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Offline bubby

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eastern woodland ash started, more new pics
« on: January 23, 2012, 09:27:07 pm »
been awhile since i worked on a bow, got this one started, it's 66 ttt and @ three inches of bracepulled to 14" on the tree

it's got a little cluster of pin knot's there at the hump, do you think i outta back it with rawhide before i get to far along? Bub
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Re: eastern woodland ash started
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2012, 09:33:14 pm »
here's some pics of the area in ?
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Re: eastern woodland ash started
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2012, 09:35:43 pm »
Looking good, Buddy.   Get those outter limbs bending more before you scrape the inner limbs any more.
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Re: eastern woodland ash started
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2012, 09:39:28 pm »
that's what i was thinking, do you think that knot area might pose a problem? i don't think so but i don't work with this type of area much,Bub
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: eastern woodland ash started
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2012, 09:51:14 pm »
I personally would back it cause I have had a bad  streak this summer with bows breaking cause I tried to leave an area like that unbacked... Better safe than sorry...:) good luck

Jon
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Re: eastern woodland ash started
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2012, 01:13:33 am »
Looking good Bub!, hard to say what that knot mite do? Maybe better safe than sorry :-\

Josh
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Re: eastern woodland ash started
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2012, 01:14:29 am »
so bubby how did you begin tillering this one? Leaving the handle stiff and working your way into the handle? Or starting at the handle with an even taper in mind towards the tips?

Just curious.
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Re: eastern woodland ash started
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2012, 07:05:21 am »
Dictionary i made the middle eight inches about 3/4"ish and 1/2" or so on the limb's leaving the humpy section thinker, 2" at the handle to 3/4" at the tip's, Bub
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Re: eastern woodland ash started
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2012, 11:59:50 am »
Buddy, you igt leave the area around that knot a bit stiffer then the surrounding portions of the limb.  What draw weight are you shooting for?
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Re: eastern woodland ash started
« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2012, 03:38:59 pm »
Pat i'm thinking 45-50# @29", probablly 45#,  Bub
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Re: eastern woodland ash started
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2012, 03:48:24 pm »
Those knots don't look that bad to me,and if mine I would'nt back it. However,get your tiller even before pulling it any farther.66" of D-bow is plenty of working limb for a 29" draw.It ought to make a goodun. JMHO God Bless
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Re: eastern woodland ash started, new pics
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2012, 07:16:27 pm »
here's a couple a pics after scraping on the outer limb's abit, first one's @ 16" the second one is 18", my gizzmo says it's good but i keep seeing that hump, are the tip's still a little stiffor am i seeing thing's, Bub
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Offline Bevan R.

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Re: eastern woodland ash started, new pics
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2012, 07:33:20 pm »
I think it is looking just fine.
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Re: eastern woodland ash started, new pics
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2012, 07:34:15 pm »
i would work on those tips a little more, i worry about to much set with the limbs bending that much in the middle
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Re: eastern woodland ash started, new pics
« Reply #14 on: January 24, 2012, 08:24:37 pm »
thank's for the tiller line Bevan, for some reason everytime i looked at this one i kept gravitating to the hump, gotta trust the gizmo, Bub
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