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Bows / Re: Propeller bow
« Last post by superdav95 on February 21, 2026, 03:39:17 pm »Eric I agree all Osage is not equal! Dense Osage is better bow wood. Having less early wood will make Osage more dense . I to had a bow that took no set and broke flight records. It blew doing a stretch test to see how much the wood would stretch in the draw process. Clamping metal strap material to the back of the bow letting one end move as drawn. The strap moved about the thickness of the limb. Assuming the bow took no set I feel compression and tension must have been close to the same. Now I think that the distance that happened in stretch should be divided half in compression and half in tension because there was no set. I only say that because I’ve been told that Osage is pretty even in compression and tension. Eric you have built bows longer than me and probably more so I respect your opinion. But any time we have to remove crooks and bends and we can’t get it all out I think it affects the performance. Both in shock and speed. Can they be beautiful bows of course. Now some of you guys are probably better bowyers than me and can tiller a bow with character Better leaving the mass exactly even in both limbs. Leaving virtually no shock . My hat is off to guys that can achieve that! I can’t see limb twist being a advantage to power stroke in a limb. Jim admitted to having extra mass on the outer limbs not helping in speed after building the slowest bow in the world. I think that was done at mojam. Long before my time. Maybe a bit off subject but hopefully interesting!
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