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Title: Ranting
Post by: Crooked Stic on August 18, 2024, 04:00:49 PM

Folks I am usually pretty humble.
But I have outdone myself on this design. It is super stable real forgiving points welland plenty fast enough. I settled on a .0025 FT with a straight taper wedge. Risers from 16 to 14 in. Same length limbs. I did move the stop in 1 in on the last set of limbs. Works good at 56 in. Not as forgiving.
Have built 5 so far and extra limbs. Two in KY and one about 60 miles away.
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Title: Re: Ranting
Post by: Noah70 on August 18, 2024, 06:33:48 PM

Beautiful shape to those limbs!  How long was the wedge? Tip wedge ?  Great work!!

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Post by: kennym on August 19, 2024, 07:57:52 AM

Good looker Mike !!  :thumbsup:

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Post by: BO-R on August 19, 2024, 11:03:29 AM

Nice Work!
 :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Ranting
Post by: Crooked Stic on August 20, 2024, 04:43:42 PM

8.25 on the wedges and can go longer depending on draw length. No tip wedge.

Title: Re: Ranting
Post by: Kirkll on August 20, 2024, 09:42:41 PM

kinda looks like a Zipper design.

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Post by: Roy from Pa on August 21, 2024, 07:36:09 AM

Very nice, Mike..

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Post by: OldRawhide42 on August 21, 2024, 08:01:22 AM

Can we see a unstrung pic ?   And what pad angle are you using ?
Jim

Title: Re: Ranting
Post by: Carpdaddy on August 27, 2024, 04:32:12 PM

 :clapper: Well I can’t speak for the others but I can say that the two guys in Ky (me and my hunting partner) are very much satisfied with their bows! I say Homerun on this design Mike; good shooter, hope to soon get 🩸 blood 🩸 on it!  :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Ranting
Post by: Crooked Stic on August 31, 2024, 06:50:08 AM

Thanks Tony.
Nope not a zipper design.
Agreed it looks familiar because it works.
Who designed the Shrew original been copied many times with tweaks because it works  although not a Shrew design either.

Title: Re: Ranting
Post by: Kirkll on September 01, 2024, 02:34:06 PM

Quote from: Crooked Stic on August 31, 2024, 06:50:08 AM

Thanks Tony.
Nope not a zipper design.
Agreed it looks familiar because it works.
Who designed the Shrew original been copied many times with tweaks because it works  although not a Shrew design either.

Zipper built a lot of bows that were seriously floppy limbed and vertically unstable IMO. But they sold a lot of them…. To each his own…. I never cared for that limb design much myself. They can be pretty decent in the performance dept though.

The one pc Shrew design for a shorty bow was excellent, and I did build quite a few of those years ago myself and elk hunted with one. Those were rock solid vertically.


One man’s garbage is another man’s treasure …. Gotta love it!