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Offline druid

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Elm bow, 70# 30”
« on: March 15, 2022, 11:48:44 am »
Elm bow for a friend from abroad that lives in Serbia. Elm, 70” ntn, 70# at 30”, tested to 32+”. Physical mass 515 gr, 5 1/2 brace height, heat treated, little character. One limb with slight deflex, the other one straight.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2022, 12:18:40 pm »
Nice tiller on a very cool stave.  :OK
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Offline Badger

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Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2022, 01:39:46 pm »
 Beautiful bow!
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2022, 01:57:37 pm »
Very nice Druid.

Don’t hurt yourself. Your really pulling her back there. Pretty bend

I’d probably take my ear off or something drawing that far.lol

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Offline freke

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Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2022, 02:29:07 pm »
Like this bow, your friend will be very happy :)

May I ask, I have recently build a similar bow but in hazel, how wide is this bow?
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Offline RyanY

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Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2022, 02:50:45 pm »
I have a piece of elm drying and I want to make something like this with it. Great inspiration!
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2022, 08:50:07 pm »
Very nice
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Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2022, 03:20:08 am »
Beautiful tiller - just the right shape :)
Good to see you are still making bows Druid :)
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Offline simk

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Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2022, 04:50:36 am »
beautiful bow, great tiller, nice pics. I could tell from a mile that it comes from your shop (-S
thoughts: the bow has some pronounced deflex and reflex parts. sadly we have no proper pic from the actual side profile. I don't really notice these imperfections in the full draw pics anymore....tiller seems very symmetrical. I once learned, that the unstrung profile should be reflected in the full draw. this doesnot seem to be the case here. am I wrong?
I had similar experiences with some bows I made; just tillered away minor inequalities to a "perfect" tiller shape and felt it was right.
this is no critics, I'm just again wondering about it on this bow as I have on some of my bows. how/why do such minor imperfections seem to just dissapear in the full draw situtation? do such minor things just stretch out and become irrelevant? please teach me 8) thanx for posting!
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Offline Del the cat

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Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2022, 06:57:51 am »
Great work as usual :)
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Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2022, 09:15:18 am »
Super nice bow dude.  Tiller is perfect
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Offline meanewood

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Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2022, 02:02:24 pm »
Nice bow and looks like you have used every bit of the length when positioning the nocks.

Hey simk
You've asked a question that represents a dilemma for bowyers when tillering a stave with reflex and or deflexed areas.
The purpose of tillering is to spread the strain imparted on the limbs evenly when pulled.
If you don't allow for any reflex or deflex in an attempt to get a visually perfect shape, you have defeated the original purpose and some areas are working harder than others.
This is not a problem if the bow is not taking any set in these harder working areas.
I personally like to represent the reflexed and deflexed areas in my tillering process but most bowyers like the even appearance.
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Offline dreamcraft_archery

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Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2022, 03:10:51 pm »
Love it!
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Offline WhistlingBadger

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Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2022, 06:13:55 pm »
Very nice!
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Offline druid

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Re: Elm bow, 70# 30”
« Reply #14 on: March 17, 2022, 03:35:44 am »
Thank you, my friends. I am very glad you like it.
Freke, it was about 30- 32 mm wide, I am not sure, forgot to measure handle as I usually do. 😶
Simk, thank you for asking. 😌 That is topic that asks for longer explanation how I see tillering. In this moment I don’t have enough time but in next day or two I will type in details about it.
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