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Offline adams89

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question about bow lenght
« on: January 16, 2014, 05:20:18 pm »
Hi everybody

I got a New stave of osage  its a little snake, but it has no major knots,
I would like to know your oppinions in the dimensions

I want to geht a 70 - 80 pound bow out of it.
My last one was 67 inches long and pulls 82# and im wondering if i can go shorter without a backing and without risking set

So please let me know what you think about the  dimensions.

Thanks Johannes
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Offline Pat B

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Re: question about bow lenght
« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2014, 05:56:55 pm »
Johannes, What is your draw length?  For a 28" draw  you could go 64" to 66".  Make the bow a little wider than you did for the 67" bow.
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Offline Fred Arnold

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Re: question about bow lenght
« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2014, 05:58:17 pm »
I find the shorter length bows taking more set but I'm convinced it's because of my longer draw length (28 1/2) and I may have not left them wide enough for the length.
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Offline adams89

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Re: question about bow lenght
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2014, 06:15:30 pm »
Oh sorry my drawlegth is 27  ;D
And im planning in making the bow 1 1/2  inches wide  so what would be your oppinion in that ?
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Offline Badger

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« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2014, 06:19:40 pm »
   I just finished an 82#@29" osage. 65" long. I made it 1 7/8 at the fades and 1 1/2 mid limb. I used a 10" handle and fade area. It didn't take more than 1/2" set. I have pulled it out to 30". I plan to shorten it to 62" and keep the weight about 80#@28. Bow has about 1" induced reflex.
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Offline Badger

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« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2014, 06:21:08 pm »
  You should be ok with that if you don't use the pyramid design. Past 70# I might want to go a tad wider. I made mine extra wide because of the odd tiller I used.
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Offline adams89

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Re: question about bow lenght
« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2014, 06:23:13 pm »
Quote from: Badger on January 16, 2014, 06:19:40 pm
   I just finished an 82#@29" osage. 65" long. I made it 1 7/8 at the fades and 1 1/2 mid limb. I used a 10" handle and fade area. It didn't take more than 1/2" set. I have pulled it out to 30". I plan to shorten it to 62" and keep the weight about 80#@28. Bow has about 1" induced reflex.

That sounds nice ! I would love to See a picture of that bow!!! :o
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Offline adams89

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« Reply #7 on: January 16, 2014, 06:33:09 pm »
Im planning in a parallel limb design, my aim is to get a very short selfbow, with a good drawweight and a high performance, im from germany and not that experienced with osage  (2 Bows), so im relying in you guys and your knowledge, my main bowwood is elm ash yew etc. But i realy love osage !! So please tell me your opinion!!!
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