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Offline Marc St Louis

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BBY Recurve
« on: February 09, 2014, 08:43:03 pm »
I finished this one a couple days ago for someone on the west coast.  It's 64" long with 1 3/8" wide shallow D section limbs with 3/8" wide nocks.  I glued in some 4" of reflex and she's kept just over 1".  She pulls just over 60# @ 28".  The ring count on the Yew is fairly low but the density is fairly high.  It was clean wood except for a small knot near one recurve.  I shot it some using a 700 grain arrow and it's fast.  Here's a couple pics





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Offline Arrowind

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Re: BBY Recurve
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2014, 08:47:32 pm »
Your bows are always very inspiring!  That one is no exception!  Awesome!
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Offline burchett.donald

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Re: BBY Recurve
« Reply #2 on: February 09, 2014, 08:55:04 pm »
Excellent Marc, Your tiller is as good as it gets every time I look at your work 8)
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Offline huisme

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Re: BBY Recurve
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2014, 08:56:02 pm »
Oo, oo, I'm on the west coast!
Sorta.
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This is incredible Marc. Inspiring.
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Black locust. Black locust everywhere.
Mollegabets all day long.
Might as well make them short, save some wood to keep warm.

Offline mwosborn

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Re: BBY Recurve
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2014, 09:02:41 pm »
Yep the tiller is spot on - you make them look beautiful at full draw.
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Offline Marc St Louis

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Re: BBY Recurve
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2014, 09:04:43 pm »
Thanks guys

This design is a power house of energy.  If it would have been strictly a hunting bow I would have made it a bit shorter but the fellow wants to do some target shooting as well
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: BBY Recurve
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2014, 09:10:37 pm »
Very nicely done,Marc. jawge
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Offline BOWMAN53

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Re: BBY Recurve
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2014, 09:31:26 pm »
That's amazing.
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Offline Dances with squirrels

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Re: BBY Recurve
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2014, 10:14:48 pm »
Nice job, Marc. Boo and yew are a lovely combo... light and lively.
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Offline adb

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Re: BBY Recurve
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2014, 10:37:17 pm »
Nice! So... how did you do the recurves with the bamboo backing??
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Offline PatM

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« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2014, 11:09:36 pm »
Nice one Marc.

 adb Bamboo bends readily with a heat gun. Not sure if that's what Marc does of course.
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Offline IdahoMatt

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« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2014, 12:20:21 am »
Wow Marc that combo looks amazing.  I love the full draw shot. 
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Offline Peacebow_Coos

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Re: BBY Recurve
« Reply #12 on: February 10, 2014, 02:15:46 am »
Dang +1 everybody, thats a beauty, elegant lines
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Offline vinemaplebows

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Re: BBY Recurve
« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2014, 02:20:09 am »
Very nice Marc. :)
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Re: BBY Recurve
« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2014, 07:14:16 am »
That's a mean machine Marc.
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