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Offline bushboy

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it don't take much elm!
« on: December 08, 2013, 12:35:31 am »
This is a little molly I made a couple of years ago,58"ttt,43@26,elm board,10oz,never finished it ,but goes to show elm is a great bow wood when heat treated!1/4" of visable set after introducing 1" of reflex
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: it don't take much elm!
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2013, 10:40:10 am »
Nice
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Offline koan

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Re: it don't take much elm!
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2013, 10:46:18 am »
That is impressive.... Brian
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Offline tattoo dave

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Re: it don't take much elm!
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2013, 10:53:53 am »
Sweet!!! Gotta love that elm. Nice work.

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Offline Pat B

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Re: it don't take much elm!
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2013, 11:40:14 am »
Nice bow, bushboy. I was very pleased with elm when I finally use some on a 60" static recurve. It was similar in size as an osage static I had built and shot just as well.
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Offline Badger

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Re: it don't take much elm!
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2013, 11:44:27 am »
  Elm is another very elastic wood. Makes great bows. Might should be moved up to the list of 1st string bow woods.
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: it don't take much elm!
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2013, 12:03:33 pm »
Depends on the Elm Steve

Nice bow.  Glad to see someone else benefiting from the heat-treating process.
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Offline Dazv

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Re: it don't take much elm!
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2013, 01:42:29 pm »
Quote from: Marc St Louis on December 08, 2013, 12:03:33 pm
Depends on the Elm Steve

Nice bow.  Glad to see someone else benefiting from the heat-treating process.

Hi Marc
Do you mean the species of elm or the quality of the wood it's self???

Really nice little bow by the way!!!
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Offline Arrowind

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Re: it don't take much elm!
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2013, 01:45:32 pm »
That's awesome!  It' doesn't look like it bends in the handle at all.  Is that correct?
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Offline Badger

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Re: it don't take much elm!
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2013, 01:50:57 pm »
  Mark, I heat treat just about everything. I did some experiments yesterday heat treating some purple heart arrow shafts and it really stiffened them up. Yew is the only thing I really don't heat treat, might be good for that to I am just a bit afraid of the yew getting brittle.
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Offline bushboy

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Re: it don't take much elm!
« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2013, 02:52:54 pm »
Thx's all!,yeah it's a stiff handle,kinda pushing the limits!it was more of an experimental one,I keep it around for a light bow for guests to shoot.
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Offline sleek

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Re: it don't take much elm!
« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2013, 03:39:55 pm »
I love Elm and consider it superior to Osage for several reasons. What species of Elm is that? It really does depend on the species as to how good a bow em makes. Red elm doesnt do near as good as Wych Elm and American.
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Offline bushboy

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Re: it don't take much elm!
« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2013, 03:42:33 pm »
White/american elm
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Offline sleek

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Re: it don't take much elm!
« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2013, 03:46:22 pm »
And that Sir, is why you have such a good bow from so little amount of wood. I have done no test to prove it, but I think American and Wych Elm can be lighter in mass per draw poundage of bow than Osage, or any other wood, and still hold together, due to its extreme interlocking grain.
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Offline IdahoMatt

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Re: it don't take much elm!
« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2013, 05:17:39 pm »
Looks great man.  How wide did you make the limbs?
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