Osage mollegebet question

[bushboy]

Hi guys,I have a 2-1/4" wide by 65" long.my buddy wants a Molly type bow @ 55#@28".I would appreciate some dimensions .I have built a few from elm but not Osage .thxs bush!
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[SLIMBOB]

I made one close to those stats a few years ago. Blackhawk gave me the dimensions. You can do a search and find it.

[Marc St Louis]

Try this

http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,55071.msg748029.html#msg748029

[SLIMBOB]

https://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,37516.msg495985.html#msg495985

[Badger]

I don't like that design for Osage because the transition area is too steep in Osage splits pretty easily

[bownarra]

See how those designs have the limb to lever transition convex, if you make area a concave transistion instead you get a nicer fade but also you can lose a fair bit of weight. I also like to make the handle fades  come further into the center of the grip and make the bow work right into the fades. Like Juri example in tbb.

[SLIMBOB]

This was my first lever bow. I played it basic with the design. 50/50 is pretty aggressive and I played it safe. It works right out of the fades. It has taken almost no set since it was finished so design and tiller I am pleased with. Shoots light little darts or heavy hunting arrows equally well. I have on my later ones refined the transitions so that they are sleeker. Less blocky. All in all I think it’s a pretty decent design. Blackhawk and Half Eye both contributed.