68 in. Kennym bow !,64 in.,60in.,58 in. & mods & builds FHLB & R/D !

[Forwardhandle]

Got my belly overlay made & glued up Im trying to get my hand as close to the belly as I can ,I can barely get this 60 lb bow to full draw ,I dont want to pull it any farther then needed...lol !

[Crooked Stic]

Thats easy for me to do.

[Forwardhandle]

I thought about doing it like yours but with this one I left a lot of meat on the bone but I'm going to carve & blend it in not much more then yours in the end ,I kinda carve as I shoot a bow tell I get it like I like it I did that on my D/R 64 hunting bow and it feels like a part of me every time I draw it.

[Crooked Stic]

So what do you think made your limbs cupped? is it consistent all the way thru? I know a dog bone shape for the air hose with a topped form is ideal. How much pressure did you use?

[Forwardhandle]

I think to thin of pressure strip for the topless form ,I'm going to find a thicker one ,yes it's consistent because I centered the hose but when I narrowed the limbs down to 1 5/16 it's barley cupped now but it sure made the limbs stiff I had a heck of a time getting the bow to lose weight did a minor trap into the first lam both back & belly and narrowed the limbs and only lost about 3 1/2 lb. I think I could go to 1 1/4 in. width that uni carbon really stabilized the limbs but to chicken ,I will see how it effects speed here soon ,after I lift some more weights to get strong enough to get this beast back to full draw more then a half dozen times  I used 70 psi !

[Crooked Stic]

I think !/1/4 would be fine. But that will not do any good if it only goes to where the taper starts on each end. If the cup is consistent maybe flat blocking the limb width to remove more of the cup. Have to do the same on both ends.

[Forwardhandle]

Im not sure what you mean by flat blocking ? Unless you mean sanding the glass edges tell the limb is flat ? Im more inclined to leave well enough alone and start another maybe a 62 in. but I want to see if this uni carbon is any faster in the core first, Im thinking 48 lb but  1 1/4  width with the less reflex & shorter limbs it would for sure take the 1 1/4, wide Its all speculation but I think the 62 in is going to be the winner at my draw  also want to try another 60'' but with carbon to compare but the wife has me back to making cabinets for the winter so bow making is going to be getting slow for a while !

[Forwardhandle]

This is what Im doing as far as getting my hand close to the belly & give me some support its starting to feel good have to cut in the rest & sight window & blend it !   

[Crooked Stic]

Looking good.

[Forwardhandle]

I love this action wood Kenny has, its my current favorite I have the black & grey for the next bow , Im half tempted to ask Santa for a air brush & do the limbs camo ! Here is a pic of the grey & black it has really tight lams it will be easy to hit a lot of different layers carving the riser !

[Forwardhandle]

Got a chance this morning to cut the sight window & rest and put a few arrows threw it , it seems peppy but a tad noiser then the other but having a hard time getting it to full draw but getting there Im going to finish out and shoot for a while so I can get it to full draw & clock it but this one draws real smooth like the others ! 

[Crooked Stic]

Looking pretty good.

[Forwardhandle]

Got a chance to play with this more seems with the carbon in the limbs I can get away with 8 in. brace as compared to 8 1/2 on the glass one, I'm shooting 9 grain arrows @60lb but suspect I'm only getting the bow to 29 in so probably 10 grain but I'm liking the power of this beast when I do get to full draw, I may end up giving this to my young strong as bull hunting partner he pulls 70 lb on his wheels !

[BMorv]

Profile looking good there Ritchie.  I bet it's fast. 
And wheelie letoff bows are no comparison to holding full weight at draw.  I used to shoot an 80 lb training wheel bow before I switched to traditional.  For me a 60 lb traditional bow is harder to pull to full draw than the 80 lb compound.   

[Forwardhandle]

Well I'm going to try to work up to it it will give me some incentive I think can shoot it consistent if I can shoot it a couple times a week I can do it ! Pluss I want to know the speed not short drawing !

[Forwardhandle]

Finaly got the wife to take a full draw or semi full draw probably 30 in. the botom pic is glass only for comparison I like the carbon ones full draw profile much better more rounded and to me it looks like its making the inners work harder what do you guys think ?

[Forwardhandle]

I got a chance to do some more testing sense the 31 in. draw tests are irevelent to most ,I decided to use my hill billy shooting machine ,I taped the arrow at 28 in. and tried to draw to that point every time ,the closet arrow I have is 10 1/4 gpp but its realy hard to be exact so these numbers are ruff but 53 lb @28. ,550 grain Average FPS 183fps , not as good as I was hoping but still some weight to lose in the tips !

[Forwardhandle]

I spent about 3 hrs today scribing pencil marks and retillering this bow I got it down to just hair under 58 lb. and I got the limbs just a hair above 1 1/4 width the bow defently picked up steam , the tips still have a lot to lose yet if I can get to 57 lb at final sand I will be happy , I can get this weight to FD.

[kennym]

Looks  like it will draw about 6" more before stacking! 

[Forwardhandle]

At least 6 more but just a hair over 1 1/4 width woosh I was sweating doing it pencil lines hand sand tiller tree over & over & over...lol but picked up another 4 fps actually more but thats what Im posting at...lol if this bow stacked there is no way I could get 58 lb to full draw ,Kenny this thing Rocks thanks for the design its dead in the hand and accurate !!