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Offline huisme

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Is the recurve on the right side longer than the recurve on the other?

Yep. I could have fixed it, I just failed to clamp the bottom all the way and left a little gap between the back and the jig, but as always it's just my bow so it's no biggie ;D
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Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.

Offline Danzn Bar

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Lot of draw length for that short bow and I'm also impressed by the low mass weight, nicely done. :)

Yeah .... you got all of it out of that piece of wood.
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great bow with little wood. Reminds me on the Mohegan recurves. Good work man.
Haven't found it: is it BL or osage, looks like BL.
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Offline huisme

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great bow with little wood. Reminds me on the Mohegan recurves. Good work man.
Haven't found it: is it BL or osage, looks like BL.

Oh right, it's locust :) Due to an accident I have a little osage to try this design, pretty sure it'll compare nicely.
50#@26"
Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.

Offline joachimM

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Good job on that one.
How thick is the bow throughout the working section?
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Offline Aries

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I just split up a short 52 in osage log and got about 5 staves out of it, one of them will definitely be inspired by your bow! Good job bud
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Offline huisme

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How thick is the bow throughout the working section?

It's hard to say without callipers but it looks like 7/16" just out of the grip, juuuust under 3/8" at mid limb, and about 1/4" just before the nock/in the recurves.
50#@26"
Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.

Offline red hill

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Nice bow, Marc. That should be fun to hunt with.

Offline GlisGlis

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Very nice little one!
Do another full draw please  ;)

Offline huisme

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Just got a painfully cheap chronograph, this thing is shooting at 164-166fps, feels a little slower than my mollegabets but I'm happy with it ;D ;D ;D

I'll get some better draw shots and maybe a video sometime soon.
50#@26"
Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.