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Title: Are you tired of seeing my stave yet?
Post by: rogerbw on March 23, 2009, 04:00:00 PM

I'm almost ready to tiller, and I've discovered a little deflex in what was going to be the top limb. There is also a little reflex in what was going to be the bottom limb. I chose that one to be the bottom limb because of a misunderstanding of the word 'deflex.'    :pray:  

The back:
  (http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu209/rogerbw/bowstave014.jpg)

The side profile:
  (http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu209/rogerbw/bowstave016.jpg)

eta: The handle is eight inches and the limbs are the same length(29 3/8) because of the width/shape issues and the placement of a group of pins.

Title: Re: Are you tired of seeing my stave yet?
Post by: bicyclemonkey on March 23, 2009, 04:14:00 PM

Nice doorknob, is that original or repro?

  :)

Title: Re: Are you tired of seeing my stave yet?
Post by: rogerbw on March 23, 2009, 06:46:00 PM

Thanks, it's original. I just had that latch apart, thinking I would need replacement parts. Turns out it had just come loose after 70 years. I polished the contact surfaces, oiled the spring and it works like new. Score one for old-fashioned engineering.   :thumbsup: