Re-finished Tzalam Pyramid Bow, new pics

[Capt]

Ok Here it is...

Re-tillered and tapered limbs

New Handle Design

Limb Wraps

I'll be shortening the tips when i get some material for knock backings

Feedback greatly appreciated ....

[Capt]

Drawing pics

[adb]

Any particular reason you have such massive tips? Refining the tips will make your bow better.

[Capt]

Any particular reason you have such massive tips? Refining the tips will your bow better.

I was planning to get some material to build a knock backing... but i may just forget about it and chop them down?

[adb]

Looks to me like you've got 3-4" of tip past your string nock grooves. 1" is plenty and this would allow you to lose a bunch of useless weight on the tips.

[Pat B]

 

[bow101]

Nice job,  but it looks like the outer 3rd. of the limbs aint doing much, my 2 cents worth.

[Capt]

Nice job,  but it looks like the outer 3rd. of the limbs aint doing much, my 2 cents worth.

i worked alot on the outer limbs and they are bending just got too thin for my liking so i stopped... Also i think the 3" of tip past the nocks makes it look real straight at the outer limb...

Kind of an optical illusion.... I definitely need to chop off those tips

[mullet]

Nice job,  but it looks like the outer 3rd. of the limbs aint doing much, my 2 cents worth.
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I think the outer third of the limb will look a lot better without the outer third past the nocks. I hardly ever have more then a half inch past the nocks, it's just for looks.

 Let's see some more full draw with the first model, she had better archery form. ]

[steve b.]

For a first bow there's more things right about that bow then wrong.

[Capt]

Nice job,  but it looks like the outer 3rd. of the limbs aint doing much, my 2 cents worth.
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I think the outer third of the limb will look a lot better without the outer third past the nocks. I hardly ever have more then a half inch past the nocks, it's just for looks.

 Let's see some more full draw with the first model, she had better archery form. ]

Haa,  I wanted her to model for all the shots but she couldn't comfortably make it to full draw......

[Capt]

For a first bow there's more things right about that bow then wrong.

Thanks Steve... It was a hard wood to work...literally hard as nails....

The next one is going to be Osage..... Im just waiting on a stave shipment i ordered from Iowa to arrive here in Mexico..

Im counting this one as a practice bow...

[autologus]

Was there a bow in the second pic I didn't notice one. 

Grady

[Capt]

Cut Down and re-finished those tips..... Thanks Guys for the advice!!!

[toomanyknots]

Was there a bow in the second pic I didn't notice one. 

Grady

  Really that's a pretty nice bow IMO. I think the longer tips (which are now cut down and look great ) were making it look like the tiller was more uneven than it was to me in your last post maybe. Good job. I mean it still might be a little stiff in the outer limbs a bit, but I think it's not too shabby at all, .

EDIT: And you know, that's not to say a little stiffness in the outer limbs is really a bad thing all the time, stiffness in the outer limbs will reduce stack in the last couple inches of draw, and contribute to leverage which will contribute to a smoother draw. Although you don't want a bow working in one spot, there is a benefit to having slightly stiffer outer limbs. But of course if you go too far, like with a mollegabet, than you will have to compensate in the inner limbs to not get a crap load of set, so mollegabets have wider inner limbs (or at least should most of the time in my opinion). So there's a bunch of crap for you to chew on while you whip out your second bow!