2022 what did you do today?

[Buggs]

Beautiful location you got there Hillbilly

[Kirkll]

Happy 4th of July guys…. We are heading back to the Water Front Blues Festival again today.

 Good to see something get back to normal again after all this Covid crap….

   Kirk

[Buggs]

It seems there is a mystery editor/censor lurking around here??

[Longcruise]

It seems there is a mystery editor/censor lurking around here??

What?????

[Mad Max]

If you post the wrong content it can get edited

[Kirkll]

Today i got my boat trailer remodel done, and the boat back on it. It came out pretty sweet.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/gpuQcCV5qNCHCSM99

Kirk

[Longcruise]

Picked my first raspberries of the season.  It's a good year for my little patch.

[Buggs]

If you post the wrong content it can get edited

Yeah, I was having too much fun with those Tagua things. 

Man, those Raspberries look so good!! I have no self control when it come to fresh picked berries

[Appalachian Hillbilly]

Limb #2. Lengthened the straight part by 1.5"  Stopped the fades right past the start of the curve. Dropped stack thickness and hit weight!

It started stacking at 28 so I brought the start of the taper back towards the limb butt. Now it draws pretty linear to 30 then stacks. Perfect for me.

I need to get the vertical grids added to my draw board and change lights. It casts a shadow on one side making it look off.

46# at 28" same as my hunting bow. It started  out at 51 before I started thinning the profile of the taper.

[Pat B]

Looks to me like the inner limb needs to work more. 

[Shredd]

Limb #2. Lengthened the straight part by 1.5"  Stopped the fades right past the start of the curve. Dropped stack thickness and hit weight!

It started stacking at 28 so I brought the start of the taper back towards the limb butt. Now it draws pretty linear to 30 then stacks. Perfect for me.

I need to get the vertical grids added to my draw board and change lights. It casts a shadow on one side making it look off.

46# at 28" same as my hunting bow. It started  out at 51 before I started thinning the profile of the taper.

  No wonder you like that other guys bow...      Do a speed test on it...

[Appalachian Hillbilly]

Hope to sometime today. That was the whole purpose of this experiment.  To see if I could get some more speed from this form by changing a few things before I cut out a new form. Plywood expensive ya know!

[Buggs]

Looks like you got two hinged limbs.

Was this limb profile the result what you were trying to achieve?

[Shredd]

AH...  Do you have a pic of this bow unstrung?? 

[Appalachian Hillbilly]

Bugs, yes and no. I wanted to lengthen the wedges and added a 34 inch tip wedge.
Wanted to push the working portion out a d see what it dies for speed.
Here it is after some work this morning. Going to shoot it over chrono this afternoon.
Ended up 44-45 lbs.

[B-JS]

I would not feel comfortable with that bend and string angles exceed 90°.

I'd say thats a short working limb for a Hybrid.

[Appalachian Hillbilly]

Yes it is a short working section. I wanted that and wanted to play with short sections. This is a 60" bow and I want to work to a 56" take down for my personal use.
To exceed 90 degree string angle the draw would have to be like 32". This is as much of an experiment as anything  and made for my draw length of 27". Will probably go to my son who is 28". The next set of limbs I want to make the wedges thinner so it works a little more. These are .400" . Will drop to about 350 and keep the same length. That will thin them over a longer area.

This is only the 5th set of limbs I have made, so I am sure there will be several more that will be simply learning experiences. That is fine by me because then it erases all doubt when something works or does not.

[Shredd]

  Those limbs have enough sweep in them to easily get over 175 fps even up to possibly over 183 fps...  If they don't hit 175 it's probably not the limb shape that is at fault...  It's how the limbs are bending when drawn...  Ol' Kirk would often preach, you could get about 25 different limbs from one form...  I believe this is pretty much true...  I would stay with that limb shape and experiment until you get her shooting over 180 and if you want or need to, start refining the shape by changing your form after you hit that speed... The only reason to change the form now is if you are having bad characteristics, such as verticle instability...   I gave you a huge piece of advice a while back and there was no response from you and I think it went right over your head...  Probably because the advice sounded too simple... You were more interested in someone elses advice that was a bit more wordy and sounded more technical...  Go back and look it up and save yourself a lot of headaches...  I'm not into repeating myself if someone does not listen because I am just wasting my time...  I believe someone else hinted on the same advice but in a different way...   Hope the best for you...

[Appalachian Hillbilly]

That is the reason I continue to experiment with this form. I do want to build another for.with a longer straight section. But there are still things I want to try. Maybe if there are 25 ,I got about 20 more left.

I am wanting to get north of 180. Already have 175 out of this form. Just playing with wedges, and where I start and stop them.

 These limbs are probably the most vertically stable of any I own! Mine or anyone else's!

When I had more curve and less straight part they were la lot ess stable.

I read your advice and a lot of others as well. I do this because I enjoy it and I can!

I may or may not follow your path or anyone else's. I do not get upset when it does not work out. Yes, you probably could have said, " WELL I TRIED TO TELL YOU!"

But then I might still be wondering why? Was the first bow you made or even the 5th perfect?

I got lots of crazy ideas I want to try.  A lot will not work and then maybe I will now why.

Do not get offended if I do not follow your path or advice and I will not get upset when my path does not work.

I have always loved to tinker and this scratches that itch.

No offense please, I am just having fun trying what's in my head, not necessarily anyone else's. If it works great, if not, does not bother me at all.

[Shredd]

  Kinda sound like me when I first started...      Just trying to help you smooth over a few edges early on so you can get on with refining your craft...

   By the way my first 8 bows were failures mostly because I didn't even know about forums back then...     You are way ahead of the game...     Like Max said, "Rookie of the Year"...