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Offline sieddy

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At long last a decent Bow! :)
« on: February 21, 2015, 12:03:58 pm »
Hi guys I'd appreciate some input on the bend of this my latest and most successful Hazel stave bow. It's pulling about 45#@26" and has hardly any string follow! :) I am over the moon as it's been more than a year I've been making shavings and having little success.
I think I should get it bending a little more and would be happy with 40-45# at 28". Incidentally there is a bit of prop twist which I couldn't steam out and my daughter Sofia assisted me with the photos. Cheers Si :)
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Offline sieddy

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« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2015, 12:08:01 pm »
sorry the pictures are poor quality I had a battle getting them small enough to post!  ::)
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Re: At long last a decent Bow! :)
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2015, 12:15:09 pm »
It appears you could move you draw hand up a couple inches in that full draw.  Looks pretty good to me congrats on your first decent bow  :)
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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: At long last a decent Bow! :)
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2015, 12:22:16 pm »
  First off congrats...Looking by the length you should easily get a few more inches...How long is your bow Sieddy?
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Offline sieddy

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Re: At long last a decent Bow! :)
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2015, 12:32:53 pm »
Hey Don 68" ntn.
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: At long last a decent Bow! :)
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2015, 12:36:54 pm »
Nice bow, and your little helper is adorable
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Offline arachnid

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Re: At long last a decent Bow! :)
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2015, 12:49:42 pm »
Am I the only one that sees a little hinge on the upper limb? Just outside the fade?
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Offline lebhuntfish

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Re: At long last a decent Bow! :)
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2015, 01:03:05 pm »
Quote from: arachnid on February 21, 2015, 12:49:42 pm
Am I the only one that sees a little hinge on the upper limb? Just outside the fade?

No your not buddy! Looks like if he took a few more scrapes from mid limb out it might fix it.

Looks like you have it to full draw. If 26" is your draw length then there is no reason to tiller it out to 28". Patrick
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Re: At long last a decent Bow! :)
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2015, 01:06:27 pm »
On second thought, that upper fade looks really stiff. Try to make sure you are holding your bow in the correct position on the handle and on the string. Then post another full draw pic. Patrick
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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: At long last a decent Bow! :)
« Reply #9 on: February 21, 2015, 01:16:19 pm »
Sieddy,
             Set your camera to 480x640 and pics will be perfect...We could see it better
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Offline arachnid

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Re: At long last a decent Bow! :)
« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2015, 01:27:47 pm »
Quote from: lebhuntfish on February 21, 2015, 01:06:27 pm
On second thought, that upper fade looks really stiff. Try to make sure you are holding your bow in the correct position on the handle and on the string. Then post another full draw pic. Patrick

Your right, I ment the mid-limb seems to be a little hinged. the fade looks very stiff.
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Offline sieddy

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« Reply #11 on: February 21, 2015, 01:37:20 pm »
Thanks fellas I knew I could rely on th PA community. :)
I see what you mean about the weak spot on the upper limb - should I scrape the upper fade?
Falcon I'll tell her someone said that and she'll blush :)
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Offline SLIMBOB

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Re: At long last a decent Bow! :)
« Reply #12 on: February 21, 2015, 02:32:55 pm »
On the pictures, I use gimp which  is a freeware program.  You can shrink the file size without the actual physical size.  Takes a little playing around with it to figure it out but a cool program.  Loosen the limb just past the fade on the upper limb as the area just past it is too loose.
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Offline sieddy

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« Reply #13 on: February 21, 2015, 02:41:00 pm »
Thanks Slimbob- I don't know much about online tools so I'll go on the social media sites asking if anyone can help me find Gimp  :o
Top tips mate :)
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Re: At long last a decent Bow! :)
« Reply #14 on: February 21, 2015, 02:43:18 pm »
Google it.
I'm no computer guy by any bodies definition.  Pretty easy download and fairly easy to use once you figure it out.  Lot's of things it will do to a pic which I couldn't begin to explain how to use, but editing photos for our purposes here, pretty handy.
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