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Offline Buemaker

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HH glass bow
« on: February 05, 2013, 08:13:00 AM »
This is a HH inspired glass bow with one inch backset at rest 68" ntn. From the back: Glass, veneer, parallel, parallel, 17" handle fade to fade, taper.oo15, veneer and glass.I wonder if the outer limb sections are a bit stiff, what do you think.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Offline tenbrook

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Re: HH glass bow
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2013, 08:41:00 AM »
Nice bow!

Tips look a little stiff to me.

I think Howard used a .005 taper rate in his bows.  With only .0015 it would make the tips pretty stiff.
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Re: HH glass bow
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2013, 09:20:00 AM »
Very  nice.  

I have two bows from HHA, the heavier one is 0.006/in and the lighter one (50#ish) is 0.004/in.  I know some have made them with less taper though, notably Dick Wightman.
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Re: HH glass bow
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2013, 07:56:00 PM »
That's a dang nice lookin' bow!

Since you pointed it out, the tips do look a little stiff.

I use a 0.002 taper in mine and have been thinking about going with more with some other discussions on recent threads.

How does it shoot and do you get much handshock?
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Re: HH glass bow
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2013, 08:10:00 PM »
Nice lookin' bues, bue.
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Re: HH glass bow
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2013, 08:47:00 PM »
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Re: HH glass bow
« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2013, 12:25:00 AM »
Nice work!!
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Offline Buemaker

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Re: HH glass bow
« Reply #7 on: February 06, 2013, 04:50:00 AM »
There is a bit of handschock with arrows on the light side, but with arrows on the heavy side it is fine. I think I'll try .002 tapers on the next one.
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Offline MoeM

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Re: HH glass bow
« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2013, 03:28:00 PM »
Sweet lady- the handle doesn`t look that hillstyle I`m used but I love how it fits the appearence anyway.
With that little taper I`d ensure the tips to be very narrow reduce weight for max speed- bet that`s nothing new^^
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Offline D

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Re: HH glass bow
« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2013, 09:33:00 PM »
I like them.  I've not built a HH style bow yet but I'm thinking that I really need to try it.
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Offline rmorris

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Re: HH glass bow
« Reply #10 on: February 09, 2013, 10:20:00 PM »
They look great to me I got good results with a .004 taper on my 68" bows . Keep up the good work!
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Offline Gordon Jabben

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Re: HH glass bow
« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2013, 08:09:00 PM »
Looks good to me also.  I always seem to shoot better with bow that bend more close to the riser instead of the limb tips.
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