My only regret...

[PEARL DRUMS]

Too short for the wood Pat. The. Stave was in 45-50% humidity for a few months.

[PatM]

How far were you drawing it?

[PEARL DRUMS]

28.5"

[Eric Krewson]

Remember now, in another thread the Nay Sayers said what you just accomplished is a no-no, won't work and is very bad to even try.

My findings with heat and tempering have been very good as well. I had one BBO with sorry, chalky wood that had a ton of string follow and shot like a dog. After tempering the wood it lost all the string follow, gained a pound or two but still shot a bit sluggishly. My findings is that softer, less dense wood doesn't gain as much in performance with heat as that nice, dense, buttery osage.   

[PEARL DRUMS]

Trying never hurt a thing Eric, that's my feeling anyhow. I have done as much tinkering with unsatisfactory bows as I have "good" ones. That alone has allowed me to learn to do a lot of things I was told are no-no's.

 I forgot to mention I tempered the bow and was done by 10:20 am. By 2:30 pm. I was in the yard shooting it with a BIG grin on my face. The aforementioned tinkering has taught me I can do that as well, with equally great results as waiting 1-7 days. Ive done it both ways dozens of times to arrive at that deduction.

[Pappy]

Man Chris you are just an out of control outlaw. Looking forward to the pictures.
   Pappy

[missilemaster]

I usually temper mine when I get it floor tillered. They are usually within 10 pounds at that point, you know what I mean.

[bradsmith2010]

sounds like a nice bow congrats,

[Marc St Louis]

I forgot to mention I tempered the bow and was done by 10:20 am. By 2:30 pm. I was in the yard shooting it with a BIG grin on my face. The aforementioned tinkering has taught me I can do that as well, with equally great results as waiting 1-7 days. Ive done it both ways dozens of times to arrive at that deduction.

I'll take your word for that Chris but I'm still gonna wait a day before doing anything.  You know when you touch the stove and burn your fingers you just don't want to touch that stove again.

[PEARL DRUMS]

I understand Marc. One day I may have a blow up or crack open, then Ill wait. But Im hard headed as they come and need to have personal reasons before I change my ways. I learned to make bows in a very unorthodox way for that very same reason.

[Roy]

Hard headed? No way, not Pearl Drums.. LOL

[Marc St Louis]

I understand Marc. One day I may have a blow up or crack open, then Ill wait. But Im hard headed as they come and need to have personal reasons before I change my ways. I learned to make bows in a very unorthodox way for that very same reason.

Sounds just like me 

[PEARL DRUMS]

It didn't take set for some reason or another. I know exactly why it took set, hence the reason I stopped drawing it shortly into the build and tempered it. This bow and thread wasn't a mistake in any way.

[PatM]

I think the point Mike is making is that your bow and Eric's don't really have much in common.