type. but most likely it will work
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Offline Bitterguy

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Re: Can i salvage this?
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2013, 10:04:46 pm »
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Can i salvage this?
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2013, 10:05:49 pm »
Nope. Your first idea is shot. Time for plan B. Keep the length as is. Make the whole thing 1 1/2" wide. Repeat the process you did on your bow again.  Keep in mind this is pushing the limits to the max and a tad past. You really shouldnt draw the bow over 22-23" to be safe. 25-30# max.
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Offline Bitterguy

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Re: Can i salvage this?
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2013, 10:14:17 pm »
Plan B being the pyramid bow? For understanding purposes why am I bringing it down to 1.5"
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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Can i salvage this?
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2013, 10:27:17 pm »
Skip the pyramid or grip idea. Your going to make the same bow you just did, but scale it down appropriatly. You can figure it out Im sure. Your a bowyer now.
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Offline Bitterguy

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Re: Can i salvage this?
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2013, 10:34:00 pm »
Alright, I was hoping for a different design, but I guess there are plenty mor staves for me to work on haha
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: Can i salvage this?
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2013, 11:13:40 pm »
To add on to what pearly said, maybe being a little more helpful, still go for the 66" molle, just keep the draw length down to 25" and you shouldn't have any problem.

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Offline Bitterguy

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Re: Can i salvage this?
« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2013, 11:17:12 pm »
To add on to what pearly said, maybe being a little more helpful, still go for the 66" molle, just keep the draw length down to 25" and you shouldn't have any problem.

Jon
To late now haha ::)
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: Can i salvage this?
« Reply #9 on: April 08, 2013, 11:28:51 pm »
Whoops I think I read your first post wrong... Do what pearly said...

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Re: Can i salvage this?
« Reply #10 on: April 10, 2013, 08:18:36 pm »
So I scaled it down, would the taper starting at 13" from the tip be good?
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