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Offline osage outlaw

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Re: Strategy for snakey Osage?
« Reply #15 on: February 19, 2017, 08:32:35 pm »
Using the weights like you did is a great way to see exactly how hot osage needs to be to bend.  Once you get it to that perfect temperature it will slowly untwist.
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Offline George Tsoukalas

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Re: Strategy for snakey Osage?
« Reply #16 on: February 19, 2017, 08:43:58 pm »
I'm not sure I'd do anything with 20 deg of twist but this is how I remove it.

http://traditionalarchery101.com/fixtwist.html

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Offline justsomedude

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Re: Strategy for snakey Osage?
« Reply #17 on: February 19, 2017, 09:37:09 pm »
I got it to where the tips are fairly aligned. Now there's just humps at the twist transition. My son got to shoot it a few times today. It's still slightly above weight but I want to see how much it sets. Shot well for me (I mark a short draw on the arrow shaft when I shoot it).

It's at 28#@24". I think his draw is a bit shorter than that still.

Offline justsomedude

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Re: Strategy for snakey Osage?
« Reply #18 on: February 19, 2017, 09:49:27 pm »
Here's the limb that was twisted. I figured I might as well have the challenge for my first Osage bow