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Main Boards => The Bowyer's Bench => Topic started by: Deer Slayr on November 28, 2008, 10:39:00 PM
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How's it look. I like to think I did a good job. :thumbsup: It is a hickory bow 70# @ 28" Shoots good. :archer: . Does the tiller look good??? The left limb is the top one.
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t104/brando60/IMG_1346.jpg)
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The tiller at brace looks good. How about a full draw and unbraced pic. Pat
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Sure Pat I will post one tomorrow.
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i agree with pat, tiller looks good but full draw tells the tale. nice job.
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Well upon looking at the full draw pics the top lomb looks HORRIBLE it needs work don't it???
(http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t104/brando60/IMG_1352.jpg)
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Yeh, that top limb needs a little work. Looks like too much bend right at the fade then flat and then bending then flat again at mid limb. It shouldn't take too much scraping to get that done so go slow.
On self bows, the only way to see good tiller is at full draw. Pat
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I don't know, looks dang good for a first bow. Maybe a little flat spot just above the fade on top but way better than my first one, or the next several after that. How does it shoot?
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It shoots darts. It is a really good shooter.
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Nice Job!!!
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like pat said, a little scraping will fix it right up. i have made horrible bows, believe me that bow is far from horrible. especially at 70# you have plenty of weight to work with, unless you were really set on a 70# bow, good luck, Dan.
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Nice job, and probably even better once you "fix" those few little spots.
Also, be sure you are pulling from exactly where you expect an arrow to nock,both by hand and on the board...
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Deer Slayr - if you saw the whip-tillered ugly stick I made the first time out, you would laugh til the tears came.
Good work and keep it up. Every bow teaches you something.
By the way - you awful young to be pullin 70#. I hope you don't get mad easy.
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The bow I WAS working on just BLEW UP. Kinda gets ya down dosen't it :(
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Did it blow at the top fade?? it looks like the grain runs off right there!! the bottom limb looks great. it has started now!!! gottta make a better one now!!
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If you ain't breakin' em, you ain't makin' em! Sorry it broke but study the break and see what caused it. If you learn from it you are still ahead. Now its time to start another. Pat
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You definitely want to get it down before you try selling them (saw your ambition on another post) The last thing you want is a law suit over someone getting hurt if it DOES blow.
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Ya'll misunderstand. The bow in the pic is FINE shootin' better than ever. I was working on a bow with a piece of hickory that had a lot of runups on it, we are running out of wood, That's the one that blew up not this one. Thanks Brandon
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Why so testy? I never said that your bow BROKE....I said you want to make sure everything is good and long lasting before you try selling them as you asked. Lawsuits are not fun and lets face it we are largely SUIT happy in this society. Your defensiveness is kind of concerning to me. Sorry if I offended with what I thought was sound advice.
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Not a problem. I'm a little jumpy right now. Sorry
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Your response was not at all "testy" in my estimation.
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Didn't sound at all testy to me either.
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Sounded fine to me too. Lets see some pics of the bow again at full draw. that is if you did some work on that top limb. if it shoots great maybe you don't need to work on it, though that spot by the fade looks like it is a candidate for a BANG.
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Brandon
If you ever find yourself near Elkton VA, stop by and I will let you pick a few staves out of my osage pile.
Mike
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Mike, E-mail sent. Thanks for the offer. Brandon
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Generally on selfbows folks are gonna want to see the width profile and the bow unbraced and rested. Gives us a sense of how much wood is working and how much set or string follow the bow has. Also good to know the width at the widest point on the limb, and the lenght, and where the bow started, in terms of set and where finish. For example, bow was 1" of reflex before tillering, 1/2" of follow after.
Looks like a really nice project. No small accomplishment to get a 70# selfbow. I'd say the upper limb needs a little adjustment to correct the stiff spot right off the fade but it looks good. Also perhaps to adjust the positive tiller, if it is excessive. Lower limb seems a little stiffer at full draw but if it shoots good and takes equal set on upper versus lower from work that's all that matters.
Show us again when you get the clear on and handle wrapped.
Nice job. Thanks for posting.
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Looked good laying ther braced up.But at full draw I see some big flat spots.Nothing a scraper and tilling board can't fix.
Work those flat spots out and you'll have a nice bow.