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Offline redhillwoods

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amount of recurve in black walnut?
« on: November 10, 2019, 07:05:42 am »
Hi everyone. I'm working on a black walnut deflexed recurve. 67' ntn. i got it braced and then deflexed the handle area and started the recurve about 2/3 of the way down the limb and curve gradually up toward the nocks. I used steam and then tempered the whole bow with a heatgun. The nocks sit 3 3/4" above the handle. Is this too much reflex for this species? Ample width of 1 3/4" for 2/3 of each limb before tapering to the nocks.
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Offline redhillwoods

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Re: amount of recurve in black walnut?
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2019, 07:18:20 am »
The intended draw weight is 40 lbs. The stave is clean and straight grained.
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Offline Badger

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Re: amount of recurve in black walnut?
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2019, 08:14:04 am »
  You might be ok there, if it starts taking set early lower your target draw weight.
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