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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #90 on: February 18, 2013, 06:21:27 pm »
Looky there.... A bouncing baby almost bow. How does the weight feel now that the bow is braced? What is holding your tree up? Can you slide the scales under it?

 
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #91 on: February 18, 2013, 06:38:09 pm »
Its a free standing tre, has a 2x4 going across the bottom, and one sticking out in front
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #92 on: February 18, 2013, 07:05:51 pm »
Great. You will need that shortly. Grab a straight edge about 4-5" long. While the bow is pulled to 12" run it edge wise on your belly from fade to tip, mark where that gap thins up at all. Thats where you need to make it bend more. I can the right side is slighty stiff half way.
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #93 on: February 18, 2013, 07:18:35 pm »
Where should I mark where to remove wood, when the top of the block gets less bend, when the whole block has less bend? Sorry if the question is confusing i dont really know how to word it
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #94 on: February 18, 2013, 08:26:13 pm »
Mark center on your straight edge. And watch you gap as you slide it along at that spot. If it closes up at the spot, mark your bow right at your reference mark.  :D
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #95 on: February 18, 2013, 08:28:09 pm »
Exactlty, watch the center of the straight edge. Generally flat spots will be a few inches long.
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #96 on: February 18, 2013, 11:11:56 pm »
Way to go !!  Pearl & Bitterguy,  You'll get a shooter out of her.

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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #97 on: February 19, 2013, 09:41:05 am »
Its funny I used to not be able to get it to 3" brace, but I forgot the space where I I would tight my timber below to notch to get 3" so I got it up to 4" 1/4" haha anyways I didsome tillering during my 2 hour delay and here she is at a 4" brace pulled to 12"
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #98 on: February 19, 2013, 10:15:15 am »
You are getting excellent help by some very fine bowyers. Gotta love this site. Anyway, from what I can see... the middle is bending a lot. You need mid limb to nocks to bend a little more. Anyway, here's my site. Jawge
http://georgeandjoni.home.comcast.net/~georgeandjoni/index.html
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« Reply #99 on: February 19, 2013, 07:29:41 pm »
Exactly as Jawgey Poo said. Mark off the center 12" and dont let a tool touch it. Then take that aggressive sanding block and hit the next 8" after that blocked off spot. Remember to mark off the last 4" on each tip and dont touch it either. To this day I still write NO in big ol' letters in areas I need to stay away from. High spots on the straight edge need to be avoided until they are even with the rest of the limb. Mark them with a NO as well. I got that excellent tip from an old geezer that goes by "Roy" on here. Dont be scared to put the old buzzard back in his chair if he gets mouthy with you................or if you just feel like it. He aint gonna hurt ya'. Too old and mushy now.
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #100 on: February 19, 2013, 09:12:55 pm »
I did some tillerong when I got home (before pearl posted so I couldnt follow his advice) but here she is at 14"



But it looks like she taking a bit of set, this is a picture of her belly up
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #101 on: February 19, 2013, 09:48:18 pm »
Notice where that set is occurring?.................right in the center 12" where its bending most. Thats where reading what the straight edge is telling you counts. You need to do what I mentioned above. Give the right limb a double dose midway.
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #102 on: February 19, 2013, 10:16:40 pm »
The right limb in the tilkering picture I assume?
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #103 on: February 19, 2013, 10:25:58 pm »
Yes. Can you see it being stiffer? Dont get caught up in looking at the tips dipping. Get used to looking at each limb individually as it bends from handle to tip. 
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Re: Can't get started in making a bow
« Reply #104 on: February 19, 2013, 10:29:46 pm »
More bending needed mid limb on to the nocks. Jawge
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