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Offline huisme

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Re: Yew Cherry Molle'
« Reply #30 on: July 30, 2015, 03:42:48 am »
They do make wonderful flight bows. You can snap a lever easier than you can snap a regular limb but assuming I don't sit on it or smack brush a lot I'd take a molle over pretty much anything.
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Re: Yew Cherry Molle'
« Reply #31 on: August 01, 2015, 03:40:28 am »
Man that is a fantastic looking bow!  :D
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Re: Yew Cherry Molle' with FD Pic
« Reply #32 on: August 01, 2015, 12:52:41 pm »
I've just tried it with the reworked levers and arrow pass cut away a bit more.
First shot was a soft loose and went exactly the same distance as before....so...
I had another go, great loose...so good I never saw the arrow!
 283 yards :laugh:
Mike said I'd get another 30 yards... but I only got an extra 22 .. shows how much he knows ::) ;)
Here's a FD pic, lower limb looks twisted but I think that's camera angle and a bit of cant on the bow.
My mate JT who took the pic was shooting his 130# warbow hence the big boy arrows stuck in the ground at my feet.
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« Last Edit: August 01, 2015, 01:14:34 pm by Del the cat »
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Offline GB

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Re: Yew Cherry Molle' FD Pic
« Reply #33 on: August 02, 2015, 03:06:41 am »
Sweet!  I have to try my hand at one of those, now.  Beautiful bow and it smokes an arrow, too.
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Re: Yew Cherry Molle' FD Pic
« Reply #34 on: August 02, 2015, 07:50:19 am »
Very nice bow Del.Very good work. God Bless
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Offline Carson (CMB)

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Re: Yew Cherry Molle' FD Pic
« Reply #35 on: August 03, 2015, 02:17:03 am »
Lovely Bow. Makes me want to try the design too.
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Re: Yew Cherry Molle' FD Pic
« Reply #36 on: August 03, 2015, 05:16:39 am »
Del, that's a great bow. I would have cut the levers a bit too.
Molly rules.
Try the same design with recurved levers and you'll be done.
Michael
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Re: Yew Cherry Molle' FD Pic
« Reply #37 on: August 03, 2015, 05:51:37 am »
Quote from: redhawk55 on August 03, 2015, 05:16:39 am
Del, that's a great bow. I would have cut the levers a bit too.
Molly rules.
Try the same design with recurved levers and you'll be done.
Michael
Yeah... it's on the must do list :laugh:
Del
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Offline KellyG

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Re: Yew Cherry Molle' FD Pic
« Reply #38 on: August 03, 2015, 11:16:54 am »
Cool I need to try one of them some day.
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Re: Yew Cherry Molle' FD Pic
« Reply #39 on: August 03, 2015, 02:16:11 pm »
Nice bow Del, really like the combo. Great tiller too.

the reduced levers and fades is allready done, it would have been my suggestion too. Additinal I would use a thinner string, dunno know what you use - but I think 2x3 strands of a ff is more than enough.

What I'm always thing on:
reduce the mass at levers by cutting out the neutral inner third and replace it by using distance blocks ...
what do ya think?
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Yew Cherry Molle' FD Pic
« Reply #40 on: August 03, 2015, 02:27:03 pm »
Quote from: simson on August 03, 2015, 02:16:11 pm
Nice bow Del, really like the combo. Great tiller too.

the reduced levers and fades is allready done, it would have been my suggestion too. Additinal I would use a thinner string, dunno know what you use - but I think 2x3 strands of a ff is more than enough.

What I'm always thing on:
reduce the mass at levers by cutting out the neutral inner third and replace it by using distance blocks ...
what do ya think?
Yeah... exactly what I've been thinking... and the string is 6 strand already ;D
I'll do a bit more tweaking on it.
I think my loose needs some work and I'm wondering about making a special flight shooting tab... dunno quite how two'  ::)
Maybe Drop Bear skin faced with horse feathers made for a two finger release would be slick? ::)
Del
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Re: Yew Cherry Molle' FD Pic
« Reply #41 on: May 29, 2020, 09:18:25 pm »
Quote from: Del the cat on August 03, 2015, 05:51:37 am
Yeah... it's on the must do list :laugh:
Del

Hi Del, How did this bow hold up? Was the yew sapwood back something you could comment on again?
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Offline bassman

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Re: Yew Cherry Molle' FD Pic
« Reply #42 on: May 30, 2020, 02:07:45 am »
Nice.
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Re: Yew Cherry Molle' FD Pic
« Reply #43 on: May 30, 2020, 07:02:23 am »
Lovely profile.

Drewster good to see ya !!

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