new bow start

[Pat B]

I released the bow from her form this morning. She's been in the dry(dehumidified)basement since Sept. 11. Once I removed the screw that held her to the form she only relaxed a little, just a little over 1/2"...



I braced her and put her on the tree so see how the tiller was affected by the sinew. The string is tight to the belly here in this pic...



...as you can see she needed a little off the left(top) limb. I did a bit more scraping then checked the draw weight. She's pulling 46#@16" so that works out to 73#@25". I need to bring the bend of the right limb(bottom) back into the handle and work on the left limb a bit. I still have plenty of weight to loose.

[bradsmith2010]

looking great,,

[Pat B]

Thanks, Brad.

[superdav95]

That will be a stout little bow. Lol. 

[Pat B]

She is for sure now, Dave. I'd like to get her down to 45#-50# and hopefully at 25"

[Parnell]

Gonna be nice Pat!

[Pat B]

Thanks Steve.

[Will B]

Looks really nice Pat!  Should be an awesome hunting bow. Good luck with it the rest of the way

[Kidder]

I love the profile on this one. Thanks for sharing and good luck with the rest of the build.

[Pat B]

Thanks, Will and Kidder.
 I'll be home alone all next week so I should have time to get her tillered out to 45@25", my goal.

[Pappy]

Looking very good Pat, should be a real shooter.
 Pappy

[bjrogg]

That’s going to be a fun bow Pat.

Bjrogg

[Pat B]

Thanks Pappy and Brian. She's coming along.
 I did a bit more on her today. In the braced pic shown below she's braced at just over 5". In this full draw pic she's at 23" and is pulling about 56# so I still have at least 10# to reduce. I'll keep her braced for a few hours and try to sweat her down a little before going back to scraping. I still need to come back into the handle some more with the bend. Here are the pics as of now...

[bradsmith2010]

thats looking good,,

[Pat B]

Still way too heavy for me, Brad.
 What can you tell me about arrows for these short bows? Arrow length and spine wise.