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I glue in some deflex and a bit more reflex, after shooting the bow for sometime over a couple of days the bow settles into the profile you see in the pics...there is definately some string follow over the whole length of the limb though I try to minimise it as much as possible. Sometimes I wish I h...

Hello Daryl...what do you think does the unbraced profile match the braced one? Waiting to hear from you.
Thanks

Here is my last 3 tries unbraced.... Here they are braced..... The unfinished bow is the one I tillered yesterday.....let me know your thoughts....
Thanks.

Daryl from what I read the deflex part is to help with accuracy and smooth out the bow at release and the reflex to keep early draw tension good. With just reflex we get good early drawweight but its more difficult to shoot straight with the bow being a bit rough at release. I did build reflexed bam...

Hello Daryl I ended up cutting the bamboo in the center and joining the pieces together to get a 66" ntn bow....I just done the glue up today. I reduced the belly thickness of the acacia and I'm not sure what DW to expect it should be about 30 to 40# max......I'm not worried about that !!!! Jus...

Daryl thanks for the advise I'll think about it and make a decision....the boo I used had very high/thick nodes after flattening the boo evenly with the thickness between nodes a bit under 1/16" I still ended up with the boo being a bit too thick at the nodes if I reduced the thickness there I ...

Hello Daryl, thanks for your valuable insight....yes the nodes too close to the riser is a problem...for me to make a 66" ntn bow with the boo I have, I will end up like this because of the way the boo was cut....to avoid this problem I can increase the riser length and treat this portion as pa...

Thanks for your compliments! Its encouraging. I will be starting on another one soon and hope to get a bow of around 45# @ 26". I have enough glue for two bows possibly 3....by which time I hope to get it right....wish me luck!!!!!

Its 33# at my draw length of 26". I was trying to make a 45# at my drawlength but I got a hinge near the fade on the bottom limb which i saw when i first strung the bow after using the long tillering string.....and had to drop the weight to correct it and save the bow! Those long tillering stri...

I haven't been active on any forums for a long time but I was busy building and learning all I could I started off with board bows and got bored with them...so I tried boo backed acacia bows After 5 of them I got the last three done OK..... I'm still learning got a lot more to learn and I love the r...

Bob thanks for your reply....yeah I've been reading the pros and con of where the thicker glass should go...I think since I want a safe and as powerful a bow as I can get I'll go with the .04 on the belly as common sense will dicatate. my shelf location I'll think about that and decide after glue up...

Lol...thanks ranger for answering that for me I was stuck for words!!!!

Thanks Bob so I'll use .004 taper 16" riser and taper from fade to tips. Do you make the lower limb shorter as measured from riser center? On my boo backed bows I started cutting the limbs using my locator point on the riser as center with the slelf cut just above and cut to 1/8" from cent...

Daryl thanks for your reply..... OK I'll go ahead and glue up a flatbow and keep the width at fades the max that should give me the max draw weight!!! Why didn't I think of that???? And using the safe glass ratio I should end up with the max draw weight and safe bow limbs that I want.... is that cor...

Thanks for your replies...I was reading on pirates of archery and one bowyer thinks the opposite is better with the .03 on the belly! I may end up making two longbows with same thickness and width profile to see which shoots better.... But my question was what maximum draweight I can get away with s...

Thanks...I thought so too since glass is stronger in tension but wanted to confirm that before committing myself.
But what would be a safe maximum draw weight I can attain.....

Daryl this is just some glass I picked up sometime ago the kit comes with .05 glass I forgot to add that I will use a riser of 16" with .03 on the back and .04 on belly or the other way around depending on what is the right way according to what the experienced bowyers say..... And try to get t...

I have one .03 and one .04 Gordon's botuff fiberglass strips and want to make a 66" hill style longbow with straight limbs no reflex....please tell me what is the maximum Pound bow I can get and should the .04 glass go on the belly
Thanks.

Compound bow thread killer!!!

Hello rod, Thanks for your reply....yes this being my first build its a bit stressful since I can't afford to go wrong and spoil the bow I cannot order glass again as its too expensive for me......could you please tell me a little more of your bows specs? What is the total stack thickness and what's...

Thanks that I will do....today I got the lams ready.....
I plan on working on the riser tommorow and buying a thermometer after that I got to put together a hot box and do the glue up

So I don't need a thermostat!!!! Ok so I'll buy a thermometer and use it to maintain just below 60 deg centigrade manually it will be cheaper than the transformers etc.....and since I'm not going to be turning out many bows...... And since I don't need the tapers...I can start as soon as I buy the t...

Hello Bigbob and Daryl, I cant thank you enough for your time, patience and invaluable advice....the info you have given me will go a long way in helping me make a successful longbow with glass and I will start just as soon as I can make my hot box.... But I have two more problems...one is the therm...

. Hello Daryl, the core combination was recommended by Bingham's for a 64" r/d bow.... You use .001 taper and it obviously works for you so I'll go with what I have and see what happens...I will use a straight taper from fade to tips. My boo backed bows I made 4 of them and never got to shoot t...

Hello Daryl, correct me if im wrong...with a straight taper to the nocks with a thickness tapered limb wouldn't the tips bend a bit too much unless there is a reverse taper at the tips....with some reflex built in how does it effect accuracy? With my boo backed reflexed bows I'm not as good as with ...

Bob thanks for your reply...what is the length of your bow? And is it prymid limb with no thickness taper?

Daryl thanks for your reply and the chart.....so you are right getting a successful bow is more important than draw weight being exact to my liking..... Could you please help me with the width profile? I have made quite a lot of board bows and boo backed reflexed bows...would a similar width profile...

Daryl, thanks for the PDF file its a nice concise step by step buildalong... Making the riser is the most daunting part for me.... The lams and glass I ordered from Bingham's its for 45#@26" 64" mild rd bow. But I now think for my first bow a flat hill style bow would be easier especially ...

Hello Daryl, please help me I want to make a longbow 50# @26" I have 2 strips .05 botuff and 6 parallel and 2 .002 tapered lams each 36" long together including the glass the butt thickness comes to .391 inch I want to make a hill style bow with flat limbs what should be the width profile ...

I didn't know that nerve endings could be damaged!!!! I will make and use the tabs as you suggested... attached some photos of the 50# Pyramid Bow....Alas the 35# lifted a splinter on the back after I tried recurving the tips and stringing it.....nice lesson learned I think.... DSCN0521 web.JPG DSCN...