52" osage follow along

[Sidewinder]

Lookin very nice Clint.   Danny

[osage outlaw]

Thanks guys 

Dave, It could be a tad stiff there.  I just checked the limb and there is a bumped up pin knot on the edge of the limb there that might make it look a little funny. 


I'm hoping to ease it on back to full draw Tuesday.  That is my next day off work.  I got an experimental backing in the mail today.  I might see how it looks on this bow.  Its thin cotton fabric with a snake skin pattern.  The bow on the right is a real WDB skin.  I hope it looks good on a bow.  6 backings for under $8 isn't bad.

[PAHunter]

Sweet pattern!  I think I'm going to stop by my local fabric store tomorrow.

[hedgeapple]

Clint, it's looking really good.  I can see difference between 19" and 21".  You are definitively not "chasing a tiller" on this bow.  You're just tweaking it to perfection.  Did you narrow the tips or thin them?

You're the one who can see and feel the bow.  Follow your gut and your knowledge.  I (we) are just armchair quarterbacks. So here's my armchair quarterback suggestion.  The right limb just past the pin knot is bending more than the knot is.  I wouldn't touch that area for a bit.  If you can get the pin knot area to bend a bit that would be great.  All in all if you can get the outer limbs to bend as much more as you did between 19" and 21' by the time you get to 23" you're probably perfect by my eyes.  And  you'll still have an inch or two to play with.

At this point I would probably be tillering it in my hand with photo support or a mirror more than I would be on the tree.  It takes longer to do, but for me it has help.

[Danzn Bar]

Clint,
If that backing works for you, I'd like to know where you got it.  It looks like it might be some good camo backing for some of my hickory's that I don't want to stain. 
Bill

[burchett.donald]

  No critique needed on that bend Clint...
                                                                    Don

[osage outlaw]

I twisted up a string for it out of a mix of FF and D97.  After I make a string I put it on my endless loop jig, stretch it super tight over night, and rub the wax in with a piece of leather.  When I string the bow for the first time there is absolutely no movement with the string. 




Here it is at 25".  My full draw is shorter than that. 




I shot a few arrows with it.  Its a pretty snappy little bow.  I'll need to make a set of arrows with a lower spine to fit it.  I haven't decided which limb will be up or down.  What full draw do you think looks better?  I'll call this one top limb up.




Or top limb down?

[rps3]

Cool looking bow. I vote for the second full draw.

[bubby]

something's throwing me off, must be the long pants , personally I like the first f/d but really either way look's great Clint, just how short is your draw, bub

[osage outlaw]

Those are my workin' outside pants Bubby.  And my draw is 24" on a good day.

[Badly Bent]

I'd say the first hand drawn pic, top limb up Clint but to be honest it looks pretty much the same to me either way.
Nice bend, what kinda draw weight did you end up with?

[osage outlaw]

45@24"

[TRACY]

I'm with Bub and Greg, first pic but both work. Too cold for shorts?

Tiller looks great! Looks like a deer killing machine!

Forgot to mention that I like your string jig with shelf brackets! I do the same with my strings as well but using b50, it takes out any slack.

Tracy

[bushboy]

looks very nice1

[osage outlaw]

Thanks guys.   


Even with all that bend it is still holding just a little bit of reflex.  Now that the hard part is done, I'm excited about doing the finishing work on it.