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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Hickory Pyramid 74@28"
« Reply #15 on: November 24, 2016, 08:19:54 am »
I bet it does whip an arrow at that draw weight, plenty of pounds!

I agree, you should either beef up to 16 strands of B-Stretchy, or switch to a dyneema. At your draw weight your leaning hard on 12 strands of B50.
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Re: Hickory Pyramid 74@28"
« Reply #16 on: November 24, 2016, 09:20:53 am »
Great looking bow period mnb.12 strands of fast flight plus for string would work on your bow great too.Another 10 to 12 days and you've have another bow too yet....lol.
I was wondering about those basswood arrow shafts.Spine/thickness/length etc.If you kept track of it.I've never used basswood before for shafts but do have a few basswood tree limbs here I could split.I like that natural turkey fletching too.
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Offline make-n-break

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Re: Hickory Pyramid 74@28"
« Reply #17 on: November 24, 2016, 10:45:10 am »
Thanks for the compliments gents! It's always great to hear words of praise from all the bowlers I admire!

Beadman - I posted a "help identify" post about a year ago and the group though it was basswood.  So did my ole man and he's real good with plant IDs. It was winter and harder to ID. They grow in clusters, real straight and tall, along rivers and swampy ditches. There can be hundreds of clusters in one spot.  Give me a couple days and I'll head down to a patch close to the house and get you a proper write up on the process, along with arrow specs.
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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: Hickory Pyramid 74@28"
« Reply #18 on: November 24, 2016, 10:45:49 am »
Good looking lines and tiller.
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Re: Hickory Pyramid 74@28"
« Reply #19 on: November 24, 2016, 11:03:38 am »
Nice Make and unlikely to Break, tiller looks excellent. Very clean work and cool nocks too.
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Re: Hickory Pyramid 74@28"
« Reply #20 on: November 24, 2016, 11:25:27 am »
mnb....Then they are shoot shafts it sounds like.Hmmm.Don't know if that's basswod then.I'm always in the mix for different good types of arrow shaft wood.
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Offline wizardgoat

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Re: Hickory Pyramid 74@28"
« Reply #21 on: November 24, 2016, 11:35:14 am »
I'm usually not a fan of board bows, but you pulled this one off very nicely.
Great tiller, cheers

Offline kamil2910

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Re: Hickory Pyramid 74@28"
« Reply #22 on: November 27, 2016, 04:57:54 am »
Top arm is to much stiiff,all preasure in draw go to weaker down arm

Offline make-n-break

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Re: Hickory Pyramid 74@28"
« Reply #23 on: November 27, 2016, 04:41:20 pm »
Kamil - it's the prop twist on the lower limb playing tricks on the camera. It's actually the stiffer limb. I've since heat treated the bottom limb to stiffen it up even more and take out some of the prop twist. The tiller looks much better to the camera now but I don't want to keep the thread alive too long by posting more pics.
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Offline bradsmith2010

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Re: Hickory Pyramid 74@28"
« Reply #24 on: November 27, 2016, 06:33:20 pm »
nice bow congrats,, I like your wrap on nocks,, :)

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Re: Hickory Pyramid 74@28"
« Reply #25 on: November 28, 2016, 09:19:22 am »
Very nice job, beautiful bow. :)
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Offline Onebowonder

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Re: Hickory Pyramid 74@28"
« Reply #26 on: November 28, 2016, 06:40:11 pm »
Lovely!   8)  -OneBow

Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Hickory Pyramid 74@28"
« Reply #27 on: November 29, 2016, 01:37:13 pm »
Sweet bow. I love the design and those specs!
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Re: Hickory Pyramid 74@28"
« Reply #28 on: November 29, 2016, 07:47:37 pm »
Thanks for the compliments gentlemen!
"When making a bow from board staves you are freeing a thing of dignity from the humiliation of static servitude." -TBB1