Author Topic: "Fenrir", 61lbs@29"  (Read 5214 times)

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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: "Fenrir", 61lbs@29"
« Reply #15 on: April 19, 2016, 02:30:24 pm »
Very Nice work Jonas! I bet that is a shooter. Congratulations from Oregon!  :)
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Offline Sasquatch

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Re: "Fenrir", 61lbs@29"
« Reply #16 on: April 19, 2016, 02:39:51 pm »
Great example of a well tiller ed ELB. Great job all around. Thanks for posting.

Offline Badger

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Re: "Fenrir", 61lbs@29"
« Reply #17 on: April 19, 2016, 06:34:02 pm »
  Very nice work Jonas! My guess is you will be doing more elbs in the future.

Offline Steve Milbocker

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Re: "Fenrir", 61lbs@29"
« Reply #18 on: April 19, 2016, 06:45:53 pm »
Really nice bow Jonas.
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Offline Badly Bent

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Re: "Fenrir", 61lbs@29"
« Reply #19 on: April 19, 2016, 08:57:23 pm »
That bow looks ready to step onto a battle field, real nice elb Jonas.
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Offline Jonas

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Re: "Fenrir", 61lbs@29"
« Reply #20 on: April 20, 2016, 05:11:38 am »
thank you for the kind words!

My guess is you will be doing more elbs in the future.

You are guessing right  ;) For the moment I need a short break from Yew, right now I m about to finish my first Osage bow (unfortunatly its rather expensive here), but there is also a lot of elm, elderberry, cherry....which needs my attention.
The next Yew bow will hopefully turn out to be a warbow (for starters  ;) ), my aim is 80-85lbs@29", but I need to practise a bit more before I can handle these drawweights

Offline bjrogg

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Re: "Fenrir", 61lbs@29"
« Reply #21 on: April 20, 2016, 06:25:00 am »
Very nice tiller. As I said before looking forward to your next one and some of those other woods
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: "Fenrir", 61lbs@29"
« Reply #22 on: April 20, 2016, 06:44:39 am »
Yup, good work :)
I found with horn nocks I hated doing them initially >:(, but the more I did the quicker, easier and more enjoyable it became. It's one of the bits you can put your own style into :laugh:.
Beware of sharp edges/grooves on the side of the nocks as the loops pivot upards during the draw and can chaffe there.
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Re: "Fenrir", 61lbs@29"
« Reply #23 on: April 20, 2016, 07:54:39 am »
Looks like a beaut' :)
Yes it would be good idea to use a chainsaw file to round out the nock grooves and don't be scared to file grooves into the sides. They won't break! I like to mark where the string is at brace and where it moves to at full draw then make the side groove to suit, wider at the bottom. If you make sure that the horns hole is a slightly smaller diameter than the bows ends then you can blend the limb into the nock whilst reducing it and get that perfect circular transition to them when finished.
Overall a very nice bow. Well done.

Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: "Fenrir", 61lbs@29"
« Reply #24 on: April 20, 2016, 08:28:03 am »
It's a beauty! Nicely done. Jawge
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