Based this bow on one of the pics I posted under the museum bows thread. It is bow# M 12663. The real bow is 1.5" wide and this one is 1.7", the real bow is 57" long and this one is is 57" NTN so it is not exactly the same. The bow's carved side is the only side that is tapered from 1.7" to 3/4" at the limb tips....the "off" side is straight. I hand sanded the bows limbs to be flat in profile (same thickness) but after it was shot in I thought I would measure it....turns out the bow is .60" at the grip, .57" at mid-limb, and .53" out at the tips. This taper was not intentional ...(so I figure that as you sand a limb the flat heavy sander just takes more off per stroke as the width narrows down).
I just sort of floor bent the bow till it felt "bendy". Then I layed out the correct number of "scoops" (they came out to be 5" between the "knobs") and notice that the last one (closest to the tip) is smaller on both bows (real and fake). I cut the depth of each by drawing a line parrallel to the tapered limb width line 1/4" toward the mid line. Then I cut the scoops out.....that is all I did and the bow came right into the tiller that you see....I was pretty suprised for sure. The bow weighed 52/53 at 25" so I estimated the weight as 60# @ 27".
The first set of pics is the usual draw, brace, set types and the second set are some close-up or detail shots. I did not wrap the grip because the museum example showed no signs of ever being wrapped. Enjoy the pics.....any questions....glad to answer if I can that is. Oh Ya this thing is just plain, flat out fast too.
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