Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: New archer on November 17, 2016, 10:45:35 am
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This is my first bow. I was wondering how to fix the twist in the tip of the limb, and the curve in the limb. Can I leave the curve or will it ruin the bow? Any assistance would be appreciated thank you!
-Cary
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I'm trying to upload pictures, any help on that would also be appreciated :)
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Thank you Mikebarg for the help!
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First welcome to the site, now about the bow have you got it bending yet? If not i would tiller it till it is bending about a 15" draw and see where the string goes across the handle. Then if it needs some adjustments that can be done with dry heat or steam
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Welcome!
Is the wood dried long? What kind of wood is it and how long?
I would probably try to heat the banana curve area and clamp it down with some leather padding under each contact area to get a little closer to where I want the string over the handle. That said, I spend way too much time tweaking on that sort of thing :-[
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Thanks Bubby, I might try that.
DuBois, I dried the stave for about 7 months. The type of wood is ash, and it's about 62" long