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Title: 4 lam all wood bow any suggestions?
Post by: scottm on February 12, 2011, 01:04:00 PM
Will This started out to be r/d a bamboo backed hickory with a yew core.I had tillering issues and missed my weight.SO i went ahead and tillerd it out(It ended up 25#lighter than i wanted)and held way more reflex than i wanted which threw me off on tillering(hence the low weight)I think my form was too aggressive bend at mid limb.So I clamped it in a straight form and laminated a 1/8" thick osage slat on the back.I think its looking much better.Its now 15# heavier than i want it to be and still kept some R/D. Will trapping the limbs fix this problem.Or should I take it off the belly?Also should I build my handle out of thin laminations?By the way the Rt limb is bottom limb 1/4" positive tiller.I can see now by the pictures I need to tweek the tiller a little.The right/bottom limb appears to me in the pics to have a slight hinge.It does not .I guess it was the angle of the pic,shadow  or the bamboo nodes im not sure .Any advice is greatly appriciated. Thanks ,Scott      (http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu154/618scottm/halfdraw.jpg)
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Title: Re: 4 lam all wood bow any suggestions?
Post by: eflanders on February 12, 2011, 08:42:00 PM
Trapping the limbs won't get the weight down enough, maybe 5-8#.  So you will probably need to a combination of things.  I guess I would start with trapping the limbs and then proceed to working off the belly.  Good luck.