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Title: Started another Osage bamboo bow
Post by: Roy from Pa on January 22, 2007, 05:42:00 PM
Started another osage backed with boo.

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Title: Re: Started another Osage bamboo bow
Post by: whitebuffalo on January 22, 2007, 05:45:00 PM
Looking good man,
Title: Re: Started another Osage bamboo bow
Post by: Dano on January 22, 2007, 05:52:00 PM
Nice job Roy, say is that your bath tub in the second picture???  :bigsmyl:
Title: Re: Started another Osage bamboo bow
Post by: Roy from Pa on January 22, 2007, 06:35:00 PM
Well Dano, it almost has been a couple times:)
Title: Re: Started another Osage bamboo bow
Post by: Dano on January 22, 2007, 06:52:00 PM
:biglaugh:
Title: Re: Started another Osage bamboo bow
Post by: 4runr on January 22, 2007, 08:39:00 PM
Hey Roy, I used your dimensions from your build along to glue up a Hickory backed Ipe. She came out of the clamps this morning lookin sweet. Thanks for sharin your knowledge to us bowyer wannabes.   :bigsmyl:
Title: Re: Started another Osage bamboo bow
Post by: Roy from Pa on January 22, 2007, 09:44:00 PM
You bet Kenny. This bow is for my wife, so I went with the target bow measurements for the mid limb posts. Except, I moved them in closer to the riser by 1 inch from the 16 for the top and 15 5/8th for the bottom of a normal setup. So on this bow the top mid limb post is set at 15 inches and the bottom mid limb post is set at 14 5/8th from the center of the handle. The limb tip posts I increased by 1/2 inch on this bow, from 6 to 6 1/2. She came out of the clamps with 3 1/4 reflex at the tips.

I intend to take the limb tips down to 1/2 wide and my draw weight target is 30 to 35 pounds. The wife was is a wreck years ago and has a problem with her shoulder on her drawing arm, so she can't handle much more than 35 pounds without causing her pain..
Title: Re: Started another Osage bamboo bow
Post by: Arwin on January 22, 2007, 10:56:00 PM
Nice bow and nice house!
Title: Re: Started another Osage bamboo bow
Post by: Roy from Pa on January 23, 2007, 03:45:00 PM
Cut her out today and have it on the tillering tree. Looks very good so far.

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