Laminate v1.2 as promised

[Ian.]

Looking nice, you could brace it properly now. Those tiled floors are surprisingly useful to the bow maker.

[adb]

Yes, definitely get it braced, and get rid of that overly long string. If you continue with a tillering string that long, you will be unpleasantly surprised later. It is looking good. With heavy bows, FF is the way to go.

[}|{opukc]

So, I came here. I had a problem with one horn and bow shortened by 4cm. Now it is 74 ".
I can not fully drawn yet - more than 22" was not pulled!
Bow pulled 60 # for 15 "- that would be good to lighten slightly in the middle?
Sorry for my bad English


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[Ian.]

That is looking real nice, if it was me I wouldn't take anything off it, remember bows of this weight do lose a little with tillering. If you do however decide to take some wood off, take it from the entire limb.

[}|{opukc]

I still fear to pulled it for full draw - this is 20 "
I will measure how much pull the bow of 20" and then decide whether to remove more wood.
Thanks for the help - this is the first bow over 125 #

[Ian.]

Really first bow over 125, welcome to the club.

You seem to be doing a good job anyway but if you don't mind there are some things to consider when making heavy bows. Try not to hold them at full draw at all, I appreciate though for taking a picture you need to do this. Tiller them with a pulley and not on a grooved board, for them same reason with the amount of pressure the wood is under holding it drawn will cause set. When you tiller them they will keep wanting to bend in the middle, you need to keep taking wood off the mid limb and tips to keep that circular tiller. I didn't do this with my bow as I wanted to see what I could get from it. If you find the bow doesn't increase in weight or is taking set then its a sign you are asking too much of the wood, and its a good time to take some wood off. Tillering these bows is about getting to your draw length as soon as possible while doing as little damage to the wood as possible.

Sorry if you already know all this.

[mikekeswick]

I see a weak spot just starting on the right hand limb in the last third. Hard to tell but it's looking like it wants to bend a little too much. Only a little but with this weight of bow your tiller MUST be perfect before pulling further!

[fishfinder401]

now that you mention it i see it too

[}|{opukc]

Mike, there is just a segment of bamboo. Perhaps this makes an optical illusion. I do not notice. I'll look more closely there!
Bow is 74 ", it bothers me a lot about weight. But thanks for the comment though. Hope to keep for 30 "



PS - Mike, I'll see you this year in Bulgaria?
George

[}|{opukc]

Sorry about that I used Tiller tool, but at this stage no other option.
100# for 23"  - I do no have a measurement for 30-32 ". Deliberately bow is a little hard in the middle. I want to limbs be are faster, but now she did a set about 1"
29" draw




George

[Ian.]

Hi George,

You don't really want to be holding the bow drawn like that, you can get away with no follow. Coming alone nice though.

Ian

[}|{opukc]

Hi George,

You don't really want to be holding the bow drawn like that, you can get away with no follow. Coming alone nice though.

Ian

Hi Ian!
This was the last - I think it will pull easy now 31 ". Now finishing work.

[}|{opukc]

So..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPR8egK-z2k&feature=plcp

[Ian.]

Excellent result, what sort of distance do you think its getting?

[}|{opukc]

Excellent result, what sort of distance do you think its getting?

I do not know, but maybe around 240-260 yards. this is a mountain meadow with many thorns - is not measured accurately.