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Title: Picture Test
Post by: Mark Smeltzer on July 25, 2018, 05:37:07 PM

(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k100/Bowmakr/20170515_112507_zpsoivdx1nh.jpeg) (http://s86.photobucket.com/user/Bowmakr/media/20170515_112507_zpsoivdx1nh.jpeg.html)

Hmmm, I couldn't that to work yesterday.

Title: Re: Picture Test
Post by: kennym on July 25, 2018, 05:38:29 PM

Sweet bow Mark!

Size matters on pics now, my computer pics are too big, but my ifone asks and I post small pic...

Title: Re: Picture Test
Post by: Roy from Pa on July 25, 2018, 06:36:59 PM

Kenny is right.

Too large of picture files don't work.

Cell phones take huge pictures.

I had to go into my phones camera setting and choose the smallest setting for picture size.

Nice bow, you make it?

Title: Re: Picture Test
Post by: Mark Smeltzer on July 25, 2018, 06:54:39 PM

Thanks! It is pretty picky about the size....I guess size does matter.
Yea, I made that one a while ago.  I had to take a little break for some health issues but I've been back at it and a few in the spray booth.

Title: Re: Picture Test
Post by: Roy from Pa on July 25, 2018, 08:08:19 PM

Cool, it looks very nice.

My latest 2 bows.

Tri lam, Yew, yew, backed with boo.

(http://i.imgur.com/xJG2nSA.jpg) (https://imgur.com/xJG2nSA)

Osage, red elm, backed with boo, grandson shooting.

(http://i.imgur.com/7m4UEjn.jpg) (https://imgur.com/7m4UEjn)

Title: Re: Picture Test
Post by: Mark Smeltzer on July 25, 2018, 11:05:14 PM

Awesome bows. Great to see them in action too! How much reflex do you start off with?

Title: Re: Picture Test
Post by: Roy from Pa on July 26, 2018, 04:39:31 AM

Fresh out of the form there is about 3.5". I will lose about 1.5" in tillering.

Title: Re: Picture Test
Post by: Mark Smeltzer on July 26, 2018, 09:32:21 PM

I loose a little more than half of my reflex on mine. I think I've pushed the design about as far as I'm willing to go. On a 68" tip to tip will have about 6" off the form and end up with about 2" on the ones that I tillered out to 30"
Shorter bow is less reflex, shorter draw length and less set.
(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k100/Bowmakr/20180710_201226_zpsgeigrwtn.jpg) (http://s86.photobucket.com/user/Bowmakr/media/20180710_201226_zpsgeigrwtn.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Picture Test
Post by: Roy from Pa on July 27, 2018, 05:47:32 AM

I've found that too much reflex is a bugger to tiller.

Title: Re: Picture Test
Post by: Crooked Stic on July 27, 2018, 07:42:42 AM

Not so much if you use glass.   :deadhorse: :bigsmyl:

Title: Re: Picture Test
Post by: Roy from Pa on July 27, 2018, 08:43:42 AM

Gwass?

What's gwass?

 :laughing:

Title: Re: Picture Test
Post by: kennym on July 27, 2018, 08:44:20 AM

Ain't bamboo gwass? ?  :laughing:

Title: Re: Picture Test
Post by: Mark Smeltzer on July 27, 2018, 12:10:08 PM

 :biglaugh: :biglaugh:
That's funny....and true. Those are a bugger to tiller. I've done enough of them and got the lam situation down to where it's not too bad now. Kenny's double taper sled helped a ton with that.
My original goal was to build a boo backed bow that once shot in would mimic a glass bow.

Title: Re: Picture Test
Post by: Roy from Pa on July 27, 2018, 04:58:36 PM

What's glass?

 :laughing: