Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: bambule on February 23, 2010, 05:28:48 am
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This weekend I finished two bows.
An osage splinter which was corrected by dry heat several times to come nearly straight.
And an very crumpy elm stave which was heated so often to fix the twist and curves and whoop-dee-doos. The string is about 1" left away from the center - but without all the correction it was about 5" on the left.
The elm bow is shooting very accurate with 42#@27" and ntn 67". Waterbuffalohornoverlays. Still not finished yet.
The osage is 62" ntn 50#@27" with Ebonyoverlays. Also not finished.
It's interessting, both bows look very different on the tillertree than on the fd-pics.
The elm bow seems to bend a little to much on the upper limb midlimbsection - that is a twist but it looks good on the tillertree.
The osage could bend a little more near the fades. Both bows are drawn to 25" on the fd-pics.
Any comments are welcome...
(http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq214/surfinpunk/Bows/elmbraced.jpg)
(http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq214/surfinpunk/Bows/elmunbraced.jpg)
(http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq214/surfinpunk/Bows/elmunbraced2.jpg)
(http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq214/surfinpunk/Bows/elmunbraced3.jpg)
(http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq214/surfinpunk/Bows/elmfulldraw1.jpg)
(http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq214/surfinpunk/Bows/elmfulldraw2-25.jpg)
(http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq214/surfinpunk/Bows/osagebraced.jpg)
(http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq214/surfinpunk/Bows/osagefertig1.jpg)
(http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq214/surfinpunk/Bows/osagewaves1.jpg)
(http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq214/surfinpunk/Bows/osagefertig2.jpg)
(http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq214/surfinpunk/Bows/osagefulldraw25-2.jpg)
(http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq214/surfinpunk/Bows/osagefulldraw25.jpg)
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Nice work on both,you been busy. :)
Pappy
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I've got an ash bow-to-be that is bending horribly to one side like your elm bow here. I was afraid it was too far to one side to make into a bow, but now that I see yours drawn, I'll reevaluate the situation. Thanks for sharing.
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cool bows, man! :)
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Tiller looks great on both bows. bambule, those character staves present a different tiller picture depending on which side you are viewing and sometimes then angle where the picture is take from is a factor. You did a great job. Jawge
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Howdy bambule,
Tiller looks great to me. (But, I'm hardly an expert ;))
I'm trying to learn to do this Ellipse thing, here's my take of your full draw...
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doesn't a bow that is not straight, such as the elm bow you worked on, have a problem release and delivery of the arrow? i remember someone in this community saying that when a bow is not straight and the string is off-center even a little bit affects the working limbs, causing them to twist and alter the arrow delivery. then again if this is not a problem when it comes to function, i quite possibly wasted many a good stave in my endeavour. please someone set me back on the straight and narrow.
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Thank you all for your kind words.
@Canoe
Yes, on the osage the upper limb is a little stiffer to the tips because it has only 3/8" meat from 3/4 midlimb so I was afraid of too much bending. And the other limb has a little deflex a s you can see on pic nr 10.
@luke
You can shoot stiffer arrows from a bow like that. It's a little like centershot. The bow shoots very accurate with my arrows for a 55#.
But with such a twist frets will come I think ::)
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I think that You did great on them both...as for the one tracking an inch off to the Side...leave it and shoot it like a Center-Shot Bow...I have a Birch that is further off than that...and it shoots great!
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Very nice bows, you are sure cranking them out. ;)
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Got both bows noted for Feb Self Bow of the Month fun if that's okay.