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Offline danny f

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Re: Something just doesnt look right
« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2013, 05:41:53 am »
i like that second bow it looks good. tiller looks spot on to me.
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Offline bubby

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Re: Something just doesnt look right
« Reply #16 on: January 15, 2013, 06:27:57 am »
just looking at the fd on the first bow I was thinking it was a d/r and the tips were opening up, never would have thought pyramid
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Offline steve b.

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Re: Something just doesnt look right
« Reply #17 on: January 15, 2013, 11:30:08 am »
An unbraced pic would help with all this confusion.
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Offline bowsandroses

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Re: Something just doesnt look right
« Reply #18 on: January 15, 2013, 11:41:00 am »
Looks to me like a long mild reflex. I'm with Del shoot it. Looks to be a sweet little shooter.
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Offline sleek

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Re: Something just doesnt look right
« Reply #19 on: January 15, 2013, 01:45:16 pm »
Ok, here are the stats. 45@26, 59" ntn, with an 11 inch non bending handle, and its amazing how a stick can make you want to jump off a cliff. This bow gets the most irritating build of the year award for me, and its not even Feb.  Here are the profile shots.







Now, tell me what yall think about the tiller now that you have all the evidence.
« Last Edit: January 15, 2013, 01:49:26 pm by sleek »
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Offline Hrothgar

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Re: Something just doesnt look right
« Reply #20 on: January 15, 2013, 02:35:44 pm »
Looks like a shooter to me. Good brace profile and a lot of character.
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Re: Something just doesnt look right
« Reply #21 on: January 15, 2013, 02:45:09 pm »
mild d/r like I thought, I would have just gone with a shorter handle section to get some more wood working, shoot'em up, Bub
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Offline sleek

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Re: Something just doesnt look right
« Reply #22 on: January 17, 2013, 10:12:01 pm »
Did some final touch up tillering. I shortened the upper limb one inch, re heat treated it, and did a small bit of scraping on the lower limb. Final stats are 47#@26, 58 inches ntn, And she shoots great. I am happy now. What say yall?



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Offline ionicmuffin

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Re: Something just doesnt look right
« Reply #23 on: January 17, 2013, 10:22:15 pm »
wow, i can now see that it has improved a great deal! i really do like it! Wonderful fix you did.
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Offline sleek

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Re: Something just doesnt look right
« Reply #24 on: January 17, 2013, 10:30:27 pm »
Thanks, man I gadda tell ya, satisfaction feels great. Still not perfect, but darn close. Not bad for a bow only made with a knife....
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Offline ionicmuffin

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Re: Something just doesnt look right
« Reply #25 on: January 17, 2013, 10:39:44 pm »
oh! you only made it with a knife! WOW im impressed! more so than before!!!
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Offline sleek

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Re: Something just doesnt look right
« Reply #26 on: January 17, 2013, 11:25:04 pm »
I ment to do this bow as a build along, but honestly, I forgot too... Here are a few pics of the build though. I am still not sure on the type of elm this is... seems I am missing a couple pictures. I will post them also when I get the chance, though it seems rather anti climatic now though....





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Offline steve b.

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Re: Something just doesnt look right
« Reply #27 on: January 17, 2013, 11:30:44 pm »
I love everything about that bow....
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Offline Ifrit617

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Re: Something just didnt look right ( but now it does )
« Reply #28 on: January 18, 2013, 08:00:40 am »
That's a Beauty sleek! Love the look of that stick.

Jon
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Offline danny f

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Re: Something just didnt look right ( but now it does )
« Reply #29 on: January 18, 2013, 08:06:04 am »
you did a great job on that one. and even better that you did it with just a knife well done.
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