Recurve challenge.

[bjrogg]

I followed your build-a-long start to finish also. I definitely learned that I have a lot more leeway on using dry heat than I have been using. I would have thought turning the belly black would have made that stave firewood. Thanks again for taking the time and photos.

Just make sure you are thick enough to remove it tillering yet. When you get it thinner it doesn’t take nearly as much heat. Usually it barely changes color and moves really nicely. I usually hold pressure in direction I want wood to move until I feel it start to give up from the heat. Osage reacts really nice to heat corrections.

Try experimenting with some scrap wood. Not as much pressure that way. One thing that makes trouble is heat getting around to the back and scorching it.

[bjrogg]

Nice job, Brian!  Build along will he helpful to all!
Hawkdancer

Thanks Jerry. I have tried a couple times to do one here but it gets so difficult to keep my pictures organized and resize and post them. It sure would be nice to be able to just post pictures without resizing them.

Bjrogg

[Marc St Louis]

Looks good but I don't believe it will do 190 or even close to that but it may do 180 but more likely mid to high 170's.  You need excellent wood to do 190, a character stave just won't cut it. 

Many of the highly reflexed recurves I was making years ago wouldn't do 190, most would do mid 180's.  Looking though my old photos I've been able to find 3 that hit 190

[bjrogg]

Looks good but I don't believe it will do 190 or even close to that but it may do 180 but more likely mid to high 170's.  You need excellent wood to do 190, a character stave just won't cut it. 

Many of the highly reflexed recurves I was making years ago wouldn't do 190, most would do mid 180's.  Looking though my old photos I've been able to find 3 that hit 190

I’m sure you are right Marc. I never intended to even attempt it with this one. I’m quite certain I have never made one that would hit 190. I don’t really have any idea what my bows FPS are. I’m certain they are faster than the first ones I have made, but that’s not much help.

Marc what do you think of my tiller? If I went more reflex through entire limb and same tips. Never mind I’ll just have to look at some of yours again.

Bjrogg

[PatM]

Easy on a $99.00 Chrony. Do that with a no reflex self recurve.

But real test is PatG or aka Runner to try one rather talk about one.

Posted one  a few weeks back on the wall.   It!s not a kids weight bow though.

[Marc St Louis]

The tiller is good.  What is the braced string tension like?

[bjrogg]

I guess I would describe it as pretty decent.  Not the highest I have done for sure, but very respectable. I’m sure a really good piece of wood it would be higher.

Bjrogg

[M2A]

Well done Bj. That turned out great.
Mike

[George Tsoukalas]

Awesome build along, BJ. Very nice an thanks for doing it. Jawge

[bjrogg]

Thanks Mike.

Thanks George. I’m sure you have helped a lot of beginners catch that bug to. Thanks

Bjrogg