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Offline half eye

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Re: Yew Cherry Molle'
« Reply #15 on: July 29, 2015, 02:50:44 pm »
Hey Dell,
    First off compliments on a very well made Mollegabet, I see nothing wrong or "heavy" with the levers. But if you insist that they are I took the liberty of marking one of your pics to where you could loose some mass and still keep the levers rigid.
    That is just gorgeous sir !!!!  (the way it is 8))
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Re: Yew Cherry Molle'
« Reply #16 on: July 29, 2015, 02:53:55 pm »
helps to post the pic, I guess
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Yew Cherry Molle'
« Reply #17 on: July 29, 2015, 02:59:47 pm »
Cheers Rich, I was hoping you'd drop in :laugh:
Gotta admit I'm impressed with the design it's shot further than any other 45# bow I've made and from a shorter draw length.
It would be interesting to use a sipur and shoot maybe a 20" arrow...
I'll be over the flight field at the weekend so I may do a few tweaks and give it another try.
No sign of chrysals yet and I'm resisting the temptation to over draw it and ruin it.
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Re: Yew Cherry Molle'
« Reply #18 on: July 29, 2015, 03:05:33 pm »
Del the levers ar the transition only need to be 1/8" thicker than the working limb so you could lose some mass right there
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Offline half eye

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Re: Yew Cherry Molle'
« Reply #19 on: July 29, 2015, 03:18:15 pm »
Dell,
     If I'm seeing correctly, you have her back to 25" on the tiller. If that is so then that little (55") bugger is shooting damned fine. Also from what I can see in the pics (no set, and nice even circular tiller) it would probably go back another inch....but why?  You made a very fine example of the type so why not live with it's limits on this guy?  I believe that the original was estimated to be about 66 to 68 inches long.....you already know that at that size you could get your usual 30-32 inch draw length.
   I'm sorry...I'm just trying to preserve a very fine bow....it's yours so carry on sir....and yes they are fine shooting weapons.
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Re: Yew Cherry Molle'
« Reply #20 on: July 29, 2015, 03:21:38 pm »
Lever thickness took me a while the first few times, it's something you learn to just do :)

I just took some pics of my current lever width which I mostly do by feel, it's less than I was guessing.





These levers are 5/8" thick/deep at the base but aren't completely refined. Really narrow levers like mine stay pretty deep and still flex a touch. I get away with rounding off the thickness quite a bit at the base from the fade and every bit of mass reduction helps ;)
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Re: Yew Cherry Molle'
« Reply #21 on: July 29, 2015, 04:03:42 pm »
Thanks for that  :)
I've been going for a slightly T shaped cross section with mine.
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Re: Yew Cherry Molle'
« Reply #22 on: July 29, 2015, 04:53:40 pm »
I've thought about that, making a sort of I beam from the levers with my chisels, but I haven't had the guts to try yet.
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Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.

Offline bushboy

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Re: Yew Cherry Molle'
« Reply #23 on: July 29, 2015, 07:05:42 pm »
Very nice! 8)certainly one of my favorite designs,ssmooth drawing and fast shooters!looks like you nailed it first go around,i suspect this won't be your last.lol!now I got to build a true longbow haha.
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Re: Yew Cherry Molle'
« Reply #24 on: July 29, 2015, 09:22:39 pm »
Thats a loverly looking combo!!!!  8)
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: Yew Cherry Molle'
« Reply #25 on: July 29, 2015, 09:33:58 pm »
She's certainly pretty to behold!  Sounds like she is a go for shooting, too!
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Re: Yew Cherry Molle'
« Reply #26 on: July 30, 2015, 01:09:05 am »
Very cool stick Del!
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: Yew Cherry Molle'
« Reply #27 on: July 30, 2015, 02:22:33 am »
Del that is a beautiful bow. The cherry almost looks like yew heart wood.
It's time I make a Molly and see what all the fuss is about!
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Re: Yew Cherry Molle'
« Reply #28 on: July 30, 2015, 03:02:33 am »
Good advice already given Del. !/8 thick at the base than the end of the working limb and width from 1/2 to a 1/4 at the very tip is how I make mine. You can also lose a bit of weight off the end of the working limb - make it less angular. One final thing is that it is no problem at all to trap the levers - this is where your main weight saving can come. I think you should be able to get another 30  - 50 yds out of it.
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Yew Cherry Molle'
« Reply #29 on: July 30, 2015, 03:30:43 am »
Cheers Mike.
It amuses me that it shot 1 yard further than a 130# warbow with a 32" draw... mind that didn't use a decently matched flight arrow.
I'll tune it up a bit.
Del
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